Posted on 07/03/2023 1:09:11 PM PDT by thegagline
Five Republican presidential candidates say they have met fundraising benchmarks to participate in the party’s first primary debate next month, as other campaigns hustle both to secure the necessary financial support and hit the required polling thresholds.
Campaign reps for former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy each told The Post Monday that they had already been backed by 40,000 unique donors — including 200 unique donors in at least 20 states or territories — more than seven weeks before the first Republican National Committee-sponsored debate Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, Wis.
The next step for GOP presidential hopefuls looking for a debate slot is to garner at least 1% support in three independent national polls or two national polls and one independent poll from two of four early voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. *** As of Monday, seven Republican candidates are polling above 1% in RealClearPolitics’ national average. Of those seven, former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have not said whether they met the RNC’s donor threshold — though they still have until Aug. 21 to hit the target.
Other candidates, including former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former Texas GOP Rep. Will Hurd, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and conservative radio host Larry Elder, are all polling below 1% in the RCP average, with Hutchinson (0.8%) and Elder (0.7%) closest to breaking through. ***
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They need to drop the loyalty pledge, else cancel the debate.
I can’t believe anybody is planning to watch a bunch of back benchers who can’t even articulate a vision for America waste time trying to be more Trump than Trump. 😆
Tucker should team up with someone and offer to host a simple-to-qualify debate. That’d be fun and more egg on the face of Fox News, maybe even the RNC as well. Maybe pay-per-view with money to go to the eventual nominee or to get-out-the-vote efforts.
He has been using twitter effectively. Tucker hosting a debate be awesome.
Should be titled:
Deep State approved Republican 2024 candidates race to.....
It would be more accurate IMO.
RE: Christie won’t make it.
Chris got some new Air Jordans and he’s ready for the race all the way. Got fashion tips from some of the brothers.
A well reasoned opinion piece on the proper shoes....
(Warning: has one use of a word for something better left behind in the bathroom.)
https://www.tiktok.com/@youfoundhae/video/7186104773710564654
Good one. Pierces political hypocrisy like a Matis tribe curare tipped blow dart.
Note:
Darts typically tipped with curare, a poison made from scraping and boiling bark from a poisonous vine found in the Amazon area. The poison can kill a bird in less than two minutes and a large mammal in less than twenty minutes.
NIKKI HALEY IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT.
SHE IS NOT NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
SHE IS ANCHOR BABY ONLY——WE have PLENTY of those.
IMO-—She is committing fraud to even take a single penny from any of her ‘Supporters’.
This has to be nipped in the bud...She isn’t entitled to a single penny to campaign for an office she cannot legally hold.
DeSantis or bust!
If someone doesn’t have at least 3% support before the debates, they shouldn’t be on stage as if they are a contender.
DeSantis or bust!
Buy some super glue.
Has Vivek come to faith in Christ yet?
Anyone know?
I would hide too .
“Hopefully Trump skips it. Watching those pathetic RINOs posing and spewing word salad is time nobody can get back. “
I can see a lot of benefits for him skipping the first one. Let’s see if (without Trump on the stage) if they run against Joe Biden or if they run against Donald Trump (who’s not even present). That would tell us a lot.
And like you said, will they have anything else to say if Trump is not the subject? Either way, let them see how boring they are without Trump.
If he does skip it he should keep them hanging with a decision until almost airtime. But he should NOT go on live with some event at the same time slot. Give Americans a chance to see how boring the GOP debate and candidates are without Donald Trump on the stage.
You should be happy if Trump declines.
More FaceTime for DeGlobalist to Duke it out with Christie and Pence
for the GOPe vote.
I like Trump and Disantis.
But to be fair and balanced let’s not forget Trump provided Ukraine with $47 million worth of lethal weapons in December 2017, which included 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles and 37 launchers.
That action alone saved Ukraine from losing Kyiv.
She was born in the United States and therefore is a natural born citizen. See 2 United States Supreme Court decisions:
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898) and Weedin v. Chin Bow, 274 U.S. 657 (1927)
As a victim of H1B, I agree with this assessment.
good point
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