{"id":1994214,"date":"2023-08-08T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-becomes-8th-candidate-to-qualify-for-first-gop-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:25:00","slug":"mike-pence-becomes-8th-candidate-to-qualify-for-first-gop-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-becomes-8th-candidate-to-qualify-for-first-gop-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pence qualifies for first GOP debate, becoming 8th candidate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmike-pence-becomes-8th-candidate-to-qualify-for-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=1994214&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>Former Vice President\u2062 Mike Pence Qualifies for\u2063 Republican Presidential Primary Debate<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Vice\u2064 President \u2062Mike Pence announced Monday that he had \u200bfulfilled the requirements\u2063 to be on stage for the first Republican presidential\u200d primary debate\u200c of the 2024 campaign. Pence joins seven other candidates \u200cwho have already qualified for the August 23 event in Milwaukee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pence Clears \u2062Donor Threshold<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pence\u2019s team\u200d said\u2062 the former vice president cleared the 40,000 individual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-elections-how-gop-hopefuls-fare-in-the-debate-criteria\/\" title=\"2024 elections: How GOP hopefuls fare in the debate criteria\">donor threshold<\/a>,\u200d the final requirement he needed to make the debate stage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pence-announces-hes-reached-donor-threshold-qualify-first-republican-presidential-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News\u200b reported<\/a>. The Republican candidate had already met the 1% polling requirement set by the \u2062Republican National \u200cCommittee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Growing \u2063List of Qualified Candidates<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pence \u2063joins a growing list of Republican candidates to qualify for \u200dthe debate, including former\u2063 President \u2063Donald Trump, \u200bFlorida Governor\u2062 Ron DeSantis, Sen.\u2063 Tim Scott (R-SC), former\u2062 South Carolina Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, \u200band North Dakota\u200d Governor Doug Burgum.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Potential Showdown \u2062with \u2063Trump<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pence\u2019s\u2064 inclusion sets up \u2064a potential \u200cshowdown between \u2062him and his former boss, Donald Trump, but it remains unknown if Trump will participate in \u2062the August 23 debate. One of\u200d Trump\u2019s advisers said last\u2062 month that it was unlikely the former president would \u2064be on stage in \u2064Milwaukee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pence&#8217;s Response to Trump&#8217;s \u2062Indictment<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following Trump\u2019s latest arraignment in\u200c a Washington, D.C., \u200ccourt, Pence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pence-says-trumps-jan-6-indictment-serves-as-important-reminder-for-anyone-who-puts-himself-over-the-constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called out<\/a> his former running mate, saying the charges \u200dare a reminder that he should\u200b never be president again. \u2063Pence\u200b then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pence-trump-entitled-to-a-presumption-of-innocence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in \u200ban\u2062 interview earlier this week\u200d that\u200b Trump is\u200c \u201centitled to a\u200b presumption\u200c of innocence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Donor \u2064Threshold Reached without Special\u200d Giveaways<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pence\u2019s \u200dteam told Fox News that they reached \u200bthe donor threshold without\u200b any \u200cspecial giveaways. Burgum, a tech billionaire, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-becomes-8th-candidate-to-qualify-for-first-gop-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Mike Pence qualifies for first GOP debate, becoming 8th candidate.\">offered people  gift \u2064cards<\/a> in return for\u200b a $1 donation, and Ramaswamy started a scheme \u2064to pay\u2062 supporters \u206210%\u200b of any money they help raise for his campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Trump Leads \u2064in Early Polling<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump remains the leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-populist-potential-ceo-of-worlds-largest-hedge-fund-plans-to-go-full-maga-in-looming-pennsylvania-senate-bid\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 \u2018Populist Potential\u2019: CEO of World\u2019s Largest Hedge Fund Plans to Go Full MAGA in Looming Pennsylvania Senate Bid\">early polling<\/a> \u200dfor the Republican primary with DeSantis consistently polling as his \u200dbiggest threat\u2063 from within the\u2062 party. Pence\u2062 currently sits in\u2062 fourth place behind Ramaswamy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-also-rans-matter\/\" title=\"Why the also-rans matter\">national polling average<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Real Clear Politics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former VP Mike Pence qualifies for the 2024 Republican primary debate, joining seven other candidates. Pence&#8217;s team confirms he met the 40,000 individual requirement. 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