Discussion Thread: Third 2024 Republican Presidential Primary Debate

27 comments

1. They’re still playing pretend?

   Trump’s gonna win the primary lol, it’s a guarantee. Bunch of silly toolbags.

2. What exactly is the point of the Republican debates at this point? Is someone actually planning to run against trump? Or just auditioning to be his running mate?

3. I don’t know a single republican normie voter (ie they aren’t in media or works for a republican entity) who plans on watching tonight nor has watched the previous debates.

4. I’m sure this will be productive and professional!

5. Moderator: in light of gop loses, do you propose a change in strategy?

   Every republican: No, more abortion restrictions!

6. Spoilers: They won’t even mention what happened last night and will continue to argue reasons to take away American rights, while trying hard not to incite Trump’s hoard of deplorables out of fear for their own safety.

7. It’s already time for another GQP lying competition?

8. I taking bets they go with the diluted version of banning abortion.

   One time offer. Subject to change. Vote for me!!!!

9. I think I would rather be waterboarded with mayonnaise than subject myself to this (I hate mayonnaise)

10. These folks should be embarrassed. The top person isn’t even willing to show up. He is making these douches look like d bags

11. There’s a reason people are still running in this race. It’s not just about trying to be Trump’s running mate, or trying to sell a book deal (although I’m sure that’s part of it). It’s because there is a strong possibility that Trump is convicted of a serious crime, and once that happens, any lead Trump has is going to significantly diminish to the point that one of them can jostle into the lead. It’s not about who will be Trump’s vice president, it’s about who’s going to be Trump’s replacement.

12. What I will be watching out for is how the candidates approach and measure their criticism of Biden versus Trump versus each other. Will they finally go all in on attacking Trump or will they continue to play up his victim schtick and keep their focus on Biden and each other?

    Either way it doesn’t matter and will be too little, too late. But watching them squirm and waste their breath tearing each other apart should be great fun.

13. NBC Nightly News putting Dem wins solely on abortion, and then saying why this may still be bad for 2024, going out of their way to bring up Biden’s low polling, the NYT Sunday poll, and including one interview from a person who said Biden is doing a bad job on every measure. What the fuck is the mainstream media’s sick obsession with tearing Biden down every chance they get? They can’t report on even one of the several great things Biden has done just this week?? This is the reason there’s so much favorable polling for Trump in the first place… the media has gone out of their way to paint Biden as a failed president when it couldn’t be farther from the truth. I fucking hate it here.

14. Court cases and 91 felonies aside, I guess I don’t understand why Trump wouldn’t want to show up to the debates and turn them into the shitshow extravaganza that he’s known to do. I thought he loved attention.

    No stamina! SAD!

15. Yea. Where’s Donald?

    Yo Repubs. You’re about to vote for a man who’s too chicken to show up.

    That’s showin’ them, huh.

16. Everyone is waiting to see if Desantis will be wearing his heels tonight

17. I bet the ratings for this are going to be brutal. No one cares about any of these 5 game show contestants.

18. Prediction:

    Vivek will say some outrageous, obnoxious nonsense to get back in the headlines and fail so miserably tonight, he will offend conservatives to the point where Fox, OANN, and Newsmax won’t hire him as a permanent election consultant.

    He’ll get a few spots as a “guest commentator” in 2024 but Vivek will not parlay this into a paid gig.

19. “And for its third act the GOP proudly presents to you, our dear viewers: ‘More of the Same 3 – This time it’s (D)ifferent’. Please join us for a fun filled, low-stakes night as our top five runner-ups snipe at each other and avoid talking policy. Remember to pop your corn!”

20. Hmm I’ll have to miss this one, I have to return some videotapes.

21. I’m just tuning in to see what Christie does this time lmfao.

    First debate, he called Vivek ChatGPT.

    Second debate, he called Trump “Donald Duck” for ducking debates.

    He’s gotta have something up his sleeve for this one tonight lmao.

22. I have to hand it to the Republicans. I never would have guessed a vegetarian (vegetarian due to his non-Christian religious beliefs nonetheless) would make it this far in the election season.

    Not enough to earn my vote, but enough to raise my eyebrows.

23. Im excited to see how they plan to talk about abortion after getting fucked last night in VA and Ohio.

    They’ll totally double down on it and then scream over each other debating who daddy trump loves more. Gotta woo over the nazis and Karens for liberty.

24. Who cares? The one that’s actually going to get nominated isn’t there lol

25. Theyre still doing republican debates? thats hilarious. This kinda feels like letting your younger brother “play the game” while you actually do all the work.

26. Trump wanted to attend but I heard his home aid put him on bed rest because he kept getting lost while going to the bathroom

27. It was evident by Christie’s Florida speech that he has accepted he can’t win and will just say what he thinks about the MAGA Cult. Should be fun.

    These moderators will ask tougher questions and no question will press them on last night. This isn’t a Fox debate.

    Haley continues to surge, trying to thread that nearly impossible needle of appealing to Independents and peeling off enough Trump voters to win.

    Vivek is there to lick Trump’s boots.

    Scott should have followed Pence’s lead. 0 chance.

    DeSantis will he ramp up his Trump attacks? There was only one way to go from the first debate, but he has become a little more comfortable attacking him.

    Should be exciting.