Posted on 09/13/2023 6:01:19 AM PDT by Reno89519
Donald Trump skipped the first Republican debate in Wisconsin last month, and the GOP frontrunner has indicated he will not join his party’s second debate in California on Sept. 27.
Republican primary voters are split over whether this strategy will help or hurt ...
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The former president reinforced his debate-skipping strategy on his social media site Truth Social writing, "The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had. I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!"
It is an approach Trump explained in a June interview with Fox News host Bret Baier in which he wondered aloud, "Why would I allow people at 1 or 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night?"
Despite big leads over all his Republican rivals, there are still some party members who are unhappy with Trump's strategy.
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"I think he's making a horrible decision by not showing up for the debates," Joseph Johnson, an engineer from Los Angeles, told VOA. "He could very well lose the nomination if he keeps standing on the sideline while his policy gets ripped apart by other candidates."
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Still, Johnson said he found the Trump-less debate refreshing and appreciated the policy discussions that he believes could not have taken place if the Republican frontrunner "was sucking all the oxygen out of the room with his antics."
A poll by The Economist/YouGov from Aug. 26-29 suggests that even though most Republicans (61%) agree with Trump's decision to skip the debate, the majority hope he will attend the second one. Fifty-seven percent of Republican voters said they think Trump should participate in the event, while just 17% said they did not. Twenty-six percent said they were not sure.
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That is an issue that will eventually come up. If Trump is not on board as a Republican, the party, can remove him from the ballot, it’s their party party determines who’s on the ballot, representing them in every election. Now, it might be great to see a third-party, MAGA. That is a discussion that needs to be flushed out. Who runs the Republican Party?
You did notice I mentioned Trump hasn’t announced it. And not likely to. That’s the beauty of Trump.
Do you remember our little talk from the other night? About what’s going to happen in a few months? That’s why Trump isn’t bothering to debate a pack of Chihuahuas.
I will NOT vote for ANY of the “also-Rans.”
TRUMP OR NOTHING.
I would rather see him hold a rally that has 50,000 or more.
Stadiums are a good place.
An election in queens which we should have won. We did last election. Something is going on with our voters not showing up to vote. I guess we’re not energized.
NIKKI HALEY is NOT NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE-—AND SHE KNOWS IT.
I am suspicious that VIVEK is also not NBC
I love Trump he already has my vote. I want to see who is the best among the rest.very nice of Uncle Trump to give them more national time. I’d just add RFK and Larry Elder to attract an audience and media buzz.
You're referring the special election yesterday in the 27th Assembly District in New York.
Let's look at the voter registration breakdown there:
DEMOCRAT: 55%
REPUBLICAN: 16%
UNAFFILIATED: 25%
Biden won that district by a 60%-39% margin in 2020. Clinton won by 66%-32% in 2016.
The 2022 election in that district was the first one in more than ten years where the Republican Party even fielded a candidate at all. From 2012 to 2020 the Democrat ended up running unopposed, or -- get this -- ran on both the Democrat and Republican tickets.
You think this special election was a bellweather of any kind? You really must be kidding.
The VAST majority of the grassroots know the primaries are merely a coronation process and the Trump will be the Republican nominee.
P.S. -- This is absolutely, verifiably false.
Now on the hotly debated topic! What will Trump do to kick sand in the face of Republican establishment and backstabbers like DeSantis? More people care about that than those vying to be Trump's VP or positioning themselves for 2028.
I agree to the coronation. Let’s cancel the debates. No need to hold the primaries.
Donald Trump is already the focus of the debate promoters and that seems to me to be rather insulting to the potential debaters. Obviously, the debates need Trump to draw an audience that will otherwise not be interested in them. Trump gave the RINO establishment a chance to be fair and that encounter taught him, and us, that they would never accept an America First candidate to lead this Republic. The willing to debate candidates will get their face time on the media audience and other outlets and Trump will not take away from their presentations. Why are the debates now about Trump rather than focusing on those candidates who want to debate? Fool me once etc. is good advice when dealing with the political establishment.
Well we have Pennsylvania in 6 days. Maybe for once we can win.
TRUMP won the first debate in a landslide by not being there. Best to keep with the plan.
Not really. He got a pass and was mentioned very little. Sure, he had a pre-recorded video with Tucker on Twitter/X but other than “I’m still here”, not much else. This time around, the disconnect will be clearer. He can’t claim to be a Republican, vie for the Republican presidential nomination if he is not going to participate. He hasn’t signed aboard, the party really could disallow him since he hasn’t. It is their party and ultimately their control on who is and is not on the ballot as a member of the party.
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