{"id":2009196,"date":"2023-08-23T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidate-injured-in-pickup-basketball-game-unclear-if-he-can-stand-at-debate-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:37:44","slug":"gop-presidential-candidate-injured-in-pickup-basketball-game-unclear-if-he-can-stand-at-debate-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidate-injured-in-pickup-basketball-game-unclear-if-he-can-stand-at-debate-report\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidate injured in basketball game, uncertain if he can stand at debate: report."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fgop-presidential-candidate-injured-in-pickup-basketball-game-unclear-if-he-can-stand-at-debate-report%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=2009196&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>Republican Governor \u200dDoug Burgum Injured in Basketball Game Ahead of\u200b GOP Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Republican\u2064 presidential candidate \u2064and North \u2062Dakota \u2062Governor Doug\u200c Burgum\u2062 suffered an injury while playing pickup basketball \u200din \u2064Milwaukee on Tuesday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-education-board-member-under-investigation-after-social-media-posts-about-schools-brainwashing-children\/\" title=\"Utah Education Board Member probed for criticizing schools' influence on children.\">raising \u2062concerns<\/a> about\u200b his participation in Wednesday \u2062night&#8217;s highly anticipated \u200dGOP debate.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum, 67, was rushed to\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-skips-fact-checking-to-run-with-nurses-unverified-story-about-covid-patients-last-dying-words\/\" title=\"CNN Skips Fact-Checking To Run With Nurse's Unverified Story About COVID Patients 'Last Dying Words'\">emergency room<\/a>, according to CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-69-30\/\" title=\"Senate passes bipartisan infrastructure bill 69-30\">remains uncertain<\/a> whether he will be able to stand at the debate, as confirmed by his\u2063 campaign to Fox News. \u2062However, as of\u2064 Wednesday morning, Burgum has \u2062been discharged from the hospital, and candidates\u2063 are scheduled to take part \u200cin\u2064 a walk-through before the debate in\u200d Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum \u200bsuccessfully\u2062 met \u200dthe requirements \u2063set by the Republican National Committee to \u200bappear on stage, surpassing the minimum \u200cpolling criteria and reaching\u2063 the 40,000 individual donor threshold. His campaign&#8217;s \u2063unique \u2063strategy of distributing $20 gift \u2064cards for $1 donations \u200dplayed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">significant role<\/a> in achieving this milestone. The governor, who has a background in\u2064 business and conservative governance,\u2062 entered\u2062 the \u2062Republican race \u200din June, emphasizing\u200b his credentials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidate-injured-in-pickup-basketball-game-unclear-if-he-can-stand-at-debate-report\/\" title=\"GOP candidate injured in basketball game, uncertain if he can stand at debate: report.\">small-town\u2064 common sense<\/a> in Washington and our \u200dbig\u200c cities, we&#8217;ll make that\u200c happen,&#8221; \u200dBurgum told a crowd gathered for his\u200d announcement.\u200d &#8220;We need a governor and business\u200b leader who understands this changing \u200ceconomy.\u2064 I \u2063want to\u2063 earn your vote.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican debate, which marks the first \u200bclash among candidates in the 2024 White House race, will not feature \u2063former President Donald Trump,\u2064 the current GOP\u2064 frontrunner. Instead, Trump has opted for a sit-down interview with former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson. \u200cTrump&#8217;s decision to skip the debate has drawn criticism from\u2062 some\u200c of his Republican\u200d opponents, \u200dgiven\u2064 his substantial lead in the polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO \u2064GET THE\u200d DAILY\u200c WIRE \u200cAPP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Trump\u2062 absent, Florida Governor Ron \u2064DeSantis, currently in\u2064 second place in most \u200dpolls, and tech entrepreneur Vivek \u2063Ramaswamy will take center stage on Wednesday night. Alongside them, five other candidates are set to join the debate: former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Senator Tim Scott, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie,\u2064 and former\u200b Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.<\/p>\n<p>The first\u2064 Republican\u2062 presidential debate will\u200d air at 9 p.m. \u200cET on Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum sustained injuries during a pickup basketball game in Milwaukee. This raises doubts about his ability to participate in the upcoming GOP debate. The 67-year-old was rushed to the emergency room, as reported by CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash. His campaign has stated that it remains uncertain whether he will be able to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2009197,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2009196","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}