{"id":2025399,"date":"2023-09-08T02:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doesnt-need-debate-until-his-gop-rivals-show-they-belong-even-on-the-same-stage-adviser-says\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T02:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:36:38","slug":"trump-doesnt-need-debate-until-his-gop-rivals-show-they-belong-even-on-the-same-stage-adviser-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doesnt-need-debate-until-his-gop-rivals-show-they-belong-even-on-the-same-stage-adviser-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Adviser: Trump won&#8217;t debate GOP rivals until they prove they&#8217;re worthy."},"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\">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%2Ftrump-doesnt-need-debate-until-his-gop-rivals-show-they-belong-even-on-the-same-stage-adviser-says%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=2025399&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Jason \u200dMiller: Former President Trump Doesn&#8217;t Need to Debate Right Now<\/h2>\n<p>Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, believes that the \u2062former president is currently in the driver&#8217;s seat and\u2064 doesn&#8217;t need to engage in debates with\u2064 his Republican rivals. Miller made these remarks during an\u200b interview with Newsnation&#8217;s &#8220;The Hill&#8221; on\u2064 Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think he\u2019s in \u2063the driver\u2019s \u200dseat,\u201d Mr. Miller told Newsnation&#8217;s &#8220;The Hill&#8221; aired on Wednesday. \u2063Until some of his Republican rivals\u2063 &#8220;actually show \u200cthat \u2063they belong even \u2063on the same\u2062 stage as\u200b him, then I \u2064would say he doesn\u2019t need to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Mr. Miller highlighted President Trump&#8217;s commanding\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/after-booking-mugshot-trump-top-choice-for-most-republican-voters-poll-5485427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing lead<\/a>\u2014over\u2064 his GOP presidential rivals in recent polls.<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-tucker-interview-reaches-nearly-200-million-views-5480019\">Trump\u2013Tucker Interview Reaches Nearly 200 Million Views<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/24\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-tucker-interview-reaches-nearly-200-million-views-5480019\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/first-republican-presidential-debate-draws-13-million-viewers-5480322\">First Republican Presidential Debate Draws\u200c 13 Million\u2063 Viewers<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/first-republican-presidential-debate-draws-13-million-viewers-5480322\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Nearly six out of\u2063 10, 59 percent, national Republican primary voters say the former\u2062 president is their first choice, followed by 13 percent who would pick Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to a recent Wall Street Journal poll (<a href=\"https:\/\/s.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/documents\/WSJ_GOP_Primary_Poll_Aug_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>). No one else in the crowded field of 13 candidates got more than 8\u2063 percent support, with\u2064 half not reaching 2 percent.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The survey was conducted Aug. 24\u201330, beginning the day when President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-surrenders-to-authorities-in-atlanta-set-to-be-released-after-booking-5479475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surrendered<\/a> himself \u2062to authorities at the Fulton County jail on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-arrest-pennsylvania-woman-accused-of-stealing-pelosis-laptop\/\" title=\"Feds Arrest Pennsylvania Woman Accused of Stealing Pelosi\u2019s Laptop\">charges related<\/a> to his alleged efforts to dispute Georgia&#8217;s \u200b2020 election results. \u2062The case marked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-files-motion-to-dismiss-charges-in-georgia-election-case\/\" title=\"Mark Meadows seeks dismissal of Georgia election case charges.\">fourth\u200c criminal case<\/a> the former\u200c command-in-chief is facing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Despite \u2062these indictments, the former president&#8217;s \u2062lead \u200cover \u2063Mr. DeSantis has nearly doubled since April&#8217;s poll conducted\u2063 by the publication, when\u200b 48 percent viewed President \u2062Trump as the top choice versus 24 percent who\u2062 selected Mr. DeSantis.<\/div>\n<h2>Trump Hints Possibility of Attending Alabama Debate<\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\">President Trump\u200d also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-confirms-he-will-skip-first-gop-presidential-debate-5477502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a> his overwhelming lead in polls as part of the reason to skip the first GOP primary\u2064 debate, held in Milwaukee on Aug.\u200c 28.<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNew CBS POLL, just out, has \u2064me leading the field by \u201clegendary\u201d numbers,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social. \u201cThe public \u2062knows who I\u200c am &#038; what a successful Presidency I \u2062had, with Energy Independence, Strong Borders &#038;\u200d Military, Biggest EVER Tax &#038;\u200c Regulation Cuts, No Inflation, Strongest Economy in History, &#038; much more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Jason \u2062Miller, a strategic adviser for Republican presidential\u200b candidate, former U.S. President Donald \u2064Trump,\u200d talks to members of the\u200b media\u2062 in the spin room following the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 23, 2023.\u200b (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Republican front-runner is expected to skip the second one \u2064as well,\u2063 which\u2064 is scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.\u2063 But he doesn&#8217;t rule out the possibility of joining his Republican rivals on \u200bstage if they gathered in\u2064 Alabama.