{"id":2011848,"date":"2023-08-25T11:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-who-won-the-first-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:09:56","slug":"trump-reveals-who-won-the-first-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-who-won-the-first-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces winner of first GOP 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\">14<\/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%2Ftrump-reveals-who-won-the-first-gop-debate%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=2011848&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>Former President Donald Trump Reveals\u2062 Winner of First GOP Presidential Debate<\/h2>\n<p>In a highly anticipated GOP presidential debate, former President Donald Trump made a surprising revelation about \u2063who he believed \u2063emerged as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy stole the\u200b show \u2064with\u2062 his effusive praise for the former president. As the debate unfolded, Ramaswamy \u2064boldly declared,\u200b &#8220;I&#8217;ll just speak\u2064 the truth. President Trump, I believe, was the best president of the 21st century.&#8221; The crowd \u200berupted in cheers, \u2064affirming his statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Your claim that Donald Trump is motivated \u2062by vengeance and grievance would be a lot more \u2062credible,&#8221; Ramaswamy told former\u2062 New Jersey\u200d Gov. Chris Christie, &#8220;if your campaign were not based on vengeance and grievance against one man,&#8221; referring to President Trump.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/not-a-comfortable-feeling-trump-details-terrible-experience-of-being-booked-into-fulton-county-jail-5480553\">&#8216;Not a Comfortable Feeling&#8217;: Trump Details &#8216;Terrible Experience&#8217; of Being Booked Into Fulton County Jail<\/a> \u2062 (8\/25\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-back-on-twitter-with-a-defiant-message-5480427\">Trump Back \u2064on Twitter With a Defiant \u200bMessage<\/a> (8\/24\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trump wasted\u200b no time in sharing Ramaswamy&#8217;s powerful endorsement on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, \u200cTruth Social. He \u2063posted a clip of\u200c Ramaswamy&#8217;s comment and wrote, &#8220;This answer gave Vivek Ramaswamy a big WIN in the\u200b debate because of a thing called TRUTH. Thank you Vivek!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s defense of the former \u2064president was prompted by an attack from Chris Christie during the debate. Christie criticized Trump&#8217;s\u2064 conduct, stating that &#8220;someone\u2019s got to stop normalizing this conduct\u2062 &#8230; the conduct is beneath the office \u2063of president of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Ramaswamy\u2063 took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to address the criticism. He posted, &#8220;if folks at home want to watch a bunch\u200c of people blindly bash Trump, they can just flip\u2063 the channel and\u200c watch \u2064MSNBC\u200d right\u200b now. \u2063But I\u2019m not running for President of\u2064 MSNBC, I\u2019m running for President of the United\u2064 States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Trump opted out \u200dof the debate, \u200bhe engaged in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-brian-stelter-cuts-off-bari-weiss-asks-whos-stopping-the-conversation\/\" title=\"WATCH: Brian Stelter Cuts Off Bari Weiss, Asks \u2018Who\u2019s Stopping The Conversation?\u2019\">pre-recorded interview<\/a> with \u200dformer Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The \u200dinterview covered \u200ba wide\u2062 range of topics and garnered \u2062over\u200b 250 \u200cmillion\u200c impressions on X.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump explained his decision to skip the debate, saying, &#8220;Do I sit there for an hour\u2062 or two hours, \u2062whatever it\u2019s going to be, and get \u200charassed by people that shouldn\u2019t even be running for president? Should I be doing that at a \u2062network that isn\u2019t particularly friendly to me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Post-debate polls indicated that Ramaswamy was one \u2062of the top-performing candidates, facing attacks from multiple contenders. He advocated for a Trump-like agenda and openly\u200b criticized the multiple Trump indictments,\u200d setting himself apart from the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy was also the first \u2063GOP candidate to raise his \u200dhand \u2063in support of Trump \u2062as the party&#8217;s \u2063nominee,\u200b even if he \u200cis convicted on \u200cthe charges he&#8217;s facing. All candidates, except for former Arkansas Gov. \u2064Asa Hutchinson, followed\u2064 suit.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Republican presidential candidates (left-right), former \u2064Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former\u2063 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, \u2062former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, are introduced during the first debate of the GOP\u200c primary season hosted by FOX News \u2064at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on \u200dAug. 23, 2023. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ramaswamy \u200ceven made a \u200bbold plea to former Vice President Mike Pence,\u2064 urging him to join in the commitment to pardon Donald\u200b Trump. The\u2062 absence of President Trump in the debate allowed several candidates to target him, keeping \u2062him in\u2063 the spotlight throughout the event. He referred to the other candidates as &#8220;Super PAC puppets&#8221; and asserted that he was the only one not\u200d influenced by special interests.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-who-won-the-first-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Trump announces winner of first GOP debate\">contentious moment arose<\/a> when the topic\u2062 of providing more funding to Ukraine and Israel was \u2063discussed. Trump controversially stated, &#8220;Ukraine is not a priority \u2064for the\u200d United States of \u200cAmerica.&#8221; Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki \u2062Haley swiftly responded, asserting, &#8220;You have no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-at-rjc-biden-admin-cant-be-trusted-to-stop-iran-nuclear-threat\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley at RJC: Biden Admin Can\u2019t Be Trusted to Stop Iran Nuclear Threat\">foreign policy experience<\/a>, and it \u200cshows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, President Trump&#8217;s comment came just hours before he was booked into the Fulton County Jail on multiple charges. His\u2062 mugshot quickly circulated\u2064 across various media outlets, marking a significant turn of events.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the circumstances, the former president seized the opportunity to make his very first post on X, \u2062or\u2064 Twitter, in quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump declared the winner of the first GOP debate. Vivek Ramaswamy, a tech entrepreneur, expressed his admiration for Trump, stating that he believed Trump was the greatest president of the 21st century. 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