The ever-donor-aligned Republican National Committee has announced the first 2024 GOP presidential debate will take place in Paul Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin. The debate will be organized by Rupert Murdoch (Fox News) and livestreamed in partnership and sponsorship with Rumble and the Young America’s Foundation, a group led by GOPe favorite and former Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker. [Ronna Announcement Here]
Yeah…. sketchy. All of it. Rupert Murdoch, Paul Ryan, Bret Baier, Martha McCallum and Scott Walker… Gee, what could go wrong?
(Via Fox News) – “I am excited to announce that our first debate in Milwaukee will be in partnership with Fox News, Young America’s Foundation, and Rumble,” RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement first shared with Fox News on Wednesday.
The chairwoman, asked during an interview on News’ “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday morning, if there will be one or two debate stages, said “we’ll put the criteria out soon. We don’t know how many candidates there’s going to be so that will dictate whether there’s one or two stages. Right now I don’t see there being two stages but I could be wrong on that. The field’s forming later than usual.”
[…] The debate will be televised exclusively on Fox News, and Rumble is the live-streaming partner.
Rumble chairman and CEO Chris Pavlovski said in a statement that “Rumble’s mission to protect free speech is not just a slogan, it runs through the DNA of our company. We are thrilled to partner with the RNC to bring the debate stage online and help promote open dialogue. Rumble saw record traffic and user engagement during the 2022 midterms, and we’re ready to be the premier platform for all candidates in the 2024 elections.” (read more)
Follow the bouncing ball and Debates #2 and #3 will likely follow in Florida and/or Virginia. We’ll see.
I’ll get to work on updating everyone’s favorite graphic 🙂
Will they bring back Meghan Kelly for the debate? The RNC needs the full anti-Trump panel.
No need to, Fox News is full of never-Trumpers.
A Deep bench or RATS at Fox.
Tucker though, would be a good choice.
bring back Megyn Kelly and Mike Wallace
Chris Wallace…
Chris … Mike … What difference, at this point, does it make?
Well, Mike was on the Epstein Flight Log.
Not Chris Wallace……He REALLY hates Trump!!
Yes, if not Chris—then someone of his ilk will be on the panel. Let’s skewer Trump just a little bit more and lose all of the network’s audience. Asking tough questions is one thing— but the overly biased Chris Wallace and Meghan Kelly crap was infuriating.
Nimrodman – you are scaring me — you sound like Hillary 😵😂
Mike Wallace would be a better moderator X 2, “bring back” would be a miracle since he has passed, but even in death would conduct a more balanced interview than his “Sunday Soup”son
Bets it won’t be Tucker.
of course not and as a given.
Only Tucker and Jesse Waters should do the debate.
Wouldn’t surprise me if FNC tried to exclude President Trump.
NO….They know they would be BOYCOTTED by all MAGA…
Hey Meghan Kelly came out for Trump early this year on her podcast.
From her viewpoint; it’s only Trump this year…anyone else will lose bigly forever.
I actually think that she and President Trump have been friends all along…….she was good friends with Rush Limbaugh, as well. She’s a quick study and both men respect women with mental acuity……not that she’s perfect, but she pretty much has her mind right on most things….
You have a lot to learn.
I got the sense that, last time around, she was following orders and didn’t realize just how strong the national support for Trump really is.
there is and never has been any question in my mind that Megyn was TASKED with taking out Trump in that first debate.
Rush said on the day of the debate on his show that rumors were swirling around DC that the entire purpose of the debate was to take out Trump TONIGHT in one fell swoop. They gave the job to Megyn on the basis that no one would hit the girl that they promised her that a good performance by her would be great buzz for the book she was writing at the time.
Megyn is too smart and too traditional to give two shits about how Trump referred to women; Megyn didn’t care because she had never had mediocrity that needed to be excused by giving her special treatment. She was spectacular on The Kelly File and demonstrated via her ratings that she belonged in the big leagues and could hold her own with noted lying pieces of sh** Anthony Weiner and Bill Burton, whom she regularly shredded.
