{"id":2010301,"date":"2023-08-24T01:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T05:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-gaetz-says-race-is-functionally-over-and-trump-will-win\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T01:16:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T05:16:04","slug":"republican-debate-gaetz-says-race-is-functionally-over-and-trump-will-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-gaetz-says-race-is-functionally-over-and-trump-will-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz predicts Trump&#8217;s victory, declares race practically finished in Republican debate."},"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\">22<\/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-gaetz-says-race-is-functionally-over-and-trump-will-win%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=2010301&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>MILWAUKEE \u2014 Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Absence Dominates\u2063 Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Wednesday night&#8217;s debate\u2062 took\u200b an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lady-gagas-dog-walker-releases-statement-after-attack\/\" title=\"Lady Gaga\u2019s Dog Walker Releases Statement After Attack\">unexpected turn<\/a> as former President Donald Trump, who did not\u200c attend the event, became the center of attention. His supporters in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-gaetz-says-race-is-functionally-over-and-trump-will-win\/\" title=\"Gaetz predicts Trump's victory, declares race practically finished in Republican debate.\">spin room wasted<\/a> no time in declaring him the winner, leaving the press intrigued.<\/p>\n<h3>UP FOR DEBATE:\u2062 WHERE TRUMP, DESANTIS, AND REST OF REPUBLICAN 2024 \u200bFIELD\u2064 STAND ON KEY ISSUES<\/h3>\n<p>As Sean Hannity \u200binterviewed Gov. Ron\u2064 DeSantis (R-FL) in the background, Rep. Matt\u2063 Gaetz\u2063 (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-had-zero-indication-that-afghanistan-could-fall-so-quickly-gen-milley-claims\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Had Zero Indication That Afghanistan Could Fall So Quickly, Gen. Milley Claims\">confidently proclaimed<\/a> that the race was practically \u200dover. Gaetz pointed out that no Republican had held such \u2062a significant lead\u200b in \u200bIowa since George W. \u200cBush \u200bin \u200c2000, and \u2064he believed\u2062 the numbers would only improve for the Trump campaign beyond Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, Trump&#8217;s presence during the debate was \u2064minimal, with little mention \u2062of \u200bhim until \u200bthe moderators directly\u2064 asked about him in \u2062the second \u2062hour. Candidate \u2064reactions varied, with\u2062 some praising\u200b Trump, like Vivek Ramaswamy, while others, such \u2064as Chris Christie \u2064and Mike Pence, condemned him.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gaetz had no mixed feelings about Trump.\u2062 He couldn&#8217;t help but comment \u200don\u200d Pence, comparing him to a relic from the 1980s Republican \u200bera. Gaetz&#8217;s bold statement didn&#8217;t \u2062go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE\u200b TO READ\u200d MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gaetz also predicted that Ramaswamy\u200d would\u2064 surpass DeSantis and secure second place in the polls after the debate. However, he believed \u2063that the\u2063 top of the race \u200bwould remain unchanged. Gaetz criticized DeSantis for failing to make a breakthrough during the debate, suggesting that Ramaswamy&#8217;s unique approach would propel him forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the spin room, Trump&#8217;s absence was overshadowed by his supporters claiming victory. 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