Haley spars with Republican rivals at 3rd primary debate as Trump still looms

Scott, Haley and Christie sounded support for Ukraine against Russia while Ramaswamy and DeSantis were more skeptical of how much Washington should back Kyiv.

"We have been very effective using our resources and our weaponry and the very high price of Ukrainian blood to achieving that objective," Scott said of degrading Russia's military.

Still, Scott argued, "The American people are frustrated that they do not have a president who reminds us and tells us where's the accountability -- how are those dollars being spent? We need those answers for us to continue to see the support for Ukraine."

Haley said she does not support handing Ukraine cash but that the U.S. should "give them the equipment and the ammunition to win."

Christie, meanwhile, argued support for Ukraine "is the price we pay for being leaders of the free world."

Ramaswamy, who has hammered Ukraine throughout his campaign, called Ukraine corrupt.

"To frame this as some kind of battle between good and evil, don't buy it," he said.

DeSantis, meanwhile, sought to pivot to immigration but said, "We are not going to send your sons and daughters to Ukraine."

-ABC News' Tal Axelrod

Ramaswamy is different from his colleagues when it comes to Ukraine, generally arguing that the United States pull away from Ukraine’s fight against Russian invaders.

“Ukraine is not a paragon of democracy,” Ramaswamy said. “This is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties.”

His point about political parties is accurate, but it needs context.

Ukraine banned 11 pro-Russian parties -- the largest of which occupied 44 out of 450 seats in Ukraine's Parliament, according to Radio Free Europe. The party’s leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, is aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin is the godfather of Medvedchuk's daughter, Radio Free Europe reported.

-Analysis by Aaron Sharockman of PolitiFact

Some Republicans may hope to make inroads with Jewish voters. That's a possibility, but Jewish voters remain strongly Democratic-leaning. Back in 2021, the Pew Research Center found that 71% of Jewish voters identified with or leaned toward the Democratic Party, while 26% associated with the Republican Party. Now, there are some Jewish groups who do identify more with the GOP, particularly Orthodox Jews, three-fourths of whom identified as Republicans or Republican-leaning in the Pew survey. But even if Jewish voters were to shift toward the GOP, they are likely to remain predominantly Democratic in their leanings.

-Analysis by Geoffrey Skelley of 538

Christie told a story about being appointed U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Sept. 10, 2011, and how one of his first big assignments was working to stop potential hate crimes on Jewish and Muslim residents.

“We stopped any hate crimes that were going on, either against Jewish Americans in New Jersey or Muslim Americans in New Jersey, Christie said.

The Asbury Park Press ran the numbers in 2016. Hate crimes did, in fact, drop.

Total reported hate crimes in 2010 numbered 775, the newspaper reported. The total number of hate crimes then dropped each year through 2015 -- from 606, to 553, 459, 373 and, finally, 367 in 2015.

Religiously motivated hate crimes also trended downward until 2015. That year they increased nearly 10% in New Jersey.

-Analysis by Aaron Sharockman of PolitiFact