I have no doubt she regretted doing it and that she didn’t enjoy Trump taking a victory lap about blood coming out of her eyes and wherever…..
She is second only to Ann Coulter in terms of sheer intellectual horsepower. And hey, all you Ann haters, when you’re telling me what a POS she is, remember to include the part about her saying on Maher’s program in June of2015 that Trump had the best chance of being the nominee. You can laugh along with his trained seal audience and the true POS Joy Reid on the panel.
did you see the hour long show with her the night before the debate? she was all in and couldn’t wait to get her shot at the donald.
Both of these two women have had some major screwups of their own orchestration. Both are smart. When they screwup — it’s on them.
Trump won with 80k votes in 3 states against the worst woman in politics.
Did a good job despite the entire federal government blocking every good thing he did.
Without fixing ballots verses votes, they’ll steal the election again.
I truly think Meghan Kelly has seen the error of her ways and deserves a second chance. She’s been super strong on a mostly MAGA agenda on her podcast, much to the chagrin of her former left wing loonies. She’s obviously burned too many bridges to ever regain her former media influence but I recommend giving her a fresh look. She certainly doesn’t need the money and could easily fade away but maybe the Biden disaster has opened her eyes.
Right. She doesn’t need the 💰 anymore than the last time when she sold her soul to the devil.
She has no soul left to sell.
I blame this soft attitude on BCS.
Then let her break some real ground and come clean about her orders.
As awful and disappointing Megyn was on that evening of August 6, 2015, at the first GOP debate (that was held in Cleveland), she was really great on Election Night 2016 when she kept saying “Why haven’t they called it!?” (referring to the Fox News “Decision Desk”) as DJT was clearly securing victory.
Bret Baier was trying to horn in on Bill the Map Guy but the camera man kept honing on Bret’s funny-looking attire, then Bret would scoot back every time he saw his stomach on the monitor.
i’m sure you’re making a cognative and salient point here but i say to you….i am missing it.
She’s figured out who the real enemy are……RINO’s.
Daniel: She’ll be debating herself, surrounded by mirrors, cameras and microphones.
Yep. I have not and will never watch any of her content due to her malignment of our VSG.
Sorry Meghan – you only get one opportunity to become the enemy….. and she took it!
Aahhhh! VSG!
Haven’t heard that in awhile…….good times!
Not sure what VSG means, so I googled it:
a) Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
b) Vietnam Studies Group
c) Vanderbilt Student Government
c) actually talks about the VSG president and vice president. So is google on to something?
Very Special Genius
Very Stable Genius.
VSGGEPDJT
I would say Trump is both a stable and special genius.
I would apply John17’s “vertical sleeve gastrectomy” to a few other choice people.
Yeah, choice, like Fox’s Bret, I can’t Baier his shill.
Sean’s squeeze, Ainsley Earhardt, will take her place; Yogi said it best, “It’s deja vu all over again.”
Spock and Captain Kirk!
Might as well include Karl Rove and his Tim Russert stolen white board.
President Trump should declare the debates illegitimate and decline to attend. He dosnt need those sloppy seconds. Instead hold a big rally- in Wisconsin the same day!
He should do a live play by play instead of participating
More people would watch Trump
All they would do is talk about Trump even if he skipped the debates,
That “Rent free” thing.
i would LOVE that, like mystery science theater 3000, just sit in front of the TV and mock them all.
maybe super-impose some jail bars in front of him
MST 3000 was funny in the 90’s before the holloweirdos rebooted it.
You know, why not?!!!!
President Trump has clearly demonstrated that the rules have changed. If he did that, he would be metaphorically burning the Big Club stage to the f*cking ground. LOVE IT!!!!!!
the more i think about it, the more awesome it sounds….
he doesn’t have to skip them all, just this first one when only the die hards are watching anyway.
hold some alternate thing at the same time, he has a bucket of popcorn or some McD’s and just talks snark the entire time over his TV… then the next morning he publishes the metrics that he got 3x the views that fox did. he’d probably gain another million “voters” from that alone.
