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Trump Says He Will ‘Not Be Doing the Debates,’ Citing Poll Numbers
Breitbart ^ | 20 Aug 2023 | PAUL BOIS

Posted on 08/21/2023 7:19:09 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Former President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that he will “not be doing the debates” amid such strong poll numbers putting him high above his opponents.

The former president made his declaration on his Truth Social account, citing a CBS poll that apparently had him 46 points ahead of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“New CBS POLL, just out, has me leading the field by ‘legendary’ numbers. TRUMP 62%, 46 Points above DeSanctimonious (who is crashing like an ailing bird!), Ramaswamy 7%, Pence 5%, Scott 3%, Haley 2%, Sloppy Chris Christie 2%, ‘Aida’ Hutchinson 1%,” he said.

“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had, with Energy Independence, Strong Borders & Military, Biggest EVER Tax & Regulation Cuts, No Inflation, Strongest Economy in History, & much more. I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!” he added.

The former president’s post comes after he said in a recent interview that he has no desire to step onto the debate stage with people polling at one or two percent.

“I don’t know that I should be doing it, to be up against a hostile network with hostile people that are polling at zero. I mean, they don’t have any votes. One of them had actually a zero with an arrow pointing left. I’m trying to figure out what that means. It probably means they have too many votes, you know, like the election. But they’re at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, maybe—and I’m in the 60s. I see a poll the other day … I’m at 78, and you have people at zero,” Trump said.

As Breitbart News reported, the CBS News/YouGov poll gave the former president the biggest lead over his primary opponents, which comes in the wake of a string of indictments related to the 2020

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“Former President Donald Trump posted his biggest lead yet over his rivals at 62 percent of likely Republican primary voters, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll published Sunday,” reported Breitbart News. “His top rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has fallen farther back from earlier this summer, the poll showed, to 16 percent. The other candidates are in the single digits, with third runner-up Vivek Ramaswamy at seven percent.”


1 posted on 08/21/2023 7:19:09 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

The debates will be a disaster


2 posted on 08/21/2023 7:21:53 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: SoConPubbie
Of course he's not doing the debates. His defense attorneys won't let him because they know he'd shoot from the hip and possibly say something incriminating. He'll run from the debates with Biden as well if he gets that far.

soconpubbie2

3 posted on 08/21/2023 7:24:12 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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No intention of watching the “debates” - no reason to.

Chris Christie’s presence alone is enough to keep it off in our house.


4 posted on 08/21/2023 7:25:09 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (What did Socialists use before Candles?..... Electricity)
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He should be talking about Maui and plans the deep state has for Lahaina. Was it an ‘accident’? The seed has been planted regarding the native Hawaiians being the left out victims of the process. Trump should water the plant.

Vivek will probably be the one to bring it up.


5 posted on 08/21/2023 7:25:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: SoConPubbie

On a hostile network with that rat hack Brett moderating. Why would he.


6 posted on 08/21/2023 7:25:52 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: SoConPubbie

By indicting Trump the left prevented him from attending the debates.


7 posted on 08/21/2023 7:26:21 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: butlerweave

Smart move by Trump, his track record speaks for itself. The other wanna-be candidates cannot even come close to Trump’s Dynamic Intellectual Genius.


8 posted on 08/21/2023 7:26:44 AM PDT by chopperk ( )
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Why give the GOPe scumbags any oxygen? Good for Trump.


9 posted on 08/21/2023 7:26:54 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Fantastic episode…


10 posted on 08/21/2023 7:28:36 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SoConPubbie

Do not watch TV for Stupid People this Wednesday.


11 posted on 08/21/2023 7:29:58 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: butlerweave

FOX is done. Nobody watches FOX anymore. The legacy media is really Fake News and boring.


12 posted on 08/21/2023 7:31:03 AM PDT by cnsmom
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Even if the Maui fire was an accident the republicans should be running with it. Anti colonialism is very popular these days. Liberation movements. We’re the party of freedom and all the Hawaiians living in the CONUS are priced out. Left out too. We can still keep a military presence there(Benjamin’s).


13 posted on 08/21/2023 7:31:24 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I’d steal this to use every time Sundance Pubbie posts another Fake News blog article, but who has time to keep up?


14 posted on 08/21/2023 7:32:05 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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Of course he's not doing the debates. His defense attorneys won't let him because they know he'd shoot from the hip and possibly say something incriminating.

And yet he's doing Tucker.

Your theory is nonsense.

15 posted on 08/21/2023 7:33:55 AM PDT by FreeReign
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Pence stabbed him in the back
Christie stabbed him in the back
Haley stabbed him in the back
DeSantis stabbed him in the back

Why would he debate these people who rode his coat tails then turned on him?

16 posted on 08/21/2023 7:34:50 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: circlecity

By indicting Trump the left prevented him from attending the debates.

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Bull Cheese. Trump wasn’t invited to debate. As he refused to sign the Loyalty Pledge.


17 posted on 08/21/2023 7:34:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: SoConPubbie

After Trump gets locked up the great conservative governor Ron DeStanis numbers will go up when the Trump arm pits realizing he is a lost cause


18 posted on 08/21/2023 7:35:43 AM PDT by wild74
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Anti colonialism is very popular these days. Liberation movements. We’re the party of freedom and all the Hawaiians living in the CONUS are priced out.

I agree. Freedom for Hawaii. At the very least, the Democrats will lose two Senators. Which is why they'll never go for it.

19 posted on 08/21/2023 7:37:40 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

What would he say, exactly to incriminate himself?


20 posted on 08/21/2023 7:38:28 AM PDT by stanne
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