{"id":2006997,"date":"2023-08-21T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-trump-wont-be-in-milwaukee-but-his-campaign-surrogates-will-be\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:59:15","slug":"republican-debate-trump-wont-be-in-milwaukee-but-his-campaign-surrogates-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-trump-wont-be-in-milwaukee-but-his-campaign-surrogates-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump won&#8217;t attend Milwaukee debate, but his campaign representatives will be present."},"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%2Frepublican-debate-trump-wont-be-in-milwaukee-but-his-campaign-surrogates-will-be%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=2006997&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>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Absence\u200c Won&#8217;t\u2062 Dampen the Excitement \u2064at the Republican National \u200bCommittee Primary \u2062Debate<\/h2>\n<p>While former President\u2063 Donald Trump has decided not to participate in the first Republican \u2062National Committee primary\u2063 debate, his presence will still be felt.\u2062 Several of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-trump-wont-be-in-milwaukee-but-his-campaign-surrogates-will-be\/\" title=\"Trump won't attend Milwaukee debate, but his campaign representatives will be present.\">presidential campaign surrogates<\/a> will be in Milwaukee, ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-penn-flees-to-poland-on-foot-after-calling-on-america-to-fight-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"Sean Penn Flees to Poland on Foot After Calling on America to Fight for Ukraine\">stir things<\/a>\u200d up in the spin \u200croom and keep the focus on Trump.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Surrogates \u200cReady to Make \u2064Waves<\/h3>\n<p>Leading the charge will \u200dbe Donald Trump Jr. and his fiance Kimberly Guilfoyle, who will \u2064attend the debate as\u2064 surrogates for his father. The younger\u200d Trump expressed his excitement, saying, &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to see all of our friends in Milwaukee who want to Make America Great Again!!!&#8221; They will also be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-settles-lawsuit-with-trump-org-right-before-trial\/\" title=\"Michael Cohen, ex-Trump lawyer, settles lawsuit with Trump Org just before trial.\">making media appearances<\/a>\u2062 on behalf of the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Joining them will \u200dbe other prominent Trump supporters, including Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and\u200b Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). These three members of Congress have been vocal\u200c in\u2062 their support for Trump and are expected to rally behind him during the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u200bArizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, a staunch Trump loyalist, will also be present. She has been urging Trump&#8217;s \u200brivals to\u2063 drop out of the race and unite behind him, but\u2064 her calls have gone unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, three\u200d of Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">top aides<\/a>, Chris LaCivita, Jason Miller, and Steven Cheung, will be in attendance. Cheung recently criticized Gov. Ron\u2064 DeSantis (R-FL) for his disloyalty to Trump, highlighting the \u200ctensions within the party.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Decision and the Race for the GOP\u200d Nomination<\/h3>\n<p>Trump confirmed on his social\u2064 media platform Truth Social that he would not be participating in the\u2064 debate. He cited his issues with the \u2063RNC&#8217;s loyalty pledge as the reason for his absence. Despite \u2063not being physically present, Trump remains the\u200d frontrunner in the presidential GOP primary,\u2064 leading\u2062 all \u2063rivals \u2063by a significant margin.<\/p>\n<p>Instead\u2063 of attending the debate, Trump plans to release a sit-down interview with ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson,\u2062 further snubbing \u2062both the RNC \u200band the network that\u200d he has criticized \u2063in recent \u2062weeks.<\/p>\n<p>With Trump&#8217;s absence, \u2063his rivals will \u2063have an opportunity to shine and make a lasting impression during the debate. They \u200bwill undoubtedly seek\u200d a breakout moment to gain momentum and potentially overtake Trump in the race for\u200b the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of Trump&#8217;s decision, the\u2063 Republican National Committee primary debate promises to be an eventful and pivotal moment in the 2024 \u200dpresidential race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite not participating in the first Republican National Committee primary debate, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s influence will still be evident. His campaign surrogates will be present in Milwaukee, provoking his 2024 rivals who will strive to distinguish themselves on the debate stage without Trump&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006998,"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-2006997","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\/2006997","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=2006997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}