2023-08-22 22:23:00
It is already official that the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, will not participate in the next Republican Presidential Debate, which will be held this coming Wednesday, August 23, in the city of Milwuakee, located in the state of Wisconsin. This Monday night The National Republican Committee confirmed who are the 8 presidential candidates who will be in the debate.
The presidential candidates who will be in the Republican Debate are:
1- Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota.
2- Chris Christie, former governor of the state of New Jersey.
3- Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of the state of South Carolina.
4- Asa Hutchinson, former governor of the state of Arkansas.
5- Mike Pence, former Vice President of the United States.
6- Ron DeSantis, Governor of the State of Florida.
7- Vivek Ramaswamy, businessman and political “rookie”.
8- Tim Scott, senator of the state of South Carolina.
According to information from the news portal NBC News, presidential candidates such as the mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, the former congressman from Texas, Will Hurd, the businessman Perry Johnson or the radio presenter Larry Elder they were left out of the Republican Debate by not being able to meet the requirements requested by the Republican National Committee.
In order to participate in this political event, which has generated great expectations within the Republican electorate, Candidates had to meet certain requirements, such as earning a certain percentage of support in national polls, obtaining a set number of donors, and signing a loyalty agreement agreeing to support the Republican nominee for the US presidency. , regardless of who it was.
Former President Donald Trump met all the requirements, but refused to sign the Republican National Committee’s loyalty agreement.
Presidential hopefuls like businessman Perry Johnson questioned the criteria of the organizers of the debate and assured that it was a “corrupt” processwhile others like Will Hurd had also already hinted that they would not sign the loyalty agreement, despite the fact that they failed to meet the requirements to participate.
According to NBC News, both Trump and DeSantis, Scott, Haley, Christie and Ramaswamy qualified to participate in the debate with relative ease.
Mike Pence, on the other hand, needed until this month to get all the required donors.
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