{"id":2008209,"date":"2023-08-22T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-ramaswamy-to-be-positioned-center-stage-in-1st-gop-debate-fox-news\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:36:33","slug":"desantis-ramaswamy-to-be-positioned-center-stage-in-1st-gop-debate-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-ramaswamy-to-be-positioned-center-stage-in-1st-gop-debate-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis and Ramaswamy take the spotlight in inaugural GOP debate on Fox News."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdesantis-ramaswamy-to-be-positioned-center-stage-in-1st-gop-debate-fox-news%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=2008209&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>Fox News Reveals Lineup for \u200dGOP Presidential Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Fox News recently released the\u2062 lineup for the upcoming GOP presidential debate,\u2064 scheduled for August 23. The positioning of the \u2062candidates on stage \u200bwas determined \u2064based on polling.<\/p>\n<p>Former President \u200dDonald Trump, who currently holds a significant \u200blead in the polls, would have \u200dbeen center stage. However,\u2063 since he \u2063will not be attending,\u200c the two center positions will be \u2062occupied by Gov. Ron \u200bDeSantis (R-Fla.) and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/here-are-the-8-candidates-who-will-participate-in-the-first-republican-presidential-debate-5478270\">Here \u2062Are the 8 Candidates Who Will Participate in the First Republican Presidential Debate<\/a> &#8211; 8\/22\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/candidates-look-to-set-themselves-apart-in-first-gop-debate-as-trumps-absence-looms-large-5478069\">Candidates\u200b Look to Set Themselves Apart in First GOP Debate as Trump&#8217;s Absence Looms Large<\/a> &#8211; \u200c8\/22\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On stage-right, alongside\u2064 Mr. DeSantis, will be former Vice President Mike \u200bPence, former Gov. Chris Christie\u2064 (R-N.J.), \u2063and former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.). On stage-left, alongside Mr. Ramaswamy, will be former South Carolina Gov. \u2063and U.S. \u2062Ambassador to\u200d the United Nations Nikki Haley, Sen. \u200dTim Scott (R-S.C.), and Gov. Doug\u200d Burgum (R-N.D.).<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 debate will be moderated by Fox\u200b News \u200banchors \u2062Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum \u200cand will take place at the \u200cFiserv Forum\u200b in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The RNC\u2063 is excited to showcase our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-ramaswamy-to-be-positioned-center-stage-in-1st-gop-debate-fox-news\/\" title=\"DeSantis and Ramaswamy take the spotlight in inaugural GOP debate on Fox News.\">diverse candidate field<\/a> and\u2063 the conservative vision\u200d to \u2062beat Joe Biden \u200con \u2063the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-should-have-stepped-up-president-trump-goes-off-on-bill-barr-over-his-silence-on-hunter-biden-video\/\" title=\"\u201cBill Barr Should Have Stepped Up!\u201d \u2013 President Trump Goes Off on Bill Barr over His Silence on Hunter Biden (VIDEO)\">debate stage<\/a> Wednesday \u200bnight,&#8221; said \u200bRepublican National Committee Chairwoman \u2062Ronna McDaniel in a statement. &#8220;I\u2019d like to \u2064thank the RNC\u2019s debate committee Chairman Dave\u2064 Bossie and Co-Chair \u200dAnne Hathaway and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-rnc-announces-the-8-gop-2024-contenders-who-made-the-cut\/\" title=\"RNC reveals 8 GOP 2024 contenders who qualify for Republican debate.\">debate partners<\/a>,\u200b Fox News, Young America\u2019s Foundation, and Rumble for \u200ctheir work to kick off the\u200c primary \u2063process that will put our\u200d Party and eventual nominee \u200din the best position \u2063to take back the White House next\u2062 fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for the first \u200cdebate stage, candidates had to meet certain requirements set \u2062by the RNC. This included polling at\u2062 least 1 percent in three national polls or polling 1 percent in \u200ctwo \u2064national polls plus 1 percent in a \u200dpoll recognized\u200d by the RNC in two of the early states (Iowa,\u2064 New Hampshire, \u2064South \u200dCarolina, and \u200bNevada).<\/p>\n<p>Another requirement was having 40,000 unique donors to their\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-releases-2024-debate-criteria-as-questions-about-trumps-attendance-loom\/\" title=\"RNC sets 2024 debate rules amid Trump attendance doubts.\">principal presidential campaign committee<\/a>, with at least 200 unique donors per state or territory in more than 20 states and\/or territories.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, candidates had to sign a pledge to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-reveals-debate-decision-only-5-candidates-qualify-for-the-event\/\" title=\"DeSantis announces debate decision: Just 5 candidates make the cut.\">eventual party nominee<\/a>. The pledge stated that candidates would only participate in \u200cdebates sanctioned by the Republican National Committee and that failure to sign the\u2064 pledge or participate in unsanctioned debates would render them ineligible for further RNC-sanctioned debates.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP presidential debate promises to be an important event in the\u200b primary process, showcasing the diverse field of candidates and their conservative vision for the\u200d future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News announced on Aug. 22 the stage positions for the GOP presidential candidates participating in the Aug. 23 debate. The arrangement was based on polling results. Former President Donald Trump, leading in polls, would have been center stage, but his absence led to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and entrepreneur taking prominent positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":2008210,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2008209","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\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}