Welp. Former President Donald Trump won’t show up for debates. His former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said she won’t debate unless Trump shows up or against Joe Biden.
So, the New Hampshire debate on Thursday is no more:
WMUR and ABC News released a joint statement:”Our intent was to host a debate coming out of the Iowa caucuses, but we always knew that would be contingent on the candidates and the outcome of the race. As a result, while our robust election coverage will continue, ABC News and WMUR-TV will not be moving forward with Thursday’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire.”
WMUR reported that people have only started to pay attention. They wanted to tune into the debates:
Many New Hampshire voters told News 9 on Tuesday that their friends and neighbors are just starting to pay attention to the race now that the focus has shifted to New Hampshire.Most said they would tune in for a debate and feel that voters would benefit. They said they think that Haley had the most to lose by skipping, given the momentum she has had in the state recently.”And probably it’s down to her and DeSantis,” said Marie Mulroy, of Manchester. “She needs to be in the room, and (New Hampshire Gov. Chris) Sununu needs to get her there.””The debate is important for the state of New Hampshire because I think a lot of people will be tuning in more than they were for the previous debate,” said Thalia Floras, of Nashua.
A Trump supporter, Jay Cook, said the former president shouldn’t “waste his time.”
Cook has a point. Trump won Iowa without taking part in any debates.
We’ve had five great debates in this campaign. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them. He has nowhere left to hide. The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it.
Haley is in New Hampshire with Gov. Chris Sununu, who endorsed her.
Trump will also be in New Hampshire.
Trump was nice to DeSantis and Haley in his Iowa victory speech, but that’s no more as well.
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