He’d be doing the party a favor if he shows up at one of their rinky dink debate shows. No one gives a rats tail to hear Nicky, Asa, and Tim Scott and other D-listers like Pence bloviate.
He should do a side by side live commentary on pay per view. Donate the proceeds to veterans’ charities.
Donate it to the J6 political prisoners defense fund.
Amen!!! Now wouldn’t that be an awesome event/night!!! Good idea TwoLaine – you should still be running for President 😘
I want DJT to participate all the way down the line.
A play by play live commentary of the debating midgets is an outstanding idea! Mike in a Truck, take a well deserved rest of the day off.
Luv it, now who would be best for the color man spot next to Donald’s Play-by -play deal? Hmmm,…Ted Nugent, Gutfeld, Megan K, Bartiromo, Corolla, Bannon, K Lake ?
Hilarious, such a ratings hit that Trump could cover the next Fox debate comedy show on PayPerView to raise even more campaign $.
Keep it lite, like Payton and Eli Manning covering live NFL games with a Show guest?
Exactly! Undercut their effort. Tit for tat.
Yessssss!
Exactly.
BTW- Sundance, could you make our beloved President the “secret square”?
He could even declare his pronouns to be “The Real President and secret square.”
Also, while it’s on my mind, the two term limit has never been challenged. Lawfare works both ways. Immediately upon his triumphant return, I hope he will announce his next presidential campaign. Let them challenge his campaign and just defend with “They don’t have standing.”
Good luck on repealing the 22nd Amendment.
GREAT IDEA!!!
I think he enjoys them.
If Trump does not attend, it will get cancelled. The networks will know that nobody (except for Rinos) will watch it and it will be a money loser.
I’d prefer he goes head to head with them as he clearly can and has held is own. Best way to assure that his message gets max coverage- particularly on a money grab for Medicare and SS. Trump’s position is leave them alone, including no age adjustments and the support would come from improving the economy. The rest of those GOPers favor changes. That difference will resonate with people.
It’s an opportunity for Trump to work it in during national coverage even if mods don’t ask a question about it.
That Cleveland debate on August 6, 2015 was rhe first GOP debate – moderated by Fox people Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace. It was great that DJT was part of that because he really kicked off things with his answer to Bret Baier’s question: “If you are not chosen as the candidate will you pledge to support for election the person who IS chosen to be the candidate?”
DJT was the only one on that stage that night to decline to “take the pledge”.
It was beautiful.
I agree. He doesn’t need them, he has us.
Florida’s Voice is Campaign Central for Ron DeSantis. And they got trounced in their own poll. The “Debate” is over, if you listen to Republican Primary voters!
My oh my!!! Somewhere, in a Fox News Green Room waiting for makeup to “appear”, Karl Rove is having a breakdown……LOL!!!!
i see ‘other’ is beating mattress haley 4 to 1.
At least we know that DeSantis will declare before then. But I’m sure the moderators not giving any time to Trump won’t backfire on them at all.
Meanwhile in lieu of debating Corpulent Chris Christie will be devouring three full slabs of ribs.
Lol
The ribs will help wash down the trough of Pasta Carbonara..
Sunununununu will be fighting him for it
Gov Sununu, the guy who can’t get a Republican elected to the Senate in New Hampshire a state with a 95% White Christian population. How is he going to win an election in Chicago, Baltimore Atlanta or Detroit?
Gov Chrispy Chreme
including the bones.
i’d donate a limb if Trump would just completely ignore every question posed and spend every second he has blasting fox news and ronna- to introduce himself back to the “republicans”.
Ugh…When does OAN get to host one of these things instead of a bunch of stinking Bush fans from Fox?
Never. They’re not part of the Club.
Is Rumble now part of the Club?
I would like to know the answer to this also.
ASA!
/sarc
It’s a trap.
“The field’s forming later than usual.”
Ron DeSwampass couldn’t be reached for comment.
