Donald Trump is Holding the Republican Party Hostage in This Crucial First Step in the Presidential Nomination

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The Republican Party is ready to kick off the presidential election year as they prepare for the first primary debate in August. Candidates have to meet specific polling and fundraising goals to qualify for the big stage and it looks like Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Sen. Tim Scott is all qualified to debate each other, according to Politico. However, the former president may not show up.

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Ronald Reagan didn’t do it, and a lot of other people didn’t do it, Donald Trump said on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures. When you have a big lead, you don’t do it. That’s not good news for the GOP because if Donald Trump doesn’t emerge as the frontrunner, media coverage will likely be poor, and his absence will be reflected in the ratings. What makes this situation a nail-biter for the Republican Party is that the RSVP deadline for the debate is only 48 hours before the event. That means Donald Trump could hold his party hostage until August 21 before giving them a firm answer.

Another issue plaguing the August 23 debate is the pledge of allegiance that each candidate must sign to participate in the debate, pledging to support whoever is nominated. Donald Trump doesn’t seem like the kind of personality who wants to sign the pledge, and even if he did, he probably wouldn’t honor it. Christie also refused to sign the pledge, not in defiance of the GOP, but more as a dig at his archenemy, Donald Trump. I will take the pledge as seriously as Donald Trump did in 2016, he told CNN earlier this summer.

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The Republican Party’s hands are tied at this point, waiting with bated breath to see if their leading candidate can even be bothered to show up. It’s a position the GOP would rather not find itself in, but for now, 2024 is likely to be a repeat showdown from 2020 with Joe Biden facing Donald Trump again.

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