And trump s criminal indictments could be on the table. the notable exception is former president donald trump. instead, trump s inteview with conservative commentator tucker carlson will air on x, formerly known as twitter. trump is currently the frontrunner for the republican nomination. wisconsin has proven to be a must win state for presidential campaigns in recent years. four of the past six presidential elections have been decided by less than a percentage point there, with trump winning narrowly in 2016 before losing by a similar margin to president biden in 2020. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent and americast host anthony zurcher, who is in milwaukee, about how the republican candidates are getting ready for wednesday s debate. a typical way to prepare is to hold mock debates where the candidate has people pose as other candidates and they do a run through. ron desantis is doing that with a well known debate expert. mike pence also
On wednesday night. the media presence and attention has been divided. i think it s going to deny a lot of these republican candidates, who are looking for a breakthrough moment, from the ability to have any sort of moment that happens on that stage to have legs beyond wednesday night and into thursday. because the attention of voters and the american public is going to shift towards what will be a historic moment with donald trump reporting to a georgia prison to be fingerprinted, have his mugshot taken, and all of the proceedings around that. this should have been a big moment for people like ron desantis, trying to recapture a lot of attention of the republican voters, but that isn t going to happen because of the way this is playing out. anthony in milwaukee, following the debate that will take place on wednesday night, thank you so much. for more on the debate, i spoke to lanhee chen, the director of policy studies at stanford university and chief policy adviser for mitt romney s