{"id":2004746,"date":"2023-08-18T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-trump-talk-conservative-event-wont-ask-2024-candidates-about-indictments\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:34:34","slug":"no-trump-talk-conservative-event-wont-ask-2024-candidates-about-indictments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-trump-talk-conservative-event-wont-ask-2024-candidates-about-indictments\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative event avoids discussing indictments with 2024 candidates, excluding Trump."},"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%2Fno-trump-talk-conservative-event-wont-ask-2024-candidates-about-indictments%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=2004746&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>A Conservative Event in Georgia \u200bFocuses \u200don Policy Questions, Not Trump&#8217;s Indictments<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weak-government-complicit-media-silicon-valley-are-torching-america\/\" title=\"Weak Government, Complicit Media, Silicon Valley Are Torching America\">conservative event<\/a> in Georgia recently brought together nearly\u2064 all of the most prominent Republican 2024 presidential candidates,\u2063 except for former president Donald Trump. However, the event organizers made it clear that they would not \u2064be\u2063 asking \u2062the\u200c candidates about Trump&#8217;s indictments or his \u200dstatus as the GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bachelor-host-chris-harrison-bashes-cancel-culture-fans-start-petition-to-cancel-him\/\" title=\"Bachelor Host Chris Harrison Bashes Cancel Culture, Fans Start Petition To Cancel Him\">front-runner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;One of my chief\u2063 frustrations is the former president isn&#8217;t going to\u2062 be\u200d here,&#8221; said \u200bconservative radio host Erick Erickson, who introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathleen-j-anderson-everyones-talking-about-the-world-economic-forum-what-is-it\/\" title=\"Kathleen J. Anderson: Everyone\u2019s Talking About the World Economic Forum. What is It?\">annual event called<\/a> \u200cThe Gathering.\u200c &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to ask\u2063 the candidates all day and tomorrow about him. \u2063And that seems to\u200b be the conversation in\u2063 the media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump was recently indicted on 13 counts,\u200b including violation\u2063 of the Racketeer\u200d Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, in relation to his\u200c attempts\u200b to \u200boverturn \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-supreme-court-unanimously-rejects-trump-hail-mary-to-stop-potential-indictment\/\" title=\"Georgia Supreme Court unanimously denies Trump's attempt to halt potential indictment.\">2020 presidential \u2064election<\/a> \u200din Georgia. However, despite these legal \u200dissues, \u200dTrump\u2062 remains the front-runner in\u200c the GOP primary race.<\/p>\n<p>Erickson explained that he wants to focus on policy questions during the event, \u2063rather than dwelling on Trump&#8217;s indictments. He highlighted that the crowd&#8217;s top question is about military preparedness, along \u2063with inquiries\u200b about the\u200c economy\u200c and\u200d banking. Erickson believes \u2064that by asking candidates\u200b about their policies,\u200c rather than about other people, valuable\u200b insights can be \u2063gained.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2064 an interview\u200d with Senator Tim\u200d Scott, Erickson expressed his satisfaction with discussing policy matters instead of \u200bTrump&#8217;s legal troubles. However, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia, who is not a candidate, refrained from commenting on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-trump-talk-conservative-event-wont-ask-2024-candidates-about-indictments\/\" title=\"Conservative event avoids discussing indictments with 2024 candidates, excluding Trump.\">recent grand jury indictment<\/a>,\u2063 as \u2062he \u200dmay be a \u200cwitness\u200b in the \u200bongoing case.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp did \u200cpredict that \u2064none \u200bof the cases Trump has been indicted\u2063 in will go\u2064 to \u200ctrial before\u200b the 2024 \u200cpresidential election. He\u2063 suggested that Democrats are using these indictments as a distraction to divert attention from President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Georgia conservative event unites top Republican 2024 candidates, excluding ex-president Donald Trump. Surprisingly, Trump&#8217;s indictments won&#8217;t be discussed, nor will the GOP front-runner. 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