FIRST GOP DEBATE: Without Trump, Will You Watch?
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Jay Sekulow
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
WILL YOU WATCH? President Donald Trump officially announced on Truth Social that he won’t be at the first GOP debate on Fox News because of his “legendary [poll] numbers” and successful track record as President. Instead, Trump scheduled an interview with Tucker Carlson that might air simultaneously on X (formerly Twitter), allowing Trump to likely confront the Deep State’s four federal indictments against him and point out the government corruption surrounding Hunter Biden’s legal issues and President Joe Biden’s alleged connections with Ukraine and Burisma. The Sekulow team discusses Trump’s political strategy in skipping the debate and if people will tune in to watch Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Governor Chris Christie, and other Republican candidates on the debate stage.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Jay Seculo, the first GOP debate is tomorrow without the former President Donald Trump. |
| 0:07.0 | Will you watch? |
| 0:09.0 | Keeping you informed and engaged, now more than ever. |
| 0:13.0 | This is Seculo. |
| 0:16.0 | We want to hear from you. |
| 0:18.0 | Share and post your comments for call 1-800-684-3-110. |
| 0:26.0 | And now your host, Jay Seculo. |
| 0:29.0 | Well, tomorrow night is the first Republican debate for the primary. |
| 0:34.0 | There's just one problem. |
| 0:36.0 | The leading candidate for the debate is not going to be there. |
| 0:39.0 | Donald Trump's calling it the Vice President's debate, but it is the first GOP debate. |
| 0:44.0 | We're going to open up our phones here early, Logan, because we really want to hear from our listeners. |
| 0:50.0 | What do you think about this? Are you going to watch the debate? |
| 0:53.0 | Who are you backing? What are you looking for? What are the issues that matter most to you? |
| 0:58.0 | And again, Donald Trump's not going to be there. |
| 1:00.0 | And then there's... |
| 1:01.0 | Where are you skipping the debate? |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, we're people not going to watch it. |
| 1:03.0 | Did Jordan say he's not watching it? |
| 1:05.0 | He definitely inferred that he'll watch some highlights. |
| 1:07.0 | He said he would watch it because he feels obligated to watch it because of the broadcast. |
| 1:10.0 | Oh, the work. |
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