{"id":1977651,"date":"2023-07-19T17:05:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:06:46","slug":"rnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC Chair warns Trump ahead of first GOP debate."},"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%2Frnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate%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=1977651&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>RNC Chair Issues Warning\u2064 to \u200cTrump Weeks Before\u200c First\u2063 GOP\u2063 Debate<\/h2>\n<p>The Republican National Committee \u2063chair, Ronna McDaniel, has\u200c urged former \u200bPresident\u200d Donald Trump\u2063 not \u2063to skip the first GOP\u2062 primary\u2064 debate in August,\u2064 stating that it\u2064 would be\u2062 &#8220;a mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2063reports, Trump\u2064 is \u200dconsidering opting \u200dout of \u200bthe debate and hosting\u200b a separate event\u200b instead.\u2063 He has also hinted\u2063 at the possibility\u2063 of skipping \u2064the second\u2062 debate. McDaniel\u200c has been\u2063 trying \u2062to convince\u2063 Trump to join \u2062the \u200dother candidates\u2063 on August \u200c23, \u2062emphasizing\u2063 the \u200cimportance \u2064of \u2064not \u2064only reaching primary\u200b voters \u2063but also highlighting the\u200d &#8220;failures&#8221; \u200dof the Biden administration, as she told \u200dFox \u2062News.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200b think it&#8217;s a mistake \u200bto \u200bnot \u200ddo \u200dthe debate,&#8221; McDaniel \u2062expressed. &#8220;I \u2063think\u200b getting in front \u200dof\u200b the American \u200cpeople, \u2062with\u2062 the Fox\u200d audience\u2062 that\u2063 you&#8217;re going to\u2064 bring, people are\u200c clamoring for solutions. And this\u2064 is an opportunity \u2063for\u200c us \u200cto contrast \u200cour\u200d ideas\u2062 versus the\u2063 Democrats. It&#8217;s\u2062 not just\u200c about the primary.\u2062 It&#8217;s \u200dalso \u200cabout\u200d the \u2064general \u200delection because we \u200bare going to need\u200d independent\u200b voters and\u200d others to win the \u200bWhite\u2064 House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McDaniel added,\u2063 &#8220;This is where our conversation \u2064begins, \u2063and why would you walk\u200b away \u2064from\u200b a\u200d 20 million-person \u200daudience?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not\u2064 yet \u2062made\u200b a\u2062 final decision on\u2064 whether \u200dhe \u2064will participate in\u2064 the\u200c debate, citing\u200d his significant \u200dlead \u2062in the \u200dpolls. The RealClearPolitics\u200b (RCP) average for the 2024 national Republican \u200bprimary shows Trump ahead\u200b by nearly \u206334 points \u200band leading in all four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate\/\" title=\"RNC Chair warns Trump ahead of first GOP debate.\">key \u2062early \u2063primary states<\/a>\u200b by double\u200b digits, according to FiveThirtyEight.<\/p>\n<p>Several\u2064 of \u200dTrump&#8217;s 2024 opponents have\u2064 criticized \u200dhim\u2062 for\u2062 considering skipping\u2064 the debates.\u200c Former New Jersey Gov. Chris\u200d Christie\u200c argued \u200bthat\u2062 Trump is &#8220;afraid&#8221; of \u2064debating,\u2062 while \u200cformer Arkansas Gov. \u2064Asa\u200b Hutchinson \u200cclaimed \u200bhe \u2062is \u2062playing \u200bthe\u2064 &#8220;victim card.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why wouldn&#8217;t \u200bwe\u2062 get\u200d in front of\u200b them\u200b before we\u2062 go against\u200c Joe \u2062Biden? \u2063Joe Biden\u2062 has the legacy media on \u2064his side.\u200d Leaving that opportunity\u200d aside \u2063and not getting on\u200c the debate stage\u200c is \u200djust more\u2062 of an opportunity\u200d for Joe Biden\u2062 to continue to \u200bget\u200b his \u200dmessage out.\u2062 We have \u200can\u200b opportunity to \u200ctake up all \u2064the oxygen in \u200bthe room \u200cand get on that debate \u2063stage,&#8221;\u2062 McDaniel\u200c emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump \u2062has\u200c not\u2063 yet \u200dresponded\u2063 to \u200bthe Daily Caller News \u2062Foundation&#8217;s \u200crequest for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n \u200c \u2064<\/p>\n<p><em>All content created \u200cby the Daily \u200dCaller\u2063 News\u2064 Foundation,\u200c an \u2063independent and nonpartisan \u200dnewswire service, \u2064is available\u2064 without\u200d charge to \u200dany\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. 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For any \u200bquestions about our\u2063 guidelines or\u200b partnering with us,\u200c please\u2063 contact\u200b <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The \u2062post <a \u2064rel=\"nofollow\" \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-trump-weeks-first-gop-debate\/\">RNC\u200b Chair Issues \u2064Warning \u2062to Trump Weeks Before First\u2062 GOP Debate<\/a> \u2064appeared\u2064 first\u2064 on <a\u200d rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>expressed her disagreement with Trump&#8217;s potential decision, emphasizing that it would be unwise for him to skip the initial GOP primary debate in August. Trump is considering organizing a separate event and has hinted at skipping the second debate as well. McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, has voiced her concerns about this course of action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2042,"featured_media":1977652,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1977651","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\/2042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}