I think of RinoRonny as the establishment torpedo. He’s faster than slowJeb by an eyelash blink.
Pierre Delecto.
Would that suggest would be candidates are in hiding?
I don’t watch anything Fox or other MSM propaganda. I’m not confused about who I’m voting for. All my donations go to support Donald J Trump. FFox news !
Scott walker ? When did he get hired ? Stopped watching Fox Nov3 2020 , except snippets here – is he the designated torpedo ?
The Cabbage Patch Boi will get the call from Fox. I just hope he doesn’t declare AZ in August, 2023.
The GOPe will exclude Trump. It’s the stupid thing to do.
Mike Pence ? How does he have nerve to even show up ? I’m sure they will try to double / triple team PDJT with his former Admin . People : Pious Pence ., Nikki and Pompeo ….
He’ll kill Pence with kindness.
Oy. (Facepalm)
Perfect for Trump. His style is to run right at it, and he can run right at all of them all at once. Gonna suck to be them.
Agree!!! He is coming back this time with a whole, new attitude…..taking no prisoners, damn the torpedoes……he knows what a pickle this world is in and it ain’t pretty and he ain’t happy……and neither are we!!!!!!
We all know they will setup Trump for failure.
Give him goofy questions or cut off his answers while the pump up DeSoros.
There’s no need for any debates; it will only serve the first place winner in the runner-up division. As outlined in Sundance’s last post on “The Battle”, we are entering into the bare knuckles fight with the left and the Rinos. All real Republicans should get on the MAGA train and be united in battle. As mentioned by others, PDJT does not need to participate…it would be a total waste of time.
Televised debates?
We are stuck in a time warp. Will Walter Cronkite be moderating, or, will it be the Huntley-Brinkley team?
‘Politics makes strange bedfellows’.
At least if Ron decides to run he wont be in State implementing soft WEF policies disguised as “wins for Florida/Freedom lovers”.. Any way you slice it this isn’t what Floridians voted for.
Dear Rupert,
It doesn’t matter how much money you spend, I will still vote for President Trump!
Most Sincerely,
America
He might have saved himself money and learned a lesson from mini-Mike.
Isn’t August a bit early. I can’t wait to see Asa Hutchinson…he is so exciting and I am sure will give Trump a run for his money /sarc
Asa is a shoo-in for the highly coveted Kasich endorsement. By the way, did you know Kasich’s father was a mailman?
Kasich’s father was a mail man? Holy moly, I did not know that!
(just kidding)
Biden* has not announced “officially”. Am having delicious fantasies of RFK Jr stripping the bark off of him on a debate stage. Would pay to see that. However I seriously doubt Brandon will make it that far. If he does though, im guessing he will refuse to dignify his competitors with his rapier-like intellect.
No, I think he announced yesterday within the DNC convention announcement.
I also heard the DNC has canned Marc Elias.
Ho we is RFK, Jr. going to debate when his voice sounds like he is grinding glass and gravel, very unlistenable (IMHO).
Didn’t Larry “Nostrilitis” Hogan drop out of the race?
Yes. Joke of a RINO Maryland governor. I know. I called him a lot.
Say, isn’t Wisconsin one of those voter fraud black arts voodoo wins states?
Fitting.
BIGLY! On top of all their other thefts they stole 100% of the nursing home votes, which I had suspected was going on nationally for decades, along with the prison votes.
I hope Trump skips it. Let the also rans have some spotlight time and see how they hold up.
Having such a large number of candidates will simply muddy the waters and prevent proper discussion of the top issues that Republicans need to address – determined by ordinary patriotic Americans and not the funders or leadership. I believe the party cannot be reformed or fixed but needs to be replaced by one that focusses on patriotism and individual responsibility and genuine compassion.
And, oh by the way!
What does that all mean ? I know Weigel guy from Washington Post Fake News ~ who is this Tyler guy and what is trying to say ? Sorry if slow on inside baseball on this …
I guess they all ignored Rick Grenell’s strongly worded suggestion that everyone drop out of contention for the Republican nomination, and rally around President Trump? I think we should all get very busy on social media conveying his brilliant idea, Ad nauseum until they get the point.
