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The 2024 presidential race gets into full swing Wednesday with the first Republican primary debate of the election cycle.

Eight candidates will participate in the debate at Milwaukees Fiserv Forum: Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence , former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

However, Trump has declined to participate in Wednesdays debate.

The debate will begin at 9 p.m. ET and be moderated by Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier.

Read live updates on the GOP debate below:

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Making no distinction between the millions of unauthorized migrants living in the country, Christie said, We have to have them detained, we have to make sure they are not rewarded for breaking the law. (Many migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization are pursuing their legal right to apply for asylum.)

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He is a dictator and a murderer, Pence said.

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In a statement, a Fox spokesperson said the bulletin \"was designed and printed by the Fiserv Forum security team as a guide for candidate walk throughs that took place yesterday. FOX News Media was not involved with the production of the document and did not sanction any of the language used.

SEE SOMETHING / SAY SOMETHING!!! NOT APPROVED FOR ENTRY // NOT VALID CREDENTIAL (PLAZA or ARENA), read the bulletin viewed by The Messenger. The notice reportedly included photos of Trump spokespeople Jason Miller, Danny Tiso and Justin Caparole.

Trump was reportedly warned that because he refused to participate in the debate, his media surrogates would not be permitted to act on his behalf in the \"spin room\" after the main event.

The former presidents eldest son, Don Jr., and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, were elsewhere in Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon, hosting an array of Trump supporters including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

Guilfoyle suggested that she and Don Trump Jr. would fight the ban and try to get into the venue anyway.","source":"","title":"Debate Security Told To Keep Trump Surrogates Out: Report","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2023-08-24T00:19:29.92Z","lastPublishedAt":"2023-08-24T03:18:52.921Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Aug 23, 2023, 8:19 PM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"64e699b6e4b0e366fc36ff14","caption":"Jeff Roe, a top adviser for Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential bid, took a dig at former President Donald Trump's legal troubles ahead of Wednesday's 2024 GOP debate.

Asked to respond to the Trump campaign mocking DeSantis over his many campaign \"resets\" over the summer, including bringing a new campaign manager and other top staff, Roe let it rip.

\"I guess we'll have as many restarts as they have indictments,\" Roe told CBS News.

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\"Donald Trump will again make clear that hes running on the same extreme and deeply unpopular MAGA agenda the American people have rejected time and time again,\" Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said in a statement.

Munoz added that Trump will likely double down on \"wild, debunked conspiracy theories\" and that the \"same extreme and unpopular agenda will be on display in Milwaukee later tonight by MAGA Republican candidates doing their best impressions of Donald Trump. The American people rejected these extreme ideas in 2018, 2020, and 2022 - and they will again in November 2024. \"","source":"","title":"Biden Campaign Rips Trump's 'Softball' Interview With Tucker Carlson","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703b4e4b09499c4202d19","userId":"557703b4e4b09499c4202d18","fullName":"Igor Bobic","bio":{"text":"Igor Bobic is a senior HuffPost reporter who covers Congress, the White House, and political campaigns. He can be reached at igor.bobic@huffpost.com and is on Twitter @igorbobic.","microText":"Senior Politics Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"igorbobic","facebook":"igor.bobic"},"urlName":{"text":"igor-bobic","transliterated":"igor-bobic"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5db351812000006f26506d19","ops":"","ext":"jpeg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"a2c27df1-0e12-38ae-ac3d-e55c0d1442e1","alias":"hp-us-igor-bobic","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"7cf7be6d-bcde-3f7a-9f11-79fe9f74fac1","br":"0475a088-e606-3038-825f-f057c680bcd3","ca":"0bbe9fa9-804e-3ac4-8224-7dacd80e931c","es":"e7d27c67-55ce-3657-b1e0-c4627b4fa552","gr":"b5546935-59c9-3bf9-a01f-657e14ef7d20","in":"aca8b586-2566-315f-b12c-9a38b69db7d1","jp":"55730c81-232c-3f75-9864-01a49a2882e5","kr":"4e4bcd3c-98b9-3d92-ac3f-5678e0ef2d6f","qc":"69fdc46d-c3e9-3af6-a857-9fdd03e6a560","uk":"9367b271-aeaf-3cf0-828a-867c9899070b"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2023-08-23T23:37:35.037Z","lastPublishedAt":"2023-08-23T23:37:35.037Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Aug 23, 2023, 7:37 PM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703b4e4b09499c4202d19","fullName":"Igor Bobic","slug":"igor-bobic","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5db351812000006f26506d19.jpeg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/igor-bobic"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/64e695a92600001f00a757b0.png","queryParams":{},"width":980,"height":554,"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"64e69556e4b09133924cabde","caption":"Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson, in a preview of his interview with Donald Trump that is set to air just as the 2024 GOP debate kicks off on Wednesday, asks the former president if he is concerned about attempts on his life.

