Eight Republican candidates are going up towards one another Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the primary GOP debate of the 2024 major election cycle.
The candidates, nonetheless, are basically battling it out for second place.
In the meantime, frontrunner Donald Trump is operating counter programming with a sit-down with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson airing on the similar time the controversy kicks off – 9:00 p.m. ET.
Fox is internet hosting the controversy at Fiserv Discussion board area in Milwaukee with moderators Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier.
Candidates collaborating are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Three different candidates – Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, businessman Perry Johnson and radio host Larry Elder – declare they met the necessities to be on stage, however weren’t included within the RNC lineup launched Monday night time.
Comply with together with DailyMail.com’s dwell updates of the primary 2024 Republican presidential debate.
Tucker Carlson questions Trump: Why aren’t you on the debate tonight?
Tucker Carlson launched a spotlight video of his upcoming interview with Donald Trump meant to run as counterprogramming to the primary Republican debate on Wednesday night.
The talk kicks-off at 9:00 p.m. ET, however Trump’s pre-recorded interview will begin 5 minutes earlier than that at 8:55 p.m.
The clip shared to the social media website now often known as X exhibits Carlson opening with questioning why Trump determined to skip the controversy with eight different Republican candidates.
The previous President has repeatedly mentioned debating these low-polling candidates is beneath him.
Within the video, Trump tells the previous Fox Information host that their interview via a discussion board known as Tucker on X will most likely get ‘greater rankings’ than the controversy.
GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, 38, cheekily informed DailyMail.com ‘I will think about it’ when requested Tuesday if he deliberate to rap on the controversy stage.
The biotech entrepreneur has been rising within the polls – leapfrogging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a number of surveys – and certain wants a breakout second at Wednesday night time’s GOP debate to maintain the momentum going.
And the one expertise he is beforehand deployed to make an announcement has been his rapping abilities.
Earlier this month on the Iowa State Honest, Ramaswamy ended an early morning occasion with Iowa’s Gov. Kim Reynolds by performing a rendition of Eminem’s Lose Your self.
Whereas a pupil at Harvard, the now presidential contender had a side-hustle as a libertarian-minded rap artist who glided by the stage title ‘Da Vek.’
Gov. Doug Burgum confirmed up for a debate venue walk-through on Wednesday on crutches after struggling an harm throughout a pick-up recreation of basketball along with his marketing campaign workers.
The 2024 hopeful’s plans have been up within the air after he was rushed to a Milwaukee-area emergency room on Tuesday.
Burgum, a rich former software program govt, confirmed as much as Fiserv Discussion board area just a few hours earlier than the controversy on crutches.
He posted to Twitter, now often known as X, a picture in a boot and on crutches on the debate venue with the caption: ‘I’m in.’
President Biden says he’ll watch the primary Republican debate
Joe Biden, after Pilates and spin lessons on Wednesday, mentioned he would watch the Republican major debate Wednesday night time – though frontrunner Donald Trump opted to skip the occasion.
The President joked he had no expectations from the primary formal gathering of Republicans trying to defeat him in subsequent yr’s election.
‘I’ll attempt to see — get as a lot as I can, sure,’ he informed reporters earlier on Wednesday.
Requested what his expectations have been, Biden smiled broadly and laughed: ‘I’ve none.’
Biden speaks to reporters whereas holding a blueberry smoothie after Pilates and spin lessons on Wednesday in Tahoe, California. The President mentioned he’ll watch the GOP debate
