It's Trump's Party, and He'll Lie if He Wants To
With a 40 point lead, Donald Trump sat out the GOP Presidential Debate to repeat election lies and grievances in a taped interview with Tucker Carlson.
After 2 hours of debate, the 8 GOP Presidential candidates failed to offer any alternative to Trump's dark vision for America. The GOP candidates took turns angrily blaming Democrats, people of color, the queer community, and even teachers without offering any policy solutions except banning abortion and cutting taxes.
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Party of One, The Atlantic | 8/24/2023
By Peter Wehner
Donald Trump may have been absent from last night’s debate, but he still owns the GOP.
Vivek Ramaswamy stole the show at the first Republican presidential debate, while Ron DeSantis avoided questions on key issues and frontrunner Donald Trump did not attend the event.