The first Republican debate did not disappoint, with the candidates trading blows early and

often over the biggest issues facing the country.

Do you want a super PAC puppet or do you want a patriot who speaks the truth?

I've had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like Chachi BT, stand up here.

Now is not the time for on-the-job training.

We don't need to bring in a rookie.

Do you have no foreign policy to end this show?

And you know what?

This show has an experience that you want.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's Thursday, August 24th, and this is Morning Wire.

While the other GOP candidates duked it out on stage, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump

instead sat down with Tucker Carlson.

Basically, they're still in me and they're saying, you don't have any right to challenge

and if you challenge an election, we're going to indict you and put you in jail.

We discussed the interview and Trump's plans to turn himself in today.

And speculation grows after Yvgeny Pregozion, founder of the Vognor Mercenary Group, reportedly

died in a plane crash near Moscow.

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Eight Republican presidential candidates battled it out in Milwaukee on Wednesday night.

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