From the beginning there was no way I was going to watch Fox News’ Republican debate. It should have been called the “Republican pseudo-debate,” because of the eight people that were going to be on that stage in Milwaukee, only two are actually realistic potential Republican presidential candidates.
I did not watch it, and I did not read about it. Instead the following day I watched the Tucker Carlson”s interview of Donald Trump on X (the new name for Twitter). I watched the entire 46:12 of that interview. I have not yet seen the ratings for the Fox pseudo-Republican debate, but at last tally the Carlson-Trump interview had about 75 million views coming in just the first 20 minutes. (Update: The 46-minute conversation amassed about 230 million views so far. According to X, this number includes anyone who who views a post – those who scroll past, watch a little bit, and those who watch the entire interview.)
The Fox News pseudo-debate drew nearly 13 million — plus 1.7 million on the Fox Business simulcast.
Tucker Carlson asked a wide variety of questions, and as usual, Trump stepped up to the plate and answered them all. As we are all aware, Donald Trump does not hold back. He was critical of Bill Barr, Chris Wallace, and Mike Pence, and to this viewer … rightfully so. Neither did he hold back on Joe Biden …”crooked Joe.” In fact he referred to him as a “Manchurian Candidate.” Mr. Trump thinks, as do I, that somebody else is probably running the government, as JB is neither physically or mentally capable of running a government.
He stressed that anything that the Democrats want to do as far as the elections is only to make it easier for them to cheat …for example, no voter IDs and mail in ballots. I agree 100%!
Trump’s four indictments came up, and as Tucker Carlson pointed out Trump’s poll numbers are not decreasing.
From I&I:
“If being thrice-indicted for alleged felonies is fatal to one’s political career, you couldn’t tell by former President Donald Trump. He’s still riding a wave of popularity within his party, and continues to maintain a comfortable lead over potential rivals for the Republican Party nomination in 2024, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows.
In recent months, I&I/TIPP has polled members of both major political parties and independents on their nominee preferences. What is surprising is not only has Trump held on to his lead among likely Republican voters, he has expanded it.
8/25/23