Posted on 10/20/2023 3:26:43 PM PDT by thegagline
Former President Donald Trump will host a campaign rally at the same time as next month’s third Republican primary debate, his campaign announced Friday, reaffirming the 2024 GOP frontrunner’s absence from the RNC-sponsored event.
The 7 p.m. Trump rally in Hialeah will take place approximately 10 miles northwest of the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami, where his rivals will square off in the 8 p.m. debate co-hosted by NBC News.
Trump has said he will be boycotting the RNC’s debates, citing his wide polling lead, and will do so “until he changes his mind,” campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung previously told The Post.
The former president missed the first RNC-sponsored debate in Wisconsin this past August to have an interview with Tucker Carlson broadcast on X, and disregarded the second debate in California last month to deliver a speech in Michigan. His campaign has also called for an end to all debates so the committee can “train our fire” on defeating President Biden.
RNC spokesperson Madison Gesiotto Gilbert said the committee hopes to see the 77-year-old at future events to share a “contrasting vision” for the Republican Party.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has also floated that he may not attend the third debate.
The 38-year-old multimillionaire has expressed frustration at the RNC’s rules barring him from engaging in outside debates after he was stopped from appearing alongside former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Fox News earlier this month.
As late as Wednesday, Ramaswamy had not committed to attending the Miami event if he qualifies.
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The Republican “debates” are just a series of hot takes with bumper sticker “logic” tossed in.
Also, I don’t understand why there needs to be several moderators, none of whom actually moderate.
The next “debate” is on November 8th.
Upstaging Krispy Kristie, Nikki, Tim, and Pence?
That shouldn’t be very hard.
The current debate model doesn’t work anymore. We saw that in the last one. A bunch of third graders having a food fight. Trump has been wise to avoid them.
El debate se llamaria “todos contra Trump”
Tucker needs to interview each candidate in order of popularity in a short time frame and post on X. Much better forum for people to understand each candidate.
Debates have turned into network money grabs...useless tripe.
Video: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad
https://youtu.be/TEzi0SMCu5A?si=NiCVJb2i-HBXEdaK
Recorded on May 30, 1986
Guests: Benjamin (Netanyahu, Binyamin) Netanyahu, Claude de Kemoularia
I will vote for President Trump...again.
For sure Trump has been better at avoiding the messy debates than he was at picking competent staff for administration.
Makes sense for Rama to skip this one. There’s been a trend in the Fake News lately of asking him about certain positions he’s taken in the past. To make it extra unfair, his interviewers have come prepared with printouts to read to him.
Vamos-no queremos problemas aqui- no en ningun idioma.
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