{"id":2005807,"date":"2023-08-19T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T17:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shaped-hole-gop-field-heads-to-debate-with-plan-to-take-down-desantis\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T17:27:36","slug":"trump-shaped-hole-gop-field-heads-to-debate-with-plan-to-take-down-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shaped-hole-gop-field-heads-to-debate-with-plan-to-take-down-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidates prepare to challenge DeSantis in upcoming debate, aiming to fill the Trump-shaped void."},"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\">30<\/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-shaped-hole-gop-field-heads-to-debate-with-plan-to-take-down-desantis%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=2005807&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>Gov.\u200b Ron DeSantis Faces Opposition in 2024 Republican Nomination<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is \u2062finding himself in the spotlight as the \u20632024 Republican nomination debate approaches. Currently, DeSantis is the \u2062<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> behind former President Donald Trump, who will \u2064not be participating in the debate. This absence \u2063leaves DeSantis vulnerable to attacks from his \u200dopponents, as Trump is not there to divert their attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;There\u2019s \u200cblood in the water; everybody knows it.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>According \u2063to Scott Jennings, a former adviser to President George \u2062W. Bush and\u2063 Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), \u200bDeSantis should be prepared for criticism from every other candidate. Jennings \u2062stated \u200con CNN&#8217;s Erin Burnett Outfront, &#8220;Obviously, Chris\u200b Christie\u2019s\u200b gunning\u2064 for [DeSantis]. But, at the same time, \u200da lot of what\u200b voters\u200d have heard about Ron DeSantis \u200dhave come from other people. They\u2019ve come \u2063from Trump. They\u2019ve come from never Trump. They\u2019ve come from\u200c the \u200dmedia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jennings estimated that\u2063 around $20 million has been spent \u2063on attack ads against DeSantis. Most recently, Christie\u2064 visited Florida\u200d on his\u200c own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/central-african-republic-votes-under-threat-of-violence\/\" title=\"Central African Republic votes under threat of violence\">campaign trail<\/a>\u2062 and suggested that DeSantis should &#8220;get the hell\u200b out of the race&#8221; if he continues to support Trump during the debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Everybody\u2064 on that\u2064 stage \u200dwants\u2062 to replace Ron DeSantis as the front-runner of the non-Trump candidate.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Jennings emphasized that all the other candidates are aiming to replace DeSantis as the leading non-Trump contender. He\u200b added, \u2062&#8221;So, he\u2019s going to be getting it from all \u2063sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other candidates \u200bparticipating in the debate include former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki \u200bHaley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, political commentator Larry Elder, businessman Perry Johnson, \u200band entrepreneur Vivek\u2062 Ramaswamy. DeSantis, \u200bRamaswamy, Burgum, \u2064Haley,\u200b and\u2064 Scott \u200chave qualified for the debate and signed the \u2062loyalty pledge, while Pence and Christie have expressed their \u200cintention to sign \u2063it as well.<\/p>\n<p>In order \u200cto qualify for the debate, candidates must have a minimum of 1% \u200bsupport in polls and receive\u2063 at least 40,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shaped-hole-gop-field-heads-to-debate-with-plan-to-take-down-desantis\/\" title=\"GOP candidates prepare to challenge DeSantis in upcoming debate, aiming to fill the Trump-shaped void.\">000 individual campaign donations<\/a>. The deadline for qualification is Monday.<\/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>reports, DeSantis is facing scrutiny from his rivals as the 2024 Republican nomination debate nears. Despite being the frontrunner, he is overshadowed by former President Trump, who is unlikely to participate. Trump&#8217;s refusal to commit to endorsing the eventual nominee adds to the pressure on DeSantis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2005808,"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-2005807","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\/2005807","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=2005807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}