{"id":2007862,"date":"2023-08-22T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-chris-sununu-says-gop-candidates-should-not-just-go-on-attack-mode\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T08:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:40:58","slug":"republican-debate-chris-sununu-says-gop-candidates-should-not-just-go-on-attack-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-chris-sununu-says-gop-candidates-should-not-just-go-on-attack-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Sununu: GOP candidates should avoid solely focusing on attacking."},"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\">18<\/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-chris-sununu-says-gop-candidates-should-not-just-go-on-attack-mode%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=2007862&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. Chris Sununu Urges Candidates to Showcase\u200b Policies\u200c and Personalities\u2063 at \u2064RNC Debate<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News Digital, Gov.\u200b Chris Sununu (R-NH) emphasized the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-chris-sununu-says-gop-candidates-should-not-just-go-on-attack-mode\/\" title=\"Sununu: GOP candidates should avoid solely focusing on attacking.\">candidates displaying<\/a> their policies\u200d and personalities\u200b on the\u200c Republican National Committee&#8217;s debate stage. He advised against simply going into &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-squad-also-plans-on-issuing-a-formal-response-to-bidens-sotu\/\" title=\"\u201cThe Squad\u201d Also Plans on Issuing a Formal Response to Biden\u2019s SOTU\">attack mode<\/a>,&#8221; highlighting the significance of \u2064likability for candidates vying for second place \u2063in the intense GOP primary race, with former President Donald Trump\u2064 leading the pack.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Factors for Debate Success<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to \u200bexplain \u200bwhere you are with your policy. Where you \u2062are with your background,&#8221; Sununu stated. &#8220;But you&#8217;ve got \u200dto go beyond that. It&#8217;s\u2063 not just \u2064issue and policy-based. And\u2064 it&#8217;s not just in attack\u200c mode, either. They&#8217;ve got to show that charm, that charisma, that \u200dlikability.\u2064 Likability is so important in a\u2064 race\u2063 like\u200d this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The New \u200cHampshire\u2062 governor emphasized the need for \u200ccandidates to exude\u2063 &#8220;charisma,\u200c charm, inspiration. \u200dSomething exciting. Something fun. Something that people say, &#8216;Wow. That&#8217;s something I can get\u200b behind.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sununu&#8217;s advice follows his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-says-he-will-not-accept-joe-biden-as-president\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich Says He \u2018Will Not Accept Joe Biden As President\u2019\">recent op-ed<\/a>\u2063 in the\u200d New York Times, where he pledged to do &#8220;everything&#8221; he can to\u2063 &#8220;help narrow&#8221; the Republican presidential primary field and prevent a second \u200bTrump presidency. He clarified that his endorsement is currently up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An Awesome \u2064Opportunity&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regarding \u200cthe upcoming debate,\u200d Sununu described it as &#8220;an awesome opportunity for all these candidates \u2063to stand up\u200c \u2014 not just\u200b to show that they \u200ddeserve to be on the stage, but to show that they deserve \u2064to be the leader of the free world. That&#8217;s really \u200bthe \u2063differentiator. People want someone that inspires them. Some charisma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has announced he will not be participating in the\u200b debate due to his significant lead over opponents, a majority of the\u2062 Republican voter\u2063 base believes he\u200d should take \u2063the stage and engage \u2063with other GOP contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Sununu has stated that he will \u200bsupport the Republican candidate in 2024, even if it is\u2063 Trump. However, he\u2063 remains skeptical about the former president&#8217;s\u200c chances \u200dof returning\u2062 to the White House, citing Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-denies-president-trump-request-to-invoke-executive-privilege-on-documents-regarding-jan-6-protests\/\" title=\"Biden denies President Trump request to invoke executive privilege on documents regarding Jan. 6 protests\">presidential record<\/a> and personal qualities.<\/p>\n<p>Transitioning from Governorship<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d July, Sununu announced that he would not seek reelection as New Hampshire&#8217;s governor, a\u200c position he has held since 2017. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-republicans-launch-stop-stacey-effort-ahead-of-possible-abrams-2022-announcement\/\" title=\"GA Republicans Launch \u2018Stop Stacey\u2019 Effort Ahead Of Possible Abrams 2022 Announcement\">gubernatorial race<\/a> \u200dis already heating up, with former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former state Senate President Chuck Morse running for the GOP, while Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and Executive Council Member \u200dCinde Warmington are running as Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC debate, moderated\u2062 by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum of Fox News, \u200bwill\u200c take place in \u200cMilwaukee, Wisconsin, on \u2063Wednesday night. The first \u2064debate will feature eight contenders: Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. \u200cRon DeSantis (R-FL), \u200cformer\u200c United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa\u2064 Hutchinson, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur \u2062Vivek Ramaswamy, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read\u200c more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) advised RNC debate candidates to emphasize policies and personalities, discouraging an aggressive &#8220;attack mode.&#8221; Sununu stressed that likability would be crucial for contenders vying for second place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007863,"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-2007862","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\/2007862","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=2007862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}