{"id":1981746,"date":"2023-07-24T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hints-at-what-he-might-do-instead-of-attending-fox-news-first-gop-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:30:00","slug":"trump-hints-at-what-he-might-do-instead-of-attending-fox-news-first-gop-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hints-at-what-he-might-do-instead-of-attending-fox-news-first-gop-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump suggests alternative plans for Fox News&#8217; inaugural 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\">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%2Ftrump-hints-at-what-he-might-do-instead-of-attending-fox-news-first-gop-presidential-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=1981746&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>Trump Hints at What He Might Do Instead of Attending Fox News&#8217; First GOP Presidential Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Former \u200bPresident Donald Trump hinted that he might do a one-on-one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-breaks-down-says-i-didnt-pull-the-trigger-during-fatal-rust-shooting\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Breaks Down, Says 'I Didn\u2019t Pull the Trigger' During Fatal \u2018Rust\u2019 Shooting\">sitdown interview<\/a> with Tucker Carlson rather than \u2062participate in the first Republican\u200b 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> on Aug. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to the prospect Sunday on Truth Social, writing, \u201cInteresting? So many people have suggested this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This month, Carlson moderated the first GOP presidential\u2063 forum\u200d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairwoman-mainstream-media-out-as-hosts-of-2024-rnc-sponsored-debates\/\" title=\"RNC Chairwoman: Mainstream Media Out As Hosts Of 2024 RNC-Sponsored Debates\">primary season<\/a> in Iowa, interviewing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki\u200d Haley, businessman Vivek \u200dRamaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott \u2062of South Carolina, former Vice President Mike Pence \u2062and\u200b former\u2062 Arkansas Gov. Asa\u2063 Hutchinson.<\/p>\n<p>Trump skipped that event,\u200c citing a scheduling conflict, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent\u2064 interview, the former president told Fox \u200cNews host Maria Bartiromo that he had not\u2064 made a decision about whether he will participate in the GOP debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell you know, it\u2019s quite\u2062 an easy question normally.\u200c Ronald Reagan didn\u2019t do it and a lot of other people\u200b didn\u2019t do\u200b it. When you have a big lead, you don\u2019t do it,\u201d\u2064 Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have\u200b a lead of 50 and 60 points in some cases,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou\u2019re \u2064leading people by 50 and 60\u200d points, you say why would \u200byou\u200b be doing a \u2063debate? It\u2019s actually \u2063not fair. Why would you let somebody that\u2019s\u200b at \u2062zero\u200b or \u200cone or two or \u200dthree be popping you with \u2064questions?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trump<\/a> \u2063refused to say whether he would participate \u2064in the first Republican primary debate \u2064on August 23. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6oz0Mlq5c\">pic.twitter.com\/C6oz0Mlq5c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RawNews1st (@Raw_News1st) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raw_News1st\/status\/1680946611071995905?\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bartiromo followed up, \u201cDo you see any risk that \u200bif you don\u2019t show \u2062up,\u200c Ron DeSantis has a good night \u200dand it cuts into your lead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr somebody else has a good night and cuts into his lead, because that\u2019s what\u2019s\u200b happening. He\u2019s going down and a \u2064couple of them are going up,\u201d Trump responded.<\/p>\n<p>But he added regarding doing\u200d the debate, \u201cI haven\u2019t really made up my \u200dmind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politico reported Sunday that\u2063 Trump, DeSantis, Haley, \u200dRamaswamy, Scott and former New\u200c Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have all \u2062met the Republican National Committee\u2019s polling and fundraising criteria to participate in \u2063the first debate.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates must have 1 percent support in three national polls that meet the RNC methodological requirements and have 40,000 unique\u200c donors \u2014 with at least 200 unique donors\u2063 from 20 or more states and territories.<\/p>\n<p>Pence garners the polling support but lacks the 40,000 unique donors. He promised on a Fox News interview last week that his\u2063 campaign will meet \u2064that threshold in time.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u2063 Trump led \u200cthe field of Republican candidates by more than 30 percentage points, according to the RealClear Politics \u200caverage of polls.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-censorship-left-wing-violence-in-national-spotlight\/\" title=\"Big Tech censorship, left-wing violence in national spotlight\">45th president<\/a> \u200chad 51.8 percent support; while \u200dDeSantis garners 18.5 percent; Pence, 5.6 percent; Ramaswamy 5.5 \u2064percent; Haley, 3.5 percent; and Scott, 3.0 percent.<\/p>\n<h3>Do\u2062 you think Trump should skip the \u200dfirst GOP primary debate?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do \u200cyou think Trump should skip the first GOP primary debate?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. \u200dYou also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% \u200b(3 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be the first time Trump has declined to participate in a primary debate.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064January 2016, he skipped a Fox News-hosted GOP debate and instead held a rally in \u200dIowa after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hints-at-what-he-might-do-instead-of-attending-fox-news-first-gop-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Trump suggests alternative plans for Fox News' inaugural GOP debate.\">network \u2062refused<\/a>\u200b his\u200b demand \u200dthat \u200dMegyn Kelly be removed as a moderator.<\/p>\n<p>Trump felt that Kelly had been unfair to him during the first GOP presidential debate in August 2015 by asking about \u2063his\u2064 treatment of women.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bWashington Post reported that the viewership for the debate without Trump dropped\u200c nearly in half from 24 million to 12.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s one-on-one with\u2062 Carlson presumably would stream on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News fired\u200b Carlson in April, without providing a reason.<\/p>\n<p>In May, he announced he would be hosting an online program on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>His shows have garnered millions of views each since first \u200cairing last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in March, Carlson said in a January 2021 text message that he \u201chates\u201d Trump \u201cwith \u200da passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This month,\u2063 however, the former Fox News \u200chost said in \u200dan interview with\u2063 Russell Brand \u200bthat he \u201cloves\u201d the former president, citing his policy on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-hints-might-instead-attending-fox-news-first-gop-presidential-debate\/\">Trump Hints\u200b at What He Might Do Instead of Attending \u200cFox News&#8217; First \u200cGOP Presidential Debate<\/a> \u200cappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump suggested a one-on-one interview with Tucker Carlson instead of joining the initial Republican primary debate on Aug. 23. Trump expressed his interest on Truth Social, stating that many people have recommended this idea. 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