{"id":587841,"date":"2023-08-21T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-says-he-wont-attend-first-gop-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:55:10","slug":"trump-says-he-wont-attend-first-gop-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-says-he-wont-attend-first-gop-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump says he won\u2019t attend first GOP presidential debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/trumpdonald_080423_ap_memo-trumpattacks.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Trump\u00a0confirmed Sunday that he will not attend the first Republican presidential debate next\u00a0week and left open the possibility that he would skip future primary debates, citing his sizable lead in national polls as a primary reason.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>, Trump cited a CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> poll released earlier Sunday that showed him leading the next closest candidate by 46 percentage points.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe public knows who I am &amp; what a successful Presidency I had, with Energy Independence, Strong Borders &amp; Military, Biggest EVER Tax &amp; Regulation Cuts, No Inflation, Strongest Economy in History, &amp; much more,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cI WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s announcement, which c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed months of speculation about whether he would\u00a0participate, comes days after it was reported that the former president planned to sit for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson instead of attending Wednesday\u2019s debate in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>The former president has for months\u00a0indicated\u00a0that he was likely to skip\u00a0at least the first two primary debates, questioning in speeches at his rallies and in posts on social media why he would attend given his strong lead in the polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took issue with Fox News as the network airing the first debate, as well as former Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan\u2019s connection to the Reagan Library in California, which is hosting the second debate. The second debate is set to be\u00a0held\u00a0on\u00a0Sept. 27, hosted by Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>A key indicator that\u00a0Trump\u00a0didn\u2019t intend to go to the first debate\u00a0was his decision last week to\u00a0not sign\u00a0the loyalty pledge required by the Republican National Committee for any qualified candidate to promise to support the eventual GOP nominee.\u00a0He said then that he would announce this week if he would go to the debate, adding that he had made his decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0sign the pledge. Why would I sign a pledge if there\u00a0are\u00a0people on there that I\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0have. I\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0have certain people as somebody that I would endorse,\u201d Trump told Newsmax.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>He first\u00a0suggested\u00a0that he might skip the first two GOP debates in a Truth Social post in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0leading by\u00a0seemingly insurmountable\u00a0numbers, and you have hostile Networks with angry, TRUMP &amp; MAGA hating anchors asking the \u2018questions,\u2019 why subject yourself to being libeled and abused?\u201d he said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump more recently\u00a0received\u00a0a chorus of \u201cno\u201d responses when he asked those attending a rally in Erie, Pa., late last month\u00a0if he should attend the debate.\u00a0He again mentioned his large lead in the polls and that most of his competitors for the Republican nomination are currently in the low single digits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Several of the other candidates in the GOP field previously called on Trump to attend the debate, including his closest opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.\u00a0He\u00a0said\u00a0last\u00a0month that Trump needs to \u201cstep up\u00a0and\u00a0do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s unwillingness to back the eventual nominee carries echoes of a 2015 GOP primary debate, when he was the lone candidate who would not commit to backing the eventual nominee. The former president later signed a pledge vowing to back whoever the party nominated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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