Neither Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis nor former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will rule out sending US troops to the Middle East to free American hostages held by Hamas Wednesday night.
“How far would you go as President to secure the release of the eight American hostages and would that include sending American troops into battle?” DeSantis was asked.
“We have to see our people when they are hostages,” the 45-year-old governor said. “As the commander in chief, you have to do whatever you can to get it done.”
DeSantis went on to insist that Israel has “the right to eliminate Hamas,” and while the US “shouldn’t try to direct their war effort,” Washington “should cooperate” with the Israeli government.
Christie turned on DeSantis following his answer.
“This is the problem with the first three debates. Ron got a question and he didn’t answer,” Christie said.
Unlike the Florida governor, Christe pledged to “absolutely” use the American military to free US citizens kidnapped by Hamas.
“If they have a plan that shows me that we can get them out safely, you’re right I’m going to send the American military over there to take our people home and bring them home now,” he added.
DeSantis insisted that Israel has “the right to eliminate Hamas.” Getty Images
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy called Hamas’ October 7 attack on the Jewish state “medieval,” “subhuman” and “immoral” but argued that it was not a direct attack on the US and did not require American intervention.
“To say that it’s an attack on America fails a basic test,” Ramaswamy said, arguing that the country would be better served sending troops to the US-Mexico border to stem the flow of migrants.
The former New Jersey governor pledged to “absolutely” use the American military to free US citizens kidnapped by Hamas. Getty Images
“I will tell [Benjamin Netanyahu]’You smoke terrorists on your southern border – you go ahead and we support you – we will smoke terrorists on our own southern border,'” he added.
DeSantis countered Ramaswamy by stating that US citizens were killed in the October 7 attack.
Photo taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 6, 2023. AFP via Getty Images
“If you look at these terrorist attacks in the total number of Americans, this would be one of the top 10 terrorist attacks in American history,” he said. “So our own people were killed in the attack. And I think it’s very appropriate to point that out and say that we’re in this together and we’re going to work with Israel to bring these people to justice.”
“I agree with that,” Ramaswamy replied.
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