{"id":2004529,"date":"2023-08-18T05:23:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T09:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-ready-for-big-debate-moments-with-trump-whether-hes-there-or-not\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T05:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T09:26:27","slug":"republicans-ready-for-big-debate-moments-with-trump-whether-hes-there-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-ready-for-big-debate-moments-with-trump-whether-hes-there-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans prepared for significant debate moments with Trump, regardless of his presence."},"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\">24<\/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%2Frepublicans-ready-for-big-debate-moments-with-trump-whether-hes-there-or-not%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=2004529&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>The 45th President Will Dominate the First GOP Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Whether he&#8217;s there or not, the\u200d upcoming \u2062Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee is set\u200c to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-joe-bidens-possible-diplomatic-non-boycott-of-olympics-no-big-deal\/\" title=\"China: Joe Biden's Possible Diplomatic Non-Boycott of Olympics 'No Big Deal'\">highly anticipated event<\/a>. It \u200bwill be the first time\u2064 many \u200dof\u200d the\u200d top candidates share the same stage, although it&#8217;s unlikely\u2062 that Donald Trump will be among them.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for \u200dDebate: Where\u200d Trump, DeSantis, and the Rest of the Republican 2024 Field Stand on Big Tech<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They&#8217;re \u200dall going to try\u200c to break out, have a moment where they demonstrate their strength and their ability to be successful and to beat \u200bBiden,&#8221; Republican strategist David Carney said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In fact, \u200daccording to Carney, there may be even \u2062more discussion \u2063about Trump if \u200che&#8217;s absent \u2063from the\u200c debate. Without the risk of an in-person rebuttal, candidates might feel more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-leaders-who-cry-undemocratic-and-authoritarian-should-look-in-the-mirror\/\" title=\"Western Leaders Who Cry \u2018Undemocratic\u2019 And \u2018Authoritarian\u2019 Should Look In The Mirror\">comfortable attacking<\/a> him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If\u200b the former president isn&#8217;t there, there \u2063will\u2062 be a lot more attacking of him than if he \u2062is there,&#8221; Carney said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-lipson-biden-robs-peter-to-get-pauls-vote\/\" title=\"Charles Lipson: Biden Robs Peter to Get Paul\u2019s Vote\">political axiom<\/a> that incumbent candidates usually avoid debates to maintain their advantage over challengers. Although Trump is not\u2063 an incumbent, he is\u2062 polling like one, with a significant lead in the latest RealClearPolitics average.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Trump has not\u2063 confirmed whether he will participate in the Milwaukee\u200b debate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-ready-for-big-debate-moments-with-trump-whether-hes-there-or-not\/\" title=\"Republicans prepared for significant debate moments with Trump, regardless of his presence.\">leaving rival campaigns<\/a> with different strategies. Governor Ron DeSantis, the second-place \u200bcandidate, has stated that he&#8217;s ready \u2062to go regardless.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only guy that\u200d Trump&#8217;s campaign attacks, basically,&#8221; DeSantis told Fox News. &#8220;The other candidates, a lot of them don&#8217;t really say \u2062much about Donald Trump, and they\u2063 focus more on \u2063me. So we&#8217;re going to be ready for all of\u200b that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The DeSantis campaign estimates that Trump has already spent $20 million\u2063 attacking him. Whether\u200b due to those attacks or not, DeSantis has seen\u2064 a \u200ddecline\u2063 in national support and is\u200d now facing competition from\u200b other candidates in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-whos-leading-among-2024-gop-voters-for-the-presidential-primary\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s Who\u2019s Leading Among 2024 GOP Voters for the Presidential Primary\">state-level polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This indicates that some candidates\u2062 will indeed focus on DeSantis, as he predicted. However, a DeSantis debate playbook suggests that the attacks could go\u2064 both ways.<\/p>\n<p>A memo \u200bposted \u200con the website of the super\u200c PAC supporting DeSantis outlines a four-point\u2062 debate plan, \u2064including attacking Joe Biden and the media, stating DeSantis&#8217; positive vision, responding to Vivek Ramaswamy, and defending\u200b Donald Trump in absentia \u200cagainst a Chris Christie \u200dattack.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign responded to the memo with a tongue-in-cheek statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Vivek\u2019s \u200cjob on Aug.\u2064 23 is to introduce himself and his vision \u200bto the \u200bAmerican people,&#8221; spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said. \u200c&#8221;These boring, canned attack \u200clines\u200d from a robotic candidate don\u2019t change that. If DeSantis struggles to use a spoon, I can\u2019t imagine \u200che is particularly agile with a sledgehammer.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s campaign did not respond to questions, but\u200c it is widely expected\u2064 that he \u2063will strongly criticize Trump during\u200c the debate, as it has become a \u200ccentral part of \u2062his campaign. The challenge \u200cfor Christie and other non-Trump \u200bcandidates is \u2063to establish themselves in \u200cthe minds of \u200cvoters while escaping \u2062Trump&#8217;s shadow.<\/p>\n<p>One strategy \u2063is to call out Trump for threatening\u2063 to skip the debate. Former \u2064Vice President\u200b Mike Pence&#8217;s team has expressed\u200d eagerness for\u2062 a debate, stating that Pence \u2062is ready \u2063if \u2063Trump &#8220;has the courage \u200dto show up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, even if Trump does\u2064 skip \u2062the\u200b debate, \u200che may still \u2063overshadow his rivals by offering counterprogramming or posting on \u2062social media throughout the night.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t \u2063pretend he&#8217;s not here,&#8221; \u200cCarney, the GOP strategist, said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not saying\u2063 people will be Christie and \u200battack \u2062him 24\/7, but \u2062he&#8217;s\u2062 going \u200dto be paramount to \u200dthe less competitive guys who want to show they&#8217;re willing to take him on. Trump \u200bwill dominate that stage in conversation whether he&#8217;s there or \u200bnot.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u200dhere<\/a> to\u200b read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming GOP debate in Milwaukee will be significant as it marks the first time numerous top candidates will share the stage. Despite Donald Trump&#8217;s probable absence, the 45th president&#8217;s influence will undoubtedly overshadow the event. The question remains: Will Trump and DeSantis be part of the debate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2004530,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2004529","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}