MILWAUKEE — The Republican Party’s first primary debate of presidential hopefuls took place at the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Eight candidates came to participate in the debate, however, the candidate on most people’s lips was absent: former president Donald Trump. As watch parties for the debate formed around […]
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Debate does little to dissuade voters from Trump at one Republican watch party
At the Red Mouse Bar and Grill in Cross Plains, about 95 miles from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee where eight candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination took part in the first primary debate, the members of the Dane County Republican Party met to get their first real look at the challengers attempting to […]
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Trump absent but still dominates as GOP presidential rivals clash at first debate
Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered onstage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a heated first primary debate heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, though the party’s front runner refused to attend the two-hour event. Trump instead recorded a competing 46-minute interview with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson that aired on X, formerly known […]