In a foul-mouthed social media post, Donald Trump used the most recent Republican primary debate to make fun of his opponents for the GOP presidential nomination.
Four GOP candidates vying to unseat front-runner Trump frequently battled during the debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with less than two months to go before the Iowa caucuses.
Despite being indicted on 91 criminal charges in four different cases, the former president has maintained his lead in the campaign, according to polls and fundraising totals. He shared his thoughts on Wednesday’s event on Truth Social. Trump has consistently maintained that the cases are part of a political witch hunt against him and has denied any misconduct in relation to the accusations.
This was the lowest-ever TV audience for a primary debate. Just 4 million viewers watched the contest between former governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
There is a huge decrease in the number of viewers in this debate as compared to the previous three debates. The first, second and third debates averaged 12.8 million viewers, respectively (9 million and 7 million
Using Truth Social as his platform, Trump attacked “history’s lowest-rated ‘presidential’ debate.” Trump wrote to Florida Governor using derogatory language, “Ron DeSanctimonious was terrible, with his bobble head facial movements & his walking on eggs.”
After this, Trump wrote, “But that sloppy Chris Christie was worse. He’s not fit, mentally or physically, to be president, plus he suffers from TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome, at levels not seen before.” He added: “In other words, he is a ‘sick puppy.’
Trump wrote, alluding to his moniker for Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas and a candidate for the GOP primary. “He’s dead, but so is Ron, whose weird bobbing head and fresh mouth make his high heels look good.”
In terms of reviews, Ramaswamy received the highest praise from Trump. He wrote, “Vivek wins because he thinks I’m great.”. As the former president continued, referring to Haley as “birdbrain,” she may have “looked different and lost, but I give her second place.”
Megyn Kelly, the moderator of the debate, was viewed negatively by Trump as well; he referred to her as the evening’s worst loser. He said, “What the hell happened to her? She has lost whatever she once had, which wasn’t very much. Some things never change!”
There was little movement in the argument that favored Trump’s opponents. The former president received 59.3 percent of the vote, followed by DeSantis (12.6 percent) and Haley (11.6 percent), according to the polling aggregators. Christie is trailing Ramaswamy by 2.8 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively.