{"id":2008342,"date":"2023-08-22T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-is-the-de-facto-republican-nominee-and-everyone-knows-it\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T20:20:13","slug":"pres-trump-is-the-de-facto-republican-nominee-and-everyone-knows-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-is-the-de-facto-republican-nominee-and-everyone-knows-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump is the undisputed Republican nominee, widely acknowledged."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fpres-trump-is-the-de-facto-republican-nominee-and-everyone-knows-it%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=2008342&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 24: Republican \u2062presidential candidate\u200b former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives onstage to speak at the Faith\u200b and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Trump\u2062 spoke on\u2063 a range of topics, including his recent federal indictment, to an audience of conservative evangelical Christians. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>August 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p><em>(Views \u200dexpressed by guest commentators may not reflect the views of OAN\u200d or its affiliates.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Much has changed from August 2015 to August 2023.<\/h2>\n<p> As the Republican \u200dparty is set to host the first \u20632024 \u2063presidential primary \u2064debate, one key\u2062 factor remains the same: 45th President Donald Trump \u2064is the\u2064 talk \u2062of the town. Trump took center stage on Aug. 6, 2015 as the unexpected leader\u200c in the polls and carved\u2062 up his competition, definitively winning the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the most dramatic opening to a presidential debate\u2064 in recent memory\u2014and Donald Trump stole the show before he\u2019d even said a word,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/08\/07\/politics\/donald-trump-republican-debate\/index.html\">wrote<\/a> the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Trump set the tone throughout the night with his bold and unapologetic style, going \u2064toe to toe with both moderators and \u2063other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the big\u2062 problem this country has is being \u2064politically correct,\u201d Trump told\u200b a cheering audience.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not sugarcoat the gravity of \u200cthe situation,\u2063 <strong>boldly explaining why the U.S. needed a \u2062leader who was unafraid of speaking\u200c in plain language.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you \u2062have\u2064 people that are cutting Christians heads \u2062off, when you \u200dhave a world at the \u200dborder and\u200b in so many places that it\u2019s medieval times, it\u200d almost has to be as bad as it ever was in terms\u2064 of the violence and the horror,\u201d Trump \u200csaid. \u201cWe don\u2019t have time for tone. We \u200chave to\u2064 go out\u200c and get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His message resonated. Trump went\u2064 into the night\u200c leading in\u200d the polls, and he walked out\u200d still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-poll\/exclusive-trumps-republican-support-holds-strong-post-debate-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN0QF1WL20150811\">the clear frontrunner<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Removing Trump, \u200cthe difference between 2015 and now\u200d could not be greater. In that\u2062 first \u20622016 debate, there were so many candidates the RNC had to hold a\u200c secondary debate with seven \u200dlower polling candidates. Combining both debate stages, a total of 17 candidates made their\u200c pitch to the \u200dAmerican \u200dpublic. Included \u200cin\u200c that group were Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Lindsey Graham. The main \u200cstage \u200dalso\u2064 featured Governors Scott Walker, Chris Christie,\u2063 and John Kasich.<\/p>\n<p>That is not the reality in 2023. The debate stage in Wisconsin will \u200cnot feature prominent, currently serving\u2064 elected officials.\u2064 All four senators from \u200b2015 are still in \u200coffice with recognizable and\u2064 respected brands,\u2064 yet they all\u200b chose to sit\u200b this \u200dround out. <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night will showcase eight candidates \u2013 many of whom are years removed from serving in \u2063office. Former New\u2062 Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hasn\u2019t been in office for more than five years. Nikki Haley \u2062left her position\u2064 as United Nations Ambassador on \u2062Dec. \u206331, 2018.  <\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight-year old entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy\u2063 is building momentum and \u2062turning heads as the\u2062 first millennial Republican presidential candidate.\u200d But he has never held public office.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably,\u200b the most notable candidate on stage is Florida\u200c Gov. Ron DeSantis. But DeSantis \u200bhas struggled to gain any momentum in the polls since entering the race. A recent poll\u2063 even\u2063 showed him fall to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/desantis-falls-to-fourth-place-in-new-hampshire-poll-pres-trump-dominates\/\">fourth place<\/a> in New Hampshire, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-is-the-de-facto-republican-nominee-and-everyone-knows-it\/\" title=\"Trump is the undisputed Republican nominee, widely acknowledged.\">crucial \u200bearly nominating state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And that is \u2064the precise reason \u200dwhy Rubio, Cruz, Paul, and Graham all\u200b steered clear\u200c of the \u2062primary this go around. Trump is the de-facto Republican nominee, and they \u200bknow it. With\u200b the 45th president holding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-dead-last-as-establishment-media-calls-virginia-race-for-republican-glenn-youngkin\/\" title=\"Fox News Dead Last as Establishment Media Calls Virginia Race for Republican Glenn Youngkin\">seemingly insurmountable lead<\/a> in every\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/stronger-than-ever-trump-holds-5-lead-over-biden-in-new-national-poll\/\">national<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/iowa-poll-pres-trump-dominates-field-ahead-of-gop-debate\/\">state<\/a> poll, they knew \u2062challenging him would only\u200c result in destroying their own brand and \u200dimage.<\/p>\n<p>On or off the debate stage, Trump will\u200b dominate the headlines.\u200c It\u2063 was Trump\u2019s\u2064 show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/08\/republican-debate-donald-trump-121114\">in 2015<\/a>. \u2064It\u2019s Trump\u2019s show in 2023. And that will not change any time soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Joe Biden jets off to Hawaii, Trump \u2064pays $200,000 in Fulton\u200d County and Fat Bottomed Girls\u200d get blacklisted.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington suggests the timing of the latest indictment of Donald Trump reeks of collusion.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>The death toll from the \u200cMaui wildfires \u200dcontinues to rise, with at least 111 confirmed fatalities as of Friday while nearly 1,000 others remain missing.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Nebraska Governor\u2063 Jim Pillen signs the\u2063 Opportunity \u2062Scholarship Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-screen-time-for-toddlers-linked-to-developmental-delays\/\" title=\"Study finds link between screen time and developmental delays in toddlers.\">commits \u200d million \u2062dollars<\/a> in\u2064 tax credits to children across the state.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>(Reuters) \u2013 International Business Machines has agreed to sell\u200b its weather business to private equity firm Francisco \u200bPartners for an undisclosed sum,\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>By\u200d Akash Sriram and Brenda Goh (Reuters) -China\u2019s Baidu Inc beat\u200c second-quarter revenue estimates on Tuesday, helped by a post-pandemic recovery in\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>BRUSSELS (Reuters) \u2013 EU antitrust \u200cregulators will examine \u200bwhether Microsoft\u2019s proposal to sell its non-EU cloud streaming rights \u2062to Ubisoft Entertainment in\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Tuesday released an AI\u2063 model \u2064capable of translating and\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 24, 2023, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate and former US President, addressed conservative evangelicals at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference in Washington, DC. 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