Roughly 12.8 million watched the Fox News GOP debate that went on without Donald Trump, far fewer than the 24 million who watched his debate debut in 2015.
. The reliable ratings magnet is running again but sat out Wednesday night’s event in favor of a pre-taped Twitter interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
In an interview ahead of the debate, Fox News’s co-moderator Bret Baier acknowledged that Trump’s presence might have increased viewership. “I think people who are ready to tune in to politics are going to tune in,” he said. “If the former president is on the stage, clearly numbers go up.” Trump nodded to the counter-programming strategy in his conversation with Carlson. “We’ll get bigger ratings using this crazy forum you’re using than probably the debate,” he said.
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