Agree
Don’t be surprised if both the moderators and the candidates gang up on Trump.
And – Rumble will be streaming the GOP Presidential Debate – !
Rumble should have remained a private company. The IPO was the takeover.
Ramaswamy should follow Barry Sotero’s lead and change his name to Varock Ramobama or Vince Rambo. Much easier to remember.
I would ask if the debate will be discussing the election fraud of 2020 and 2022, and if the answer is NO, I would take a hard pass.
It will be a rhetorical question – Hannity style – “given that no proof , no court yada yada and you nearly overthrew the democracy of the United States in the worst incident since ….. and resulted in the deaths of 5 capitol police , and you are being investigated for sedition for your role yada yada – how can you still claim election rigged ? And will any other candidate on this stage make that claim , raise you hand if you agree with MR. Trump … “
I wonder if they will open with this question again? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
“Is there anyone on stage, and can I see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person.”
It will be raise your hand if you think 2020 was rigged – only PDJT will …
Has Fox apologized to Go To H311 Ronna then?
With Trump’s poll numbers skyrocketing no other candidate other than DeSantis is double digits. DeSantis will not announce and face the devastation to any future political career. That leaves Trump over the top majority in every poll and single digit wannabes in the primary, what’s the point to a debate? At this point there is no debate. What happened to the minimum % that were imposed in 2020 ?
Rona and the RNC will flush $300 million on RINO candidates down the drain just to squander Republican donations to the 2024 Presidential election. Remember, the RNC wants to lose!
It is not squandering per se -look at all the greedy mouths they will be feeding – it is “Christmas time for consultants “ and their sucker fish ( media buyers , printers etc etc ) from their point of view it is a total win win even if they lose lose … ( truthful sarcasm )
😵🫣🫢😵 Does he not have a mirror? Or friends for that matter… oh my NOT a good look at all!!! Hate to talk about someone’s weight but BB can go up and down the scale very quickly – sadly this photo caught him on the upswing!
I hope BB has a shirt to match , I would guess that he shot a score about equal to the dots on those hideous pants
Those pants ! Didn’t he look in a mirror. Didn’t anyone tell him he looks fat and stupid !Get a stylist or something !
I think he only looks at himself partially.
That HAS to be a doctored picture. Looks like pajama bottoms for a pre-teen girl.
Hi Ronna!
What a cluck.
Rumble is the live-streaming partner ? suspicious
Rumble is supposed to represent sunlight and free speech and alternative to the mainstream censorship.
MSM represents the opposite. Looks Shiny to me.
That is why I’m confused with all the hints being dropped ?
Im dropping my own hints.
Sigh, looking at that Fox News picture graphic……..other than Trump is that really the best the Republicans can do? Other than Trump, I wouldn’t hire any of those people to pick up cans on the side of the road, much less be president. But what do I know, I voted for Pat Buchanan and Ron Paul. Looks like a bumper crop of big war, big government, Anti American progressives. So the same types as the people who founded the Republican party and elected the tyrant Lincoln (cursed be his name).
I’d like to see Trump decline and hold a rally on RSBN at the exact same time to draw away viewers.
He’s running unopposed, just like in 2022 imho.
Quit worrying, dog! Man’s got the figured out!
Always does. I assure you, he’s 2-3 steps ahead of ‘them.’
Always is!
I keep checking rumble for my favorite subscription – WatchMAGA- normally the weekly countdown video is on Mondays -sometimes Tuesdays – but now it is Wednesday, not there – I will look again – but seeing rumble mentioned here, I hope rumble is not flaking out on MAGA.
just like 2015. dana parino, paul ryan and neil what’s his name will probably be the monitors. 2023’s version of megan kelly, chris wallace and bret baier.
LOL Hutchinson
Chris and Brett.
How absolutely not exciting.