{"id":2010373,"date":"2023-08-24T03:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reacts-to-first-republican-debate-via-social-media\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T03:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:30:26","slug":"biden-reacts-to-first-republican-debate-via-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reacts-to-first-republican-debate-via-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s response to initial GOP debate on social media."},"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\">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%2Fbiden-reacts-to-first-republican-debate-via-social-media%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=2010373&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>President Biden Reacts\u200c to Republican\u200b Debate<\/h2>\n<p>After the first Republican debate of the 2024 \u2064presidential \u200cprimary aired on Fox News on\u2064 Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden took\u2064 to social media \u2064to share his reactions.<\/p>\n<p>The president responded to Republican candidates who indicated they would still support former\u200c President Donald Trump as the party&#8217;s nominee even if he was convicted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A\u200c bunch of Republicans on stage. One united, MAGA ideology,&#8221; President Biden wrote on social \u200dmedia platform \u200cX, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u200dStories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/5-takeaways-from-the-first-republican-presidential-debate-5479819\">5 Takeaways From the First Republican Presidential Debate<\/a><br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/24\/2023<\/span>\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/candidates-clash-over-ukraine-aid-at-gop-debate-5479801\">Candidates Clash Over Ukraine\u200d Aid \u200dat GOP Debate<\/a><br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/24\/2023<\/span>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eight candidates who qualified for the first debate were North Dakota \u200cGov. \u200bDoug Burgum, \u2062former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, \u2063former\u200b U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Vice President Mike\u2063 Pence,\u200c entrepreneur \u200bVivek Ramaswamy, and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.<\/p>\n<p>President \u2062Trump announced on Sunday \u2064that he \u2062would\u200b not participate in this week&#8217;s debate, claiming that \u200cthe public &#8220;knows who I\u200c am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When\u200d asked if they would support President Trump, Ms. Haley,\u200c Mr. Burgum, Mr. Scott, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Ramaswamy, and \u2064Vice President Pence all raised their hands.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Christie, who refused to raise his hand, said that the right must stop defending the former president&#8217;s\u2062 conduct and \u2063that such behavior is &#8220;beneath the office of president of the United States.&#8221; His comments were met with boos from the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More jeers erupted after Mr. Hutchinson repeated his view that\u2062 President \u200cTrump had disqualified himself\u200b from being president\u200c again because\u2064 of his acts on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s campaign has\u200c reportedly placed a large ad purchase\u200c on Fox News prior\u200c to the Republican\u2062 primary debate, using the event\u2062 to promote \u200dhis message.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:525px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Ahead of the first Republican debate, \u200cthe Biden-Harris \u200d2024 campaign and Democratic National \u2062Committee launched billboards,\u2062 a plane \u2064banner, and a mobile billboard truck highlighting President\u200d Joe Biden&#8217;s accomplishments in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 23, 2023. (Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for DNC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the debate, President\u200c Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reacts-to-first-republican-debate-via-social-media\/\" title=\"Biden's response to initial GOP debate on social media.\">invited social\u2062 media users<\/a> to compare him to\u2064 the GOP candidates.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You know, my dad used to say, &#8216;Don\u2019t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.&#8217; So, tonight, compare me to the alternative. And then donate,&#8221; he\u200c wrote on the X \u200bplatform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden also\u2063 shared a video with the text &#8220;What she said,&#8221; alluding to\u2064 Nicki \u200dHaley&#8217;s video in which she stated that \u2062President Trump increased the national debt by $8\u200b trillion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You have Ron DeSantis,\u200c you&#8217;ve\u200c got Tim Scott, you&#8217;ve got Mike Pence; they\u2062 all voted to raise the debt, and Donald \u200bTrump added $8 trillion\u2064 to our debt,&#8221;\u2063 Ms. Haley said during\u2062 the debate. &#8220;And our \u2063kids are never going to forgive us for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/23\/politics\/fact-check-republican-debate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact-checkers<\/a>, however, were \u2064quick to respond to\u2064 Ms.\u2063 Haley, pointing out that the increase in debt during any\u200b president&#8217;s tenure is not solely the \u200bfault of that president. A major portion of any president&#8217;s spending is the result of decisions \u2062taken by their \u200cpredecessors, such as the creation of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid decades ago, as well as situations beyond\u200d a president&#8217;s control, most notably the global COVID-19 \u200bpandemic.<\/p>\n<p>President \u200dBiden also\u200d criticized Republican hopefuls for being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gets-heckled-by-locals-as-he-tours-new-jersey\/\" title=\"Biden Gets Heckled By Locals As He Tours New Jersey\">climate change skeptics<\/a> and supporters of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grading-bidens-state-of-the-union\/\" title=\"Grading Biden\u2019s State Of The Union\">social security cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u200bthe president and his economic strategy, \u2064Bidenomics, came under fire during the debate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the initial GOP debate for the 2024 primary on Fox News, President Biden expressed his thoughts on social media. He addressed Republican contenders who pledged allegiance to ex-President Trump as the nominee, even if he faced conviction. 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