The first GOP presidential primary debate is set to take place on Wednesday, Aug. 23, and former President Donald Trump has announced he will not be participating.
For weeks, the media focus has been onIt became increasingly obvious that he was going to blow off the Fox News debate in Milwaukee, in part because he didn’t want to sign an RNC pledge to support the nominee, but largely because he is miles ahead of the other candidates.
planning to debate RFK Jr. When politicians are way ahead, they tend to sit on their lead, and when a race tightens, they often reconsider. If Trump finds himself in a more competitive primary next year, he can always change his mind and jump back in. Well, I agree with the part that the public knows who he is – and that few minds are going to be changed whether he’s on the stage or not.
With Trump having been indicted four times, his attorneys may well have warned that debating was unwise because he could incriminate himself in one of the cases.the fall election?
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