{"id":1997062,"date":"2023-08-10T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-will-not-sign-gop-loyalty-pledge\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:50:54","slug":"trump-says-he-will-not-sign-gop-loyalty-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-will-not-sign-gop-loyalty-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump refuses to sign GOP loyalty pledge."},"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\">14<\/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-says-he-will-not-sign-gop-loyalty-pledge%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=1997062&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=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo\u200c by JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>3:45 PM \u2013 Thursday, August 10, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump declared that he\u200d would not sign the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdaniel-says-trump-will-have-to-make-loyalty-pledge-to-join-rnc-debate-stage\/\" title=\"McDaniel Says Trump Will Have to Make \"Loyalty Pledge\" to Join RNC Debate Stage\">loyalty pledge<\/a>, which supports \u200bthe chosen\u200d Republican nominee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, in an interview\u200b with political commentator Eric\u200d Bolling, the former president\u200b voiced that he declined to sign the commitment. <\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to explain that \u2064he would \u200dmake an announcement about his plans \u2063for the\u200b first debate next week on Aug 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, due to the pledge\u200b being an RNC\u200c requirement for participation in the first primary debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t sign the pledge,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWhy would\u2064 I sign a pledge if there \u200care \u200bpeople on there that I wouldn\u2019t have?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to reports, \u200bTrump explicitly criticized Florida Governor \u2062Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Governor Chris\u2062 Christie, and former Arkansas Governor Asa \u2062Hutchinson, naming \u2063\u201cthree or \u2064four\u201d GOP presidential rivals whom he \u2063would not support. <\/p>\n<p>Due to his reservations \u2062about Trump\u2019s campaign, former representative Will Hurd (R-Texas) decided not to sign the pledge. Christie and Hutchinson have also questioned the \u2063pledge\u2019s validity and enforceability.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2064the \u200d45<sup>th <\/sup>president\u2064 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-mike-pence-give-d-c-speeches-as-campaign-season-nears\/\" title=\"Donald Trump, Mike Pence Give D.C. Speeches As Campaign Season Nears\">frequently hinted<\/a> that \u200che would not show up for the\u2064 primary debate, he\u200c indicated on Wednesday that \u2064he had not \u201ctotally ruled it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is \u2064currently the Republican \u200bfront-runner \u2063leading by a wide \u200bmargin in the\u2062 polls. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to\u200d do it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve \u2063actually gotten very good marks on debating talents. But you\u200d want to\u2064 be, \u2064you know, they want a smart president. They want somebody that\u2019s\u200c going to be smart. So we have to do the smart thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to \u2063a copy of the pledge posted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to Twitter (X), \u200bit reads \u2062\u201cI affirm that\u2062 if I do not win the 2024 Republican nomination of President of the United States, I\u2062 will honor the will of the primary voters and support \u2064the nominee in order to\u2064 save our country and beat Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2064 signs\u200c 2024 GOP loyalty pledge, will\u2063 support the nominee if\u2064 he\u2063 does \u2062not win the\u2063 primary\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mU5Rir6kEu\">pic.twitter.com\/mU5Rir6kEu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida\u2019s \u2064Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1689385432109252609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200b9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8TRUMP\u200c INTERVIEW \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<br \/>Tonight: the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> clips from the big Trump interview being shared\u200d worldwide. With\u200b reaction from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMTG<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisChristie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisChristie<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hear Trump\u2019s no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-will-not-sign-gop-loyalty-pledge\/\" title=\"Trump refuses to sign GOP loyalty pledge.\">holds barred comments<\/a> on:<br \/>\u2013 dangers within (radical leftists)<br \/>\u2013 \u201csick people\u201d in office<br \/>\u2013 \u200bBill Barr\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VyEtsYxpxJ\">pic.twitter.com\/VyEtsYxpxJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc0aERIC BOLLING\ud83d\udc0a (@ericbolling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericbolling\/status\/1689747036210343937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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