Candidates get set for fourth Republican primary debate
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🗓️ 6 December 2023
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Four candidates qualify for the fourth Republican primary debate.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday, December 6th, 2023. This is the |
| 0:18.9 | exit. |
| 0:19.9 | Today I look ahead to tonight's Republican presidential debate, |
| 0:27.0 | plus the latest from House Republicans push to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President |
| 0:32.0 | Joe Biden, and layoff season has arrived. |
| 0:37.7 | The fourth Republican primary debate is set for tonight in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, |
| 0:42.4 | following just weeks before the New Hampshire set for tonight in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, |
| 0:42.6 | falling just weeks before the New Hampshire primary |
| 0:45.5 | and Iowa caucus next month. |
| 0:47.5 | And only four candidates will take the stage |
| 0:50.1 | at the University of Alabama. |
| 0:52.0 | The Republican National Committee announced yesterday that former South Carolina |
| 0:55.8 | Governor Nicki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, |
| 1:01.7 | and businessman Vivekra- Swami qualified for the debate. |
| 1:05.9 | To do so, GOP candidates must have polled at least 6% in two national polls or 6% in one national poll and one poll from two separate early |
| 1:15.7 | voting states recognized by the RNC. They must have also had a minimum of |
| 1:20.7 | 80,000 unique donors and have signed a Beat Biden pledge agreeing to |
| 1:25.1 | support the eventual Republican 2024 nominee. There are some familiar faces |
| 1:30.4 | missing on stage. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott participated in the third debate |
| 1:35.4 | last month but dropped out of the race shortly after. North Dakota Governor Doug Bergum suspended |
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