Republican Primary Debate

Four presidential hopefuls will appear on the debate stage for the fourth Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to save money and drop the remaining debates.

The crowd at the third Republican primary debate loudly chanted support for Donald Trump during a commercial break before the debate began.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Joe Biden’s recent budget request for the border includes billions to bus illegal aliens into the U.S.

Fox News moderators grilled Vivek Ramaswamy during Wednesday’s debate for using TikTok despite airing ads for it during the event.

Dana Perino came under fire after interjecting during the debate, seemingly going to bat for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

The Trump campaign on Wednesday urged the Republican National Committee (RNC) to end the debates and save resources to defeat President Joe Biden, making the call after the second Republican debate went off the rails, with plenty of criticism from viewers over Univision’s leftist bent throughout the two-hour spectacle.

CLAIM: Vivek Ramaswamy said at the Republican primary debate that Ukraine banned 11 opposition political parties in recent memory.

CLAIM: Chris Christie suggested Donald Trump “hides behind the walls of his golf clubs” instead of participating in the Republican debate.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took aim at “big pharma, big insurance, and big government” during Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) defended auto workers at the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday evening.

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign scheduled Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to attend Wednesday’s Republican primary debate as a surrogate.

Fox News is trying to “censor and silence Trump supporters,” Donald Trump Jr. said following the first Republican primary debate.

A leading pro-life organization praised Mike Pence, Tim Scott, and Asa Hutchinson following the Republican presidential primary debate.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) spoke forcefully in favor of federal abortion restrictions at the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during the Republican presidential primary debate that he would “stand of the side of life” if he were elected president, but he did not clearly state whether he would support federal abortion restrictions.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis paused for several moments then turned his head to look at his opponents before raising his hand when the Republican primary debate moderators asked the candidates if they would support former President Donald Trump if he is convicted of any crimes. 

Mike Pence and Nikki Haley sparred over their positions on federal abortion restrictions during the Republican presidential primary debate.

Former President Donald Trump told Tucker Carlson it could be “possible” that Jeffrey Epstein was killed in his prison cell in 2019.

Fox News host Martha MacCallum introduced the topic of abortion during the Republican presidential primary debate as a “losing issue.”

Republican candidates revealed Wednesday night if they would support former President Donald Trump if he were “convicted in a court of law,” with some delaying raising their hand — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who looked around first — and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson among those who refused to make that pledge.

Bret Baier’s claim that New Jersey suffered a credit rating downgrade 11 times during Chris Christie’s time as governor is true.

Former Republican Govs. Chris Christie (NJ) and Asa Hutchinson (AR) were booed during their introductions at the debate on Wednesday.

One-third of Republicans are likely not watching the first GOP presidential debate, an Economist/YouGov survey found.

Donald Trump has taken a 44-point lead ahead of the first Republican primary debate, this week’s Morning Consult survey found.

The Chairman of the Republican Party in the Virgin Islands suggested a change to the RNC debate rules to hurt Trump.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who jumped into the Republican primary race in June, has qualified for the first Republican primary debate taking place August 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Republican Georgia gubernatorial candidates former Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and Gov. Brian Kemp faced off on Sunday, squabbling over election failures in 2020, as Perdue stated that the 2020 election was unequivocally “rigged and stolen.”

A black lives matter activist burned a U.S. flag and raised the Black Liberation flag to protest the shooting of an alleged unarmed black man by a police officer. He and two other men stomped on the flag and raised

Polling in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire should be considered when determining which candidates appear on the main stage in the upcoming Republican presidential primary debate, staffers for Gov. Bobby Jindal’s campaign argue.

The underpopulated “undercard” GOP debate – featuring George Pataki, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, and Rick Santorum – might have been the last such event of this primary, according to RNC communications director Sean Spicer.

A letter sent to GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s supporters on Monday reminded them that the top ten candidates will be announced Tuesday for the first GOP primary debate aired at 9 PM eastern on Fox News this Thursday.

That’s according to guidelines released Wednesday by debate hosts Fox News and Facebook, which offer the first clues as to how the GOP will handle its largest presidential class in recent memory.

From Politico: The CNN Republican primary debate on Sept. 16 will be divided into two parts featuring two different sets of candidates: those who rank in the top 10 according to public polling, and the remaining candidates who meet a