{"id":1966580,"date":"2023-07-07T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-be-there-desantis-says-hell-attend-gop-debate-whether-or-not-trump-shows-up\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:20:46","slug":"ill-be-there-desantis-says-hell-attend-gop-debate-whether-or-not-trump-shows-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-be-there-desantis-says-hell-attend-gop-debate-whether-or-not-trump-shows-up\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis vows to attend GOP debate, regardless of Trump&#8217;s presence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fill-be-there-desantis-says-hell-attend-gop-debate-whether-or-not-trump-shows-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Commits to Republican Presidential Debate<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis made a bold statement, declaring his participation in the upcoming Republican presidential debate scheduled for August, regardless of whether former President Trump attends or not.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump has said, I believe, he won\u2019t debate in August; he\u2019s not planning to attend the Republican debate,\u201d Fox News host Will Cain noted. \u201cIf he does not show up to debate, will you be at the debate?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be there, regardless,\u201d DeSantis asserted. \u201cI hope everybody who is eligible comes. I think it is an important part of the process, and I look forward to being able to be on the stage and introducing our candidacy and our vision and our leadership to a wide audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-explores-messing-first-gop-debate-holding-competing-event-rcna91292\">reported<\/a> in late June that Trump was considering skipping the GOP debate and organizing an event featuring himself instead. This is not the first time Trump has taken such action; in 2016, he opted out of the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses, choosing to hold a fundraiser for veterans instead. As a result, he lost the Iowa caucuses to Texas GOP Senator Ted Cruz.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Criticizes President Biden&#8217;s Economic Record<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis didn&#8217;t hold back in criticizing President Biden&#8217;s economic policies, stating, \u201cBidenomics in a nutshell is you pay more for the necessities of life, your standard of living goes down, the government gets more and more powerful, and ultimately China will benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He proudly highlighted his home state&#8217;s conservative governance, saying, \u201cWe rejected Bidenomics; we governed conservatively; we don\u2019t spend our state into oblivion. We run big-budget surpluses; we\u2019ve actually paid down billions of dollars in state debt. \u2026 We don\u2019t let criminals run the streets; we should not allow that in any place in this country. We respect the rights of parents; every parent\u2019s rights throughout the country should be respected; it doesn\u2019t matter if you live in a red or blue state. We\u2019ve gotten indoctrination out of our curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can theoretically have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-politicians-call-for-fairness-theyre-usually-lying\/\" title=\"When Politicians Call For \u2018Fairness,\u2018 They\u2019re Usually Lying\">good economic policy<\/a>, but if you have San Francisco-style social policy, everything\u2019s gonna end up decayed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Confident in Fundraising and Ability to Defeat the Left<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-be-there-desantis-says-hell-attend-gop-debate-whether-or-not-trump-shows-up\/\" title=\"DeSantis vows to attend GOP debate, regardless of Trump's presence.\">trailing poll numbers compared<\/a> to Trump, DeSantis pointed to his campaign&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-outraising-dems-house-chances-look-good-as-biden-becomes-less-popular\/\" title=\"GOP Outraising Dems, House Chances Look Good As Biden Becomes Less Popular\">record-breaking fundraising<\/a>, stating, \u201cDid you just see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-campaign-raises-eye-popping-sum-of-money-in-its-first-6-weeks\">news today<\/a> about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leader-mccarthy-secures-record-fundraising-haul\/\" title=\"GOP Leader McCarthy Secures Record Fundraising Haul\">record fundraising haul<\/a> we\u2019ve had? Nobody\u2019s been able to match that in the history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-your-fing-job-varsity-blues-star-absolutely-dismantles-the-dnc-in-memorial-day-video\/\" title=\"'Varsity Blues' actor slams DNC in Memorial Day video: 'Do Your Job'\">modern presidential politics<\/a>. We\u2019ve got a huge amount of support to be able to take the case to the people. We really haven\u2019t started that yet; we\u2019re in the process of building out a great organization \u2026 we\u2019re going to be on the ground in all these early states. It is a three yards and a cloud of dust-type situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the fear shown by the Left towards his candidacy, stating, \u201cI think if you look at the people like the corporate media, who are they going after? Who do they not want to be the nominee? They\u2019re going after me. Who is the president of Mexico attacking because he knows we will be strong on the border, to hold him accountable and the cartels? He is going after me. So, I think if you look at all these people that are responsible for a lot of the ills in our society, they are targeting me as the person they don\u2019t want to see as the candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the guy that not only can beat Biden, I\u2019m the guy that can beat the Left on all these different issues because people\u2019s freedoms are under assault,\u201d he confidently opined. \u201cWe had to fight all these people in Florida. Of any Republican in the country, I have the best record of defeating the Left on issue after issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized his ability to win over independent voters, citing his overwhelming victory in his 2022 reelection bid, where he secured a whopping 19-point victory:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, people want to win, and you can\u2019t win with just Republican voters,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we showed in Florida, if you want a big victory, you gotta win independent voters, you gotta win people who haven\u2019t voted for our party in the last several cycles. I\u2019ve shown I can do that, and I think we can do it nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-campaign-raises-eye-popping-sum-of-money-in-its-first-6-weeks\">DeSantis Campaign Raises Eye-Popping Sum Of Money In Its First 6\u00a0Weeks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1688648178298000&#038;usg=AOvVaw10v0UGh9BJZV8inaPuI6t7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed his participation in the August Republican presidential debate, regardless of former President Trump&#8217;s attendance. Trump has expressed his intention not to debate in August, but DeSantis remains committed to participating, as stated during an interview with Fox News host Will Cain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1966581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}