2023-09-28 12:07:00
The Republican candidates in their debate. JONATHAN ERNST | REUTERS
The former president stated that the participants are only looking for a job as a government official and once again denounced the alleged corruption of the federal government and the alleged electoral manipulation of the 2020 presidential elections.
28 sep 2023 . Updated at 12:07 p.m.
The second Republican debate began this Wednesday with an open criticism of former conservative president Donald Trump (2017-2021) for skipping this meeting for the second time. He should be on stage tonight. It should defend its balance sheet, in which it added 7.8 billion to the debtcriticized the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, the second best positioned in the conservative nomination for the 2024 presidential elections.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie also reproached him for Let him hide within the walls of his golf club and not show up here to answer questions like the rest. It should be in this room. This is the second time that Trump has not appeared at the debate, and instead has gone to Detroit to give a speech to union members in the automotive sector who have been on strike since September 15.
The former president was not the only target of criticism. They were also directed against the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, for supporting the strikers in the automotive sector. Biden should not be on the picket lines. He should be at the southern border working to close it because it is unsafe.said South Carolina Senator Tim Scott. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy also made a mention of Biden’s support for the strikers, who assured that the protests of workers in the sector should be in front of the White House.
The first debate took place in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) and this time the stage is located in the emblematic Ronald Reagan presidential library in California. The venue, located in Simi Valley, has hosted other conservative primary debates in the past, such as in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Yes ok Eight candidates participated in the first meeting, this time the same ones appear except former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, who did not meet the criteria of the Republican National Committee. Former US Vice President Mike Pence passed the screening; Ron DeSantis; Ramaswamy and former UN ambassador and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. Likewise, Christie, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota.
Candidates had to achieve a voting intention of at least 3% in two national polls or alternatively 3% in a national poll plus 3% in two polls in two of the states that first hold primaries (Iowa, New Hampshire , South Carolina and Nevada).
Participants also had to sign a loyalty pledge to support the elected candidate in the future, although in the first debate Christie and Hutchinson said they would not support Trump if selected. The meeting, televised by Fox and the Hispanic network Univision, seeks to gain Latino support in California, a state with a democratic tradition for more than three decades. The third debate, which will raise the requirements, is scheduled for November 8 in Miami.
I don’t see any president
As for Trump, the former president stated that Republican candidates are only looking for a government official job. Everyone is looking for work. They will do anything… they want to be secretary of something, even vice president. Do you see any vice presidents in the group? I do not think soTrump said in front of a group of workers at a vehicle components factory in Michigan.
The former president clearly admitted that his televised event was competing with the debate, broadcast by the Fox News television channel. In the past, Trump has defended his decision not to participate in the Republican debates due to the advantage he has over the rest of the candidates in the polls. According to the average of surveys prepared by the FiveThirtyEight website, the former president leads the race with a voting intention of 51%.
During his speech in Michigan, which coincides with a strike by the auto workers union, Trump repeated some of his favorite slogans, such as the alleged corruption of the federal government or the achievements of his Administration in the field of international trade.
The former president even repeated his insinuations that there was electoral manipulation during the 2020 presidential elections, in which he lost against the current president, Joe Biden, despite the fact that he is immersed in two criminal cases precisely for trying to reverse the result. electoral.
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