Ramaswamy attacked for TikTok account on debate stage

Driving the news: Ramaswamy's efforts to talk about China resulted in an attack from nearly every other candidate on the debate stage, with Florida Senator Tim Scott accusing him of doing business with the Chinese Communist Party.

• Ramaswamy was the CEO of the biotech company Roivant, which had several subsidiaries in China and business dealings with Chinese companies connected to members of the communist party.
• Ramaswamy pushed back on Scott's statement, saying his company pulled out of China. He later called for the U.S. to become economically independent from China.
• Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley also attacked Ramaswamy for being the only GOP candidate on TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
• "Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber," Haley told Ramaswamy, adding he can't be trusted because of his business dealings with China.

Meanwhile, the Ukraine war was the center of several questions for the GOP candidates during Wednesday's debate.

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refrained from criticizing Russia, called for ending the war, and stressed he wouldn't give a "blank check" to Ukraine.
• The Florida governor claimed European countries should be giving more assistance to Ukraine even though they are currently giving more aid to Kyiv than the U.S. in relative terms.
• Ramaswamy said that while Putin is a dictator, the Ukrainians are not necessarily the good guys.
• Other candidates like Scott and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke in favor of continuing U.S. support to Ukraine.
• "If we give parts of Ukraine to Putin the war won't stop – Poland will be next," Christie said.