Posted on 07/19/2023 12:20:48 PM PDT by thegagline
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has cautioned that it would be a mistake for GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to skip the party’s primary debates.
“I think he should be on the stage. I want everybody on the stage that qualifies, obviously,” she told Fox News Wednesday.
“It’s a mistake not to do the debates, but that’s going to be up to him and his campaign.”
McDaniel cited two main reasons why she feels it’s in Trump’s best interest to jump into the upcoming verbal slugfest despite holding a massive polling lead over his rivals.
“One, short-term, you want to win the nomination, you got to get in front of the whole primary voters,” she said.
“For me, [there’s] another part of it, which is if you end up getting the nomination — for any of these candidates — this is an audience of 20 million people-plus. Why wouldn’t we get in front of them before we go against Joe Biden?”
Trump has long been noncommittal about attending the first debate, which is scheduled for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee.
“Ronald Reagan didn’t do it and a lot of other people didn’t do it. When you have a big lead, you don’t do it,” Trump told FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” July 16.
“It’s actually not fair. Why would you let somebody that’s at zero or 1 or 2 or 3 [%] be popping you with questions?” ***
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“Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has cautioned that it would be a mistake for GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to skip the party’s primary debates.”
We’ll see if Trump takes her ‘advice’.
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
You don’t tell THE BOSS what he needs to do, you ask his permission.
Get a clue witch!
Trump doesn’t need us, WE need him!!!!
Trump should do what is best for his campaign at this early stage. There’s too many candidates, it will be a better to wait when the lesser candidates drop out. Ronald McDonald should butt out.
Exactly
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