It started with protests against you, and then it moved to impeachment, twice, and now indictment. Are you worried that theyre gonna try and kill you? Why wouldnt they try and kill you? Carlson asked Trump in a clip posted online ahead of the full interview.

Theyre savage animals. They are people who are sick, Trump said.

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“It started with protests against you, and then it moved to impeachment, twice, and now indictment. Are you worried that they’re gonna try and kill you? Why wouldn’t they try and kill you?” Carlson asked Trump in a clip posted online ahead of the full interview.

“They’re savage animals. They are people who are sick,” Trump said.

The full interview is set to air at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday on X, the social media website formerly known as Twitter.","credit":"","height":554,"width":980,"ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703b4e4b09499c4202d19","fullName":"Igor Bobic","slug":"igor-bobic","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5db351812000006f26506d19.jpeg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/igor-bobic"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"64e691e8e4b0b98eea90123e","caption":"President Joe Biden said he would try to catch as much of the debate as he could when he was asked about it by pool reporters traveling with him to Lake Tahoe earlier Wednesday.

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I have none, he said.","source":"","title":"Joe Biden Remarks On GOP Contenders","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2023-08-23T23:12:55.464Z","lastPublishedAt":"2023-08-24T01:52:32.658Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Aug 23, 2023, 7:12 PM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"64e69005e4b01168be1758d7","caption":"The debate will be a little unique for candidates: There are no opening statements tonight, and responses to questions must be limited to one minute, with 30 seconds for any follow-ups.

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Im in pic.twitter.com/DZqLf3Yxik
— Doug Burgum (Text "DOUG" to 70177) (@DougBurgum) August 23, 2023

","type":"tweet","common":{"id":"64e68ac8e4b0e366fc36fe79","caption":"Doug Burgum is joining tonights debate after some speculation that an Achilles tendon injury he sustained Tuesday might force him to back out.

But the North Dakota governor tweeted a photo of him on crutches Wednesday evening, captioning it: Im in.

Burgum said he sustained a high-grade tear of his Achilles tendon while playing basketball with his staff Tuesday.

I think the first piece of good news is tonights not a dance contest, Burgum told CNN in Milwaukee, adding: Were standing at a podium for two hours, and I may just have to cowboy up, and well just get through it.","source":"

Im in pic.twitter.com/DZqLf3Yxik
— Doug Burgum (Text "DOUG" to 70177) (@DougBurgum) August 23, 2023

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As of Monday, Morning Consult showed Trump polling at 58% support among potential GOP primary voters, DeSantis at 14%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 10%, and Mike Pence at 6%. Nikki Hayley, Tim Scott and Chris Christie all hover at 3%, while Hutchinson comes in at 1%.

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None of them qualified under the criteria set by the Republican National Committee (RNC), which requires candidates to have at least 1% support in three national polls or in a mix of national and early-state polls and to have 40,000 individual campaign donors from at least 200 donors per state across at least 20 states.

Perry and Elder didnt take the news so well. Both have said theyll be suing the RNC, which they accuse of being corrupt and setting vague rules about which polls would qualify.

Hurd also failed to meet another requirement set forth by the RNC: A pledge to support whoever becomes the GOPs nominee.

Ive been very clear, Im not saying the pledge as is, and I will deal with the consequences that happen, Hurd told NBC News last week.

RNC chair Ronna McDaniel pushed back, saying the rules were clear and that the candidates who didnt qualify should have entered the race earlier.

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Hurd also failed to meet another requirement set forth by the RNC: A pledge to support whoever becomes the GOP’s nominee.

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The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had, Trump wrote on his social media site. I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!

Hed hinted at that in the months leading up to tonight. In June, he said on Fox News: Why would I allow people at 1 or 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night?

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“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!”

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Most Of The Candidates Want More Ukraine Aid

All but two of the Republicans on stage said they wanted to see continued aid to Ukraine, describing American support as both a strategic and moral imperative.

DeSantis and Ramaswamy said they wanted the aid to end. DeSantis said he wanted to condition any further support on countries in Europe doing more to support the nation, while Ramaswamy said he feared the war was creating a strong Russia-China military alliance.

Haley, disparaging any appeasement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said, This guy is a murderer, and you are choosing a murderer, turning to Ramaswamy, who was at the lectern next to hers.

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Republican Candidates Back Mike Pence's Actions On Jan. 6 In Debate

Of course, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection came up at the debate. Moderator Martha MacCallum asked the candidates whether they believed that then-Vice President Mike Pence, who had presided over the joint session of Congress that day, had done the right thing in refusing to go along with then-President Donald Trumps efforts to upend the certification of the 2020 election.

Their consensus? Yes.

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Most Of The Candidates Want More Ukraine Aid

Republican Candidates Back Mike Pence's Actions On Jan. 6 In Debate