{"id":2009504,"date":"2023-08-23T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidates-debate-participation-in-question-after-last-minute-injury\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T15:02:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T19:02:29","slug":"gop-candidates-debate-participation-in-question-after-last-minute-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidates-debate-participation-in-question-after-last-minute-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidate&#8217;s debate in doubt due to sudden injury."},"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%2Fgop-candidates-debate-participation-in-question-after-last-minute-injury%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=2009504&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 Gov. Doug Bergum&#8217;s Debate Participation in Question After Last-Minute Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Gov. Doug Bergum of North Dakota\u200b might \u2062be forced to withdraw \u2063from Wednesday\u2019s \u200dRepublican primary debate in Milwaukee after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-lincoln-project-knew-of-weaver-allegations-months-before-new-york-times-story\/\" title=\"Report: Lincoln Project Knew of Weaver Allegations Months Before New York Times Story\">reportedly suffered<\/a> an injury while playing basketball.<\/p>\n<p>The governor announced last \u2063month he had met all of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-trump-weeks-first-gop-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican National Committee\u2019s<\/a> requirements to get a spot on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Bergum was\u2064 criticized\u200c for meeting the donation threshold after\u200b he offered gift cards worth $20 in exchange for\u2062 $1 donations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doug-burgum-republican-presidential-debate-paying-donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> \u200creported.<\/p>\n<p>RNC guidelines stipulate those who qualified for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dnc-fly-anti-republican-plane-gop-debate-despite-cries-climate-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the debate<\/a> must have received at least\u200c 40,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-fundraise-big-in-2022-midterm-cycle\/\" title=\"Republicans Fundraise Big in 2022 Midterm Cycle\">000 individual donors<\/a> and a minimum of <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.\">200 unique donors<\/a> per state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-star-john-rich-ben-carson-larry-elder-team-launch-anti-woke-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Elder<\/a> criticized the RNC and took a shot at Bergum without mentioning his name after \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidates-debate-participation-in-question-after-last-minute-injury\/\" title=\"GOP candidate's debate in doubt due to sudden injury.\">conservative\u2064 radio show host<\/a> was informed he would not be allowed to participate in the debate after the RNC ruled Rasmussen Reports was not a qualified pollster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is absolutely BS,\u201d Elder said. \u200c\u201cOne of the \u2063candidates, by the way, offered a $20 gift certificate for a $1 \u200ddonation.\u2064 That apparently is OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeveGotACountryToSave?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeveGotACountryToSave<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/opxe1OE05t\">pic.twitter.com\/opxe1OE05t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Elder (@larryelder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larryelder\/status\/1693958195134582925?\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But in spite of Bergum\u2019s \u2063plan \u200dto pay for\u2062 donations, he might miss Wednesday\u2019s debate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/north-dakota-gov-doug-burgum-suffers-injury-republican-presidential-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">outlet reported<\/a>\u2064 the 67-year-old was injured while playing basketball \u2062in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/milwaukee-officials-took-zuck-bucks-zuckerberg-new-filing-election-commission-reveals-began-popping-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee<\/a> on \u2062Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He was discharged from the hospital\u200c by Wednesday morning but according to \u2062Fox News \u200cit remains \u200bunclear whether the second-term governor \u201cwill be able\u2063 to stand at\u200d the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The candidate tweeted Wednesday morning that Tuesday\u2019s incident was not the first time a game of basketball has sent him to an emergency room.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve played lots of pick-up\u200b games in\u2063 my day! \u200cThis isn\u2019t \u200cthe first\u2062 time one\u200d has sent me to the ER. Appreciate all the well-wishes! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamBurgum?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamBurgum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5YL3rCEnCd\">pic.twitter.com\/5YL3rCEnCd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug \u2062Burgum (Text \u201cDOUG\u201d to 70177) (@DougBurgum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougBurgum\/status\/1694371373383143823?\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bergum is\u2063 one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republicans-announce-host-second-presidential-primary-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the primary\u2019s<\/a> lesser-known candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c governor made \u200da name for \u2063himself in the software\u200d industry before he \u200dentered politics and is worth an estimated $1.1\u2063 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In June, when \u2063he announced his candidacy, a <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quinnipiac University poll<\/a> found that 90 percent of potential\u200b 2024 voters \u201chaven\u2019t heard enough \u2063about him\u201d to determine whether they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him.<\/p>\n<p>Bergum had hoped to change that with a big showing Wednesday night with seven other candidates on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-responds-trumps-debate-no-show-cracking-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> will skip \u200dthe debate and instead sit down for an interview with Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-candidates-debate-participation-question-last-minute-injury\/\">GOP Candidate&#8217;s Debate Participation in Question After Last-Minute Injury<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Gov. Doug Bergum of North Dakota may have to skip the Milwaukee primary debate due to a basketball-related injury. 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