Oh hey did you know that there’s another GOP debate taking place tonight? (Sans Donald Trump, of course.) Well, there is! One that’s being hosted by NBC News and not Newsmax or WackyPillowGuy.com or something. And we have fireworks already, it seems, as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley — who’s been enjoying a bump in the polls of late — broke out the knives for super-annoying-guy-at-the-dinner-party/ex-shady pharma bro Vivek Ramaswamy.
When it came the entrepreneur’s turn to talk about his policy on TikTok, Ramaswamy referred to Haley and said, “In the last debate, she made fun of me for actually joining TikTok while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time, so you might want to take care of your family first.”
Haley shot back. “Leave my daughter out of your voice,” she said. And as Ramaswamy went on, she dismissed him, saying “you are just scum.”
You can watch the clip of the stunning moment below:
Haley to Ramaswamy: You’re just scum pic.twitter.com/meLxcAVg4a
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 9, 2023
When the debate ended, Ramaswamy appeared to purposely avoid shaking hands with Haley and viewers took note.
Vivek didn’t shake hands with Haley at the end of the debate.
So gross.
— Thomas Ruckebusch (@Thomas_RBH) November 9, 2023
VIVEK JUST WALKED BY NIKKI HALEY LMAOOO
— Mass_Dem (@Mass_Dem7) November 9, 2023
Did Vivek and Haley *not* shake hands there?
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) November 9, 2023
Hoo boy. Imagine Haley’s daughter, Rena, somewhere out there watching the debate and suddenly the swarmy pharma bro in the race is dragging you to try to take your mom down a peg or two. We say she and Eminem join forces to perform an anti-Vivek diss track.