{"id":590596,"date":"2023-09-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-stirs-speculation-over-second-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:00:00","slug":"trump-stirs-speculation-over-second-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-stirs-speculation-over-second-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump stirs speculation over second GOP debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/trumpdonald_081223getty_trump-debate.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Trump is fueling questions over how he\u2019ll <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>roach the second GOP presidential primary debate later this month as his lead in polls appears to be solidifying.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s allies have already signaled he\u2019ll skip the next debate, which is being hosted Sept. 27 by Fox Business at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But speculation is also growing as to how Trump will seek to counterprogram the event, where most of his rivals \u2014 including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former Vice President Mike Pence \u2014 are expected to gather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump usually comes up with something creative, but also it\u2019s not really necessary,\u201d Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), a prominent Trump ally, told The Hill. \u201c\u2026 He has been out and about with the people for nearly three years now since he left the White House. He has still had a very strong presence throughout our nation,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the party anticipate the former president\u00a0will likely counterprogram the event after he snubbed the first debate, when he sat down for an interview with former Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> host Tucker Carlson in a video that was released on X, formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that he has any other court appearances that he can try to strategically time and line up to kind of interfere with it, but I think they\u2019re gonna have to try to counterprogram it in some way to try to steal some of the headlines away from the folks who are on the debate stage,\u201d said Sarah Matthews, former Trump White House deputy secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s anything I know about Trump, it\u2019s that he loves attention,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Conant, a Republican strategist who worked on Sen. Marco Rubio\u2019s (R-Fla.) 2016 presidential campaign, also said he expected Trump to counterprogram the event, suggesting the possibility of a rally or another interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Still, he said that regardless of how Trump counters the second debate, it won\u2019t deter the significant amount of attention the second debate will attract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire Republican Party is gonna be focused on the debate stage at the Reagan Library. And if you\u2019re not on the debate stage, you\u2019re not top of mind that night, so I don\u2019t think it really matters what he does, because I don\u2019t think you can distract from it,\u201d Conant said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the candidates on the stage aren\u2019t going to attack him, then he doesn\u2019t need to distract from it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump fueled weeks of speculation over whether he would attend the first GOP debate hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee last month. Eventually,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/110924112193729328\">he posted on his Truth Social platform<\/a>\u00a0he would not participate, pointing to his poll numbers showing him still widely leading the rest of the 2024 GOP primary field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His team has signaled Trump is likely to not stray from that strategy given his strength among the primary electorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Trump is] up by a lot, I don\u2019t think he needs to [debate] right now. I think he\u2019s in the driver\u2019s seat,\u201d Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller\u00a0told NewsNation\u2019s \u201cThe Hill\u201d on Wednesday.\u00a0\u201cAnd \u2026 until some of these guys actually show that they belong even on the same stage as him, then I would say he doesn\u2019t need to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Miller said Trump\u2019s assertion that he\u2019s not doing the debates should be taken \u201cat face value until he says something differently.\u201d Earlier that day, the former president suggested in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt that he might be open to doing a debate in Alabama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung suggested in an email to The Hill that Trump\u2019s counterprogramming with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson got considerable views on X, despite not being at the debate, and he\u2019s even expanded his lead since the debate.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/trump-is-top-choice-for-nearly-60-of-gop-voters-wsj-poll-shows-877252b6\">One poll by The Wall Street Journal<\/a> earlier this month\u00a0showed Trump widening his lead against DeSantis since a similar one conducted in April, showing the former president at 59 percent among GOP primary voters and DeSantis at 13 percent.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A\u00a0CNN poll this week found Trump leading DeSantis by 34 points, compared to a June poll that had Trump leading DeSantis by 21 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One survey from Emerson College Polling showed a 6-percent dip for Trump after the debate, though executive director Spencer Kimball\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/august-2023-national-poll-trump-debate-snub-may-open-door-for-other-candidates\/\">noted at the time that<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthe question from this poll is whether this is a blip for Trump or if the other Republican candidates will be able to rally enough support to be competitive for the caucus and primary season.\u201d Most polls have not shown Trump\u2019s numbers dropping noticeably in the wake of the Milwaukee event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump won the first debate, and he didn\u2019t even need to be there,\u201d Cheung said, who called the counterprogramming \u201ca substantive discussion about what he would do in his second term.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cPost-debate, President Trump\u2019s poll numbers grew even more, and he now holds the biggest leads he\u2019s had in the primary and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> elections. President Trump is always right,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cheung declined to answer a question about the former president\u2019s plans or possible counterprogramming around the second debate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allies of the former president maintain that the primary isn\u2019t even a contest \u2014 a sentiment that comes as his primary challengers, including DeSantis, have struggled to close the gap against Trump.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere is no debate. It has been clear for months that President Trump will be the Republican nominee,\u201d House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) told The Hill in a statement. \u201cThis election is the most important election in our lifetime, and I will continue to call on Republicans to coalesce our entire party apparatus behind President Trump\u2019s campaign which is facing unprecedented, unconstitutional, and illegal attacks from Biden\u2019s weaponized Department of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans concede that Trump\u2019s decision not to participate in the debates is unlikely to affect his standing in the primary and is probably the safest option for him anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a strategic perspective, absolutely not,\u201d GOP strategist and Trump campaign alum Brian Seitchik said when asked if Trump should attend the second debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe paid no penalty in recent polling for skipping the first debate. There was no breakout performance in that debate where someone has appeared as a primary rival. So until there\u2019s a political price to pay, I suspect he\u2019s going to continue skipping debates,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Still, some Republicans say his effort to undercut the first debate with the Carlson interview was largely overshadowed by the news coverage of his legal woes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile he tried to counterprogram with the Tucker Carlson interview, I think that was actually pretty ineffective,\u201d Matthews said. \u201cI don\u2019t think that anyone was really talking about the news [that] came out of that interview. The best counterprogramming he had was when he went the following day to be arraigned in Georgia. Like, everyone was talking about that and talking less about the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some argue the approach of not participating in any of the debates is not sustainable even if it\u2019s politically the safest option for Trump at this point. Sam Nunberg, a former adviser on Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign, noted that the former president\u2019s decision to forgo the first debate in Iowa hurt him during the first-in-the-nation caucus when he ended up placing second that year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt remains to be seen that any candidate will win a presidential primary without debating. It\u2019s never happened,\u201d said Nunberg, who\u2019s supporting DeSantis this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s sustainable not to debate, but once again, he doesn\u2019t want to go up there and defend his record or his actions, and I don\u2019t blame him. There\u2019s only one place to go if he\u2019s up there, and that\u2019s down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump\u2019s closest allies see few, if any, downsides to him skipping the debates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does not need to debate his merits because he has shown everything that he stands for, not just through words on a pulpit grinning at the cameras, he\u2019s done it through action,\u201d Boebert said.<\/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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