Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy Engage in Heated Exchange at Republican Presidential Primary Debate

At the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy engaged in a heated exchange. The fight began when Ramaswamy criticized former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s foreign policy views, saying both she and President Joe Biden couldn’t name “three provinces in eastern Ukraine that they want to send our troops to actually fight for.” Christie then responded to Ramaswamy’s comments, saying “She doesn’t know the names of the provinces.”

The debate continued with Christie taking the argument to President Donald Trump, and Ramaswamy accusing Haley of floating a conspiracy that Iran launched massacres in southern Israel to help Russia in Ukraine. Christie then had a few sharp moments with Ramaswamy, but it seemed like he was done attacking Trump.

Ramaswamy has been critical of Haley’s foreign policy views, saying “She has no idea what the hell the names of those provinces are, but she wants to send our sons and daughters in our trimmings and our military equipment to go fight it.”

The debate concluded without any physical altercation, but it was one of the most contentious fights yet at one of the Republican presidential primary debates. Christie seemed to have spoken dramatically less than the other three candidates, and it seemed like he was already done attacking Trump.