Im Gipper said:
TheBonifaceOption said:
Microwave Onions said:
Has he said he's going to skip ALL the debates?
I think most strategists (on his side) would've advised him to skip the first one.
He can't skip all debates. That's how you know the tweet is full of it. He can skip the unsantioned BS where media outlets hype up unofficial debates so you "get to know the candidates." But those aren't official debates and there is no reason for a popular frontrunner who draws eyeballs to platform his opponents
Who decides what is "Sanctioned" or "offfiial"?
If the RNC sanctioned the debate.
Right now they have only sanctioned three debates, but only have dates for two. Aug 23, Sep 27th, and a final debate sometime in October. The final debate is the important one because it's the closest to the actual start of the primaries. But here the kicker: Trump doesn't qualify for any of these official debates.
Without his signed pledge to back the candidate, he won't even be allowed to join the debates. He will be 50%+1 in every primary and the party won't even platform a former POTUS.
But to my point there have already been 8 panels/summits/townhalls. Trump has attended 4, DeSantis has attended 5, Vivek has attended all 8.
Do yall remember when there were 18 candidates and there was two separate debates, one for major candidates and the other was a kiddies table? With Trump 50% vs the field, the panels and even the first two debates are functionally a kiddies table.
