Former President Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate is fueling Republican angst that his rivals will have little opportunity to catch up to him in the polls.
Former President Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate is fueling Republican angst that his rivals will have little opportunity to catch up to him in the polls.
The only way to discourage this behavior is to help the other candidates make their pitch, which has to be why they are a better choice than Trump.
This should be how it works, the entire reason for the debate is that the attendees benefit from the attention.
But will conservatives even watch a debate that Trump isn’t attending?