20-dollar proceeds directly to president biden. by helping democrats launder doug burgum donations directly into his opponents pocket, doug burgum made the republican debate stage. this is the mad, mad world of republican debates. and yes. it is hard to see any legitimacy in this process. and that is before you even get to the biggest problem of all for this debate, the absence of the party front runner. by all accounts, the rnc and the host, fox news, have been begging trump to participate in this debate, but not only has trump refused to show up, he s also refused to meet the debate criteria. trump has said firmly, he will not sign the parties loyalty proud to support whoever is the nominee in november. what does it say about the state of this race that trump is slamming his nose at both his party and the television channel that helped make him president? we re going to have more on that with brian stilled her, coming up next. coming up next
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