Fox News hosts have all said they believe Donald Trump should absolutely participate in the first Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2024 cycle.
The former president has refused to commit to the Aug. 23 debate, and he indicated as recently as Sunday that he’s leaning against it. So in the meantime, various hosts on Fox have taken it upon themselves to use the network’s airwaves to try to make the case to the man himself.
Fox News management has not encouraged on-air talent to lobby Trump to appear at the debate, according to a network official familiar with the situation. Despite the public pleadings of Fox News personalities, it’s the Republican National Committee that has been most active in lobbying him to attend. Trump met on Monday at his Bedminster club with Ronna McDaniel, the Republican Party chairwoman, and David Bossie, a longtime Trump adviser who is helping lead the RNC’s debate efforts. Both told Trump that he should participate in the debates, according to four people familiar with the meeting.
Even if Trump participates, due to a broader decline in cable television viewership, the network does not expect the staggering 24 million viewers who watched Fox’s GOP debate in August 2015, when Trump tangled with co-moderator Megyn Kelly. Trump triggered tensions with the network that lingered throughout the campaign when he later characterized her tough line of questioning as “blood coming out of her wherever.
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