{"id":1966863,"date":"2023-07-07T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-hell-be-at-first-gop-presidential-primary-debate-regardless-of-trumps-plans\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:31:19","slug":"desantis-says-hell-be-at-first-gop-presidential-primary-debate-regardless-of-trumps-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-hell-be-at-first-gop-presidential-primary-debate-regardless-of-trumps-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis committed to attending GOP primary debate, regardless of Trump&#8217;s intentions."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdesantis-says-hell-be-at-first-gop-presidential-primary-debate-regardless-of-trumps-plans%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=1966863&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0707\/ff82f88d-5767-4473-8c05-435d1db05fa1\/audio.mp3?length=3044205&#038;duration=254\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Confirms Participation in Presidential Primary Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced his intention to participate in the upcoming Republican presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-sams-former-kamala-aide-and-grillary-clinton-apron-model-lands-new-gig-as-bidens-covid-spox\/\" title=\"Ian Sams, Former Kamala Aide and \u2018Grillary Clinton\u2019 Apron Model, Lands New Gig as Biden\u2019s COVID Spox\">primary debate<\/a>, regardless of whether former President Donald Trump joins him on stage.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Fox News, DeSantis expressed his commitment, stating, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be there regardless. I hope everybody who&#8217;s eligible comes. I think it&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-antrim-co-forensic-report-bombshell-reveals-dominion-machines-were-set-at-68-05-error-ratemeaning-68-05-of-ballots-could-be-sent-out-for-mass-adjudication-giving-individuals-or-ma\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Antrim Co. Forensic Report BOMBSHELL Reveals Dominion Machines Were Set At 68.05% Error Rate\u2026Meaning 68.05% Of Ballots Could Be Sent Out For Mass Adjudication, Giving Individuals Or Machines Ability To Change 68.05% Of Votes\">important part<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virgin-galactic-completes-space-flight-with-founder-richard-branson-onboard\/\" title=\"Virgin Galactic completes space flight with founder Richard Branson onboard\">wide audience<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s decision comes after Trump hinted at his potential absence from the first debate, scheduled to be hosted by Fox News on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump suggested that Fox News wants him to attend for ratings, but he sees no need given his current lead in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Republican National Committee implemented a loyalty pledge for 2024 candidates to qualify for the first primary debate. Trump has expressed reluctance towards committing to such a requirement, stating that it would depend on the eventual nominee.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his support for Trump as the Republican nominee, DeSantis did not provide a direct answer. Instead, he criticized Trump for his changing stance on Florida&#8217;s COVID-19 response.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s comments on Fox News indicate that he may not be prepared to support Trump or any other Republican candidate if he is not the eventual nominee.<\/p>\n<h2>DeSantis&#8217;s Position in the 2024 Race<\/h2>\n<p>DeSantis has consistently ranked as the second-place candidate in GOP primary polling.<\/p>\n<p>According to RealClearPolitics, DeSantis currently holds a base of support at 20.9 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirms his presence in the upcoming GOP primary debate, regardless of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s participation. He emphasizes the significance of all eligible candidates attending, expressing his commitment during a Fox News interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":1966864,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1966863","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\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}