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Most of the major Republican candidates for president will be in Milwaukee tonight for

the first GOP debate of the 2024 race.

Now Milwaukee also will host the Republican National Convention next year, which is a sign

of just how important the swing state of Wisconsin is.

Donald Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 and then lost it in 2020 while pretending

to win it.

Tonight, Trump will not be on stage.

The Republican frontrunner declined to meet his rivals.

He will instead do a separate interview with the fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson,

while also preparing to surrender to Georgia authorities tomorrow to face his fourth criminal

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