Donald Trump's rivals need to take him on forcefully at next Republican presidential debate, moderator says
Simi Valley, California. "If you're a supporter or a donor of one of these candidates, you want to see a breakout moment," she said.
With voting in the nominating contest starting in Iowa in January, Trump's Republican rivals are running out of time to halt his march to becoming the Republican standard-bearer, despite his myriad legal troubles. Trump has been indicted four times this year.
Stuart Varney, a Fox Business Network anchor and one of Perino's co-moderators, said the candidates will be questioned on a range of issues, including immigration, inflation, crime, and foreign policy. Six candidates have so far qualified for the debate: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, former US ambassador to the UN and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, US Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Most of them are languishing in single digits in opinion polls, way behind Trump, whose lead has only increased in recent months with each of four criminal indictments. The Republican National Committee, which organizes the debates, has picked the Fox Business Network to host the event, alongside Univision, the US-based Spanish-language TV channel, and Rumble, an online video platform popular with conservatives.
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