THE 2024 presidential hopefuls have fought to make their way out of former President Donald Trump’s shadow in the latest fiery Republican debate.

The stage heated up after Vivek Ramaswamy made a biting comment about Nikki Haley’s daughter as she slammed him as scum and said Russia was “salivating” to see him in office.

Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina, was making a powerful statement about TikTok when entrepreneur Ramaswamy made the low blow.

Haley and others, like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, called for a nationwide ban of the China-owned app, and Haley slammed Ramaswamy for taking his campaign to the social media platform.

Ramaswamy hit back that her daughter was a user on the app and warned her to “take care of your family first” before criticizing him.

It came after he slammed Haley for being “Dick Cheney in three-inch heels” with her foreign policy on war in the Middle East.

The mama bear immediately hit back, blasting “leave my daughter out of your voice” before adding “you’re just scum.”

Of the three-inch heels jibe, she warned her shoes were actually “five-inch” heels that doubled as ammunition.

On Wednesday, the three were joined by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the main stage in Miami to bid for America’s vote of confidence.

The candidates were immediately asked by NBC News host Lester Holt to distinguish themselves from Donald Trump who has been crushing the polls since his announcement nearly one year ago.

He has failed to show up to a debate and instead was hosting a rally in Hileah, Florida, about a half hour’s drive away from his rivals.

DeSantis, who was once thought to be a front-runner, ripped into Trump for cranking up the national debt during his presidency and failing to force Mexico to fund a border wall.

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Meanwhile, Ramaswamy said there was a “cancer” in the Republican Party and used Holt and the other moderators as his example.

He said that Tesla CEO Elon Musk, podcaster Joe Rogan, and former Fox News powerhouse Tucker Carlson should be the ones moderating and questioning the next RNC leader.

The majority of the debate centered around the war in Israel and Palestine, with the majority of candidates holding strong support for the Jewish state.

Haley urged Israel to eradicate Hamas with U.S. support but clarified that Americans should not step foot on Gaza Strip soil.

She found a cheerleader in Scott, who said: “You have to cut off the head of the snake. And the head of the snake is Iran.”

There was more division on the stage over the Ukraine war with Haley and Scott voicing their support for Volodymyr Zelensky’s cause.

Haley said: “We should give them the equipment, the ammunition to win” and Scott added: “Every day we get closer to the degradation of the Russian military, and that’s good news.”

Ramaswamy deemed the war a fool’s errand and brought up the steep population differences between the states before making jabs at Haley.

She hit back: “I am telling you, Putin and President Xi are salivating at the thought that someone like that could become president,” referencing the Russian leader and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

After the debate, Haley addressed Ramaswamy’s comment about his daughter, telling NBC News: “I’m a mom. The second you start saying something about my 25-year-old daughter I’m going to get my back up.”