{"id":1969954,"date":"2023-07-11T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-to-host-first-gop-presidential-forum-1-candidate-noticeably-absent\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:00:15","slug":"tucker-carlson-to-host-first-gop-presidential-forum-1-candidate-noticeably-absent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-to-host-first-gop-presidential-forum-1-candidate-noticeably-absent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson to host GOP forum, 1 candidate missing."},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftucker-carlson-to-host-first-gop-presidential-forum-1-candidate-noticeably-absent%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=1969954&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--><p>Blaze Media has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/troubling-psaki-responds-to-reports-cuomo-aides-edited-nursing-homes-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Troubling\u2019: Psaki Responds To Reports Cuomo Aides Edited Nursing Homes Report\">exciting news<\/a>! Former Fox News host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tucker-carlson\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> will be hosting the first Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">presidential forum<\/a> of the 2024 primary race this week. However, there&#8217;s one name missing from the list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlaze Media is teaming up with THE FAMiLY LEADER to bring you the first presidential forum of the 2024 Republican Primary season, hosted by Tucker Carlson,\u201d the media company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/carlson-presidential-candidate-forum-blaze?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">announced<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ll be live streaming this event all day Friday, July 14th on BlazeTV and the BlazeTV YouTube channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for an incredible lineup! The Friday event will feature numerous current and former elected leaders who are running for president, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). There will also be some other candidates who are lower in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Vander Plaats, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-the-church-is-the-bride-of-christ\/\" title=\"Yes, The Church Is The Bride Of Christ\">influential evangelical leader<\/a> in Iowa and the CEO of The FAMiLY Leader, the organization hosting the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobvanderplaats\/status\/1678747720620621827\">shared<\/a> in a tweet: \u201cI learned last night that @realDonaldTrump will NOT attend our Leadership Summit this Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why won&#8217;t Trump be there? A spokesperson for Trump cited a \u201cscheduling conflict\u201d involving a speech he is supposed to give at the Turning Point Action conference near Mar-a-Lago on Saturday or Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this news comes after Trump took to social media to attack popular Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a key Republican figure who could have a significant impact on the state&#8217;s outcome in January.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed in a post, \u201cI opened up the Governor position for Kim Reynolds, &#038; when she fell behind, I ENDORSED her, did big Rallies, &#038; she won. Now, she wants to remain \u2018NEUTRAL.\u2019 I don\u2019t invite her to events!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, Trump visited Iowa, but Reynolds did not attend. An aide to Reynolds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-desantis-iowa-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly stated<\/a> that she was not invited. While Reynolds has praised DeSantis, Trump&#8217;s chief rival for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, she has not yet endorsed any candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-lashes-out-at-iowa-governor-kim-reynolds\">highlighted<\/a> in a recent report that \u201cthere is no politician in Iowa with greater sway than Ms. Reynolds, 63, who has overseen her party\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-to-host-first-gop-presidential-forum-1-candidate-noticeably-absent\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson to host GOP forum, 1 candidate missing.\">swelling state legislative majorities<\/a> with an approval rating among Republicans near 90 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-arrives-in-des-moines-for-unplanned-stop-to-meet-conservatives-after-trump-cancels-rally-over-weather\">DeSantis Arrives In Des Moines For Unplanned Stop To Meet Conservatives After Trump Cancels Rally Over Weather<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blaze Media revealed that Tucker Carlson, ex-Fox News host, will host the initial GOP presidential forum for the 2024 primary race. However, one name was conspicuously missing from the list. Blaze Media and THE FAMiLY LEADER are collaborating to present this significant event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1969955,"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-1969954","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\/1969954","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}