Almost all of the major Republican presidential candidates were in the Granite State on Friday. The candidates spoke at the state Republican Party's “First in the Nation Leadership Summit.”“When the candidates took the stage, Hamas' attack on Israel was the issue all of them wanted to address right away.Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put the blame on Iran.“They're paying for it, they’re arming them, and they’re giving them what they need to cause the level of death we've seen,” Christie said. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said the Biden administration's foreign policy approach is leading to what he describes as a proxy war with Iran.“Why that's happening? Because we have a president that he doesn't believe in peace through strength, he's bringing on wars through weakness,” Burgum said. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the crowd Israel has the right to defend itself.“If Hamas and Hezbollah were to lay down their arms, you'd have peace tomorrow,” DeSantis said. “If Israel were to do so, you would see the annihilation of the Jewish state.”Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley said Hamas must be destroyed.“I know you saw it, but did you hear it? Did you hear what they were saying when they were dragging those bodies down the street? They were saying, ‘Death to Israel, death to America,’” Haley said. Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said the U.S. needs to approach the situation with level-headed rationality.“We have to stand for Israel’s right to defend its borders while making sure we avoid World War III that wouldn’t advance American interests,” Ramaswamy said. Foreign policy is now taking center stage on the first-in-the-nation campaign trail. WMUR partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check speech. WMUR will be fact-checking all major candidates from both parties throughout the election cycle.“So, we've been seeing a lot of foreign policy a lot on Israel and Hamas talks on what should be done, on the responses from different candidates responses by Congress and what they should appropriate, what they shouldn't do," said Sam Putterman, of PolitiFact.The summit continues in Nashua on Saturday with other major candidates like Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence and Tim Scott set to address the crowd.
NASHUA, N.H. —
Almost all of the major Republican presidential candidates were in the Granite State on Friday.
The candidates spoke at the state Republican Party's “First in the Nation Leadership Summit.”
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“When the candidates took the stage, Hamas' attack on Israel was the issue all of them wanted to address right away.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put the blame on Iran.
“They're paying for it, they’re arming them, and they’re giving them what they need to cause the level of death we've seen,” Christie said.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said the Biden administration's foreign policy approach is leading to what he describes as a proxy war with Iran.
“Why that's happening? Because we have a president that he doesn't believe in peace through strength, he's bringing on wars through weakness,” Burgum said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the crowd Israel has the right to defend itself.
“If Hamas and Hezbollah were to lay down their arms, you'd have peace tomorrow,” DeSantis said. “If Israel were to do so, you would see the annihilation of the Jewish state.”
Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley said Hamas must be destroyed.
“I know you saw it, but did you hear it? Did you hear what they were saying when they were dragging those bodies down the street? They were saying, ‘Death to Israel, death to America,’” Haley said.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said the U.S. needs to approach the situation with level-headed rationality.
“We have to stand for Israel’s right to defend its borders while making sure we avoid World War III that wouldn’t advance American interests,” Ramaswamy said.
Foreign policy is now taking center stage on the first-in-the-nation campaign trail.
WMUR partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check speech. WMUR will be fact-checking all major candidates from both parties throughout the election cycle.
“So, we've been seeing a lot of foreign policy a lot on Israel and Hamas talks on what should be done, on the responses from different candidates responses by Congress and what they should appropriate, what they shouldn't do," said Sam Putterman, of PolitiFact.
The summit continues in Nashua on Saturday with other major candidates like Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence and Tim Scott set to address the crowd.
