{"id":2005258,"date":"2023-08-18T18:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-mum-amid-reports-he-will-spurn-gop-debate-for-tucker-carlson\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T18:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T22:09:27","slug":"trump-campaign-mum-amid-reports-he-will-spurn-gop-debate-for-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-mum-amid-reports-he-will-spurn-gop-debate-for-tucker-carlson\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign silent as reports suggest he will skip GOP debate for Tucker Carlson."},"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\">28<\/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-campaign-mum-amid-reports-he-will-spurn-gop-debate-for-tucker-carlson%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=2005258&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>Rumors of Trump Interview with Tucker Carlson Circulate Ahead of RNC Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Rumors are swirling that former President Donald Trump \u2063may opt for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker\u200b Carlson instead of attending the Republican National Committee&#8217;s first primary debate airing on Wednesday. Trump has hinted that he might skip \u200cthe debate to avoid giving exposure \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-made-decision-on-attending-first-republican-debate-and-will-announce-next-week\/\" title=\"Trump has decided on attending the first Republican debate and will reveal his decision next week.\">low-polling candidates<\/a>, and it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebooks-oversight-board-will-announce-ruling-on-trump-ban-wednesday\/\" title=\"Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board Will Announce Ruling on Trump Ban Wednesday\">widely anticipated<\/a> that he would hold\u200d a competing event if he chose not to participate. Carlson, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-mum-amid-reports-he-will-spurn-gop-debate-for-tucker-carlson\/\" title=\"Trump campaign silent as reports suggest he will skip GOP debate for Tucker Carlson.\">immensely\u2064 popular conservative host<\/a>,\u2063 now has a show on X, the platform formerly\u200c known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Final Decision<\/h3>\n<p>According\u200c to the New\u2063 York Times, sources close to the \u2063former president have revealed that he has made his \u200dfinal decision and \u200bwill not be participating in the RNC debate. While Trump has\u2064 previously expressed reluctance to join the debate, he had reportedly given aides\u2064 the impression that \u200che might change\u200d his mind at the last minute\u200c and attend. However, a Wednesday night interview between Trump and Carlson \u200dhas not been confirmed, according to the Wall \u2062Street\u2062 Journal.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Reasons for Skipping the Debate<\/h3>\n<p>Trump has argued that \u2063he shouldn&#8217;t need to debate, citing\u2063 his significant lead over competitors in the polls. He also believes that his \u200dstatus as a former president should grant\u2062 him the same consideration as \u200ban incumbent president, \u2063who typically does \u200bnot \u200bdebate\u200b primary challengers. Additionally, he has criticized Fox News, the broadcaster \u2064of the debate, for its coverage, choice of guests, and unflattering photo choices of him. The Trump campaign, Fox News, and the RNC have not\u200c provided any comments to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h2>Competitors&#8217; Response\u200c and Biden Campaign&#8217;s Reaction<\/h2>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s 2024 Republican competitors \u2062have expressed \u2064their hope \u200bthat he participates in\u2063 the debate but have indicated that\u2062 they are \u200cprepared regardless of his \u2062attendance. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u200c campaign and Trump&#8217;s campaign have already engaged in a war of words over \u2064the debate. \u2064Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz stated, &#8220;Of course\u200b Donald Trump wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-in-discussions-with-trump-about-hosting-alternative-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Tucker in talks with Trump for hosting GOP debate.\">avoid appearing<\/a> in Wisconsin because he knows Wisconsin is a state that illustrates his\u200d failed leadership.&#8221; In response, Trump campaign spokesman Steven\u2062 Cheung criticized Biden, calling \u2064him the &#8220;worst president in our country&#8217;s history&#8221; and accusing him of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The debate is set to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which has become a focal point of the political discussion. Munoz highlighted Trump&#8217;s previous loss in the state to Biden in the 2020 presidential election, contrasting it with Trump&#8217;s victory over Hillary Clinton \u200bin 2016.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden Campaign&#8217;s Focus on Trump-Era Manufacturing Deal<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden campaign has\u200d been drawing\u200d attention to \u2063the scaling \u2062back\u2063 of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-admits-inflation-is-big-deal-says-biden-agenda-wont-make-it-worse\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Admits Inflation Is \u2018Big Deal,\u2019 Says Biden Agenda Won\u2019t Make It Worse\">manufacturing deal<\/a> with Taiwan electronics\u200c manufacturer Foxconn that was initiated \u2062during the Trump era. The deal, announced\u2062 in 2017, promised to bring thousands of jobs and significant investment to Wisconsin. However, it has since been scaled back, resulting in only a fraction of the promised jobs being delivered. This issue has become\u2064 a\u2064 point of contention between\u200c the two campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click \u2064here<\/a> to visit\u200d the \u2064Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are rumors that ex-President Donald Trump may opt for an interview with ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson instead of attending the Republican National Committee&#8217;s first primary debate on Wednesday. Trump hinted at skipping the debate to avoid boosting low-polling candidates, fueling speculation about his plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2005259,"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-2005258","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\/2005258","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=2005258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}