COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage tonight. But the former president is driving the conversation on and off the deba
It's official: Eight candidates will be on stage at Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate. The Republican National Committee announced who met its donor and polling thresholds late Monday. The eight candidates include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, and former Vice President Mike Pence. Former President Donald Trump says he'll skip the debate and indicated he will hold a competing event instead. At least three candidates who thought they had qualified were excluded. One of them, conservative radio host Larry Elder, is threatening to sue the RNC.
MILWAUKEE THE DEBATE RON DESANTIS NEEDS TO WIN. The Republican presidential field that will take the stage here at the Fiserv Forum Wednesday night is made up of several subgroups. There is the who-are-these-guys group, with Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is probably still in the who-are-these-guys group, even though he has made significant progress toward climbing out.