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;I\u2019ll make that decision. I would love to go to anything involved with Alabama,&#8221; President Trump said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/former-president-donald-trump-on-his-trials-and-his-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with radio\u200d host Hugh Hewitt\u200c that aired on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<p>Reports suggested the third debate is likely to be held at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. But so\u2063 far, there has been no official announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Christie, \u200bformer New Jersey \u2062governor\u200b and current GOP \u2064presidential contender, also predicted President Trump&#8217;s presence in \u200cthe potential contest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cI would keep my eye on the debate in Tuscaloosa, \u2063Alabama, in October,\u201d he said during an interview\u200c with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/morning-joe\/watch\/chris-christie-nominating-trump-will-be-enormous-gift-to-the-democrats-191794245680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC<\/a> that broadcast\u200d on Aug. 29. \u201cHe \u2063may show up\u2064 to Alabama.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Asked about the possibility of \u200cPresident\u200c Trump&#8217;s attendance in future debates, Mr. Miller said, \u201cPresident Trump has said that he\u2019s not going to be \u2062doing the debates, and I would take that at face value until he says something differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>With the exception \u200bof former Arkansas Gov.\u2064 Asa Hutchinson and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Republican presidential candidates (3rd L-R) former \u200cVice \u2064President\u200d Mike Pence, Florida\u2064 Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley,\u200c Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), \u200cand North\u2064 Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum \u2064raise their hands to say they would support Donald Trump as the party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">presidential nominee<\/a> during the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv \u2064Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 23, 2023. (Win\u2064 McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>\u2018The Elephant Not in\u2062 the Room\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>    Despite President Trump&#8217;s absence,\u2063 the first showdown of Republican presidential hopefuls\u200c inevitably turned to the topic of him,\u200c with Fox News co-host Bret Baier introducing the former president as \u201cthe\u2063 elephant not in the room.\u201d\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Baier \u2063asked the \u200ccandidates to raise their \u2063hands if they would support President Trump as the party\u2019s candidate if he\u200c was convicted \u2064in a court of law as part of one of \u200cthe four cases against him.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the eight candidates raised their hands. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mr. Christie\u2062 opted out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the bottom line. Someone\u2019s got to stop normalizing\u200c this \u200cconduct,\u201d Mr. Christie said, prompting\u200c boos from the audience that \u201cthe conduct is beneath the\u2062 office of the president of \u200cthe United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy raised his hand to respond. \u201cLet\u2019s just speak the truth,\u201d Mr. Ramaswamy said. \u201cPresident Trump, I\u2063 believe, was the \u2064best \u2063president of the 21st century. It\u2019s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Chris Christie, honest to God, your claim that Donald Trump is motivated by \u200dvengeance and grievance would be a lot more credible if your\u200b entire campaign were not based on vengeance and grievance against one man,\u201d Mr. Ramaswamy said, earning \u200dcheers from the\u200d crowd.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>An illustration photo of a preview of Tucker Carlson&#8217;s interview of former President Donald Trump scheduled \u2064to air on X (formerly Twitter) on the same night of the first\u2064 Republican Presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wis., on a \u200dsmartphone ahead of the debate on Aug. 23, 2023. (Chris Delmas\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">While the eight candidates were debating, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doesnt-need-debate-until-his-gop-rivals-show-they-belong-even-on-the-same-stage-adviser-says\/\" title=\"Adviser: Trump won't debate GOP rivals until they prove they're worthy.\">pre-recorded video interview<\/a> between \u200bformer Fox News host\u2063 Tucker Carlson and President Trump was released on Twitter, racking up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-tucker-interview-reaches-nearly-200-million-views-5480019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly \u200b200 million<\/a> views on the platform.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDo I sit there for an\u200d hour or two hours, whatever it\u2019s\u200b going \u2063to be, and get\u2063 harassed by people that shouldn\u2019t even \u2062be running for president? Should I be doing that at a network \u200cthat isn\u2019t particularly\u2062 friendly to me?\u201d the former president told Mr. Carlson about why he wasn&#8217;t attending the debates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, believes the former president doesn&#8217;t need to debate at the moment. Miller stated that Trump is currently in a strong position and his Republican rivals must prove themselves worthy of sharing the same stage. This was expressed during an interview with Newsnation&#8217;s &#8220;The Hill&#8221; on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":2025400,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2025399","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\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}