Ex-Adviser Predicts Trump Will 'Suck All The Oxygen' From GOP Debate With 1 Move
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Jason Osborne, an adviser for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, broke down how the former president could “suck all the oxygen out of the room” if he turns himself in to Georgia authorities just before — or during — the first GOP primary debate next week.
Osborne, in a CNN appearance Friday, said he believes there’s a “30% chance” that Trump will surrender to authorities around the time of the Fox News event in Milwaukee, after Trump was indicted in a Georgia election interference case earlier this week.
“I think Donald Trump is going to turn himself in either right before the debate or during the debate, which will suck all the oxygen out of the room,” said Osborne.
“And then Fox is stuck having to air the debate, whereas you and other networks are able to say, ‘Wait a minute, Donald Trump has actually just turned himself in.’ And then there’s Tucker Carlson waiting on the steps of the courthouse able to interview him right there.”
Osborne’s comments follow reports that the former president will skip Wednesday’s debate and instead join Carlson, a former Fox News host, for an interview. Their discussion is “expected to air around the same time” as the debate, according to CNN’s Alayna Treene.
Trump told Newsmax’s Eric Bolling last week that he hadn’t signed one of the Republican National Committee’s requirements for the debate — a pledge to support the GOP’s eventual nominee in 2024. He also declared that there were “three or four people” he wouldn’t support for president.
Trump, in a post to his Truth Social platform Thursday, wrote that “many people” were asking about whether he’d participate in debates this election season.
“[Ronald] Reagan didn’t do it, and neither did others,” wrote Trump. “People know my Record, one of the BEST EVER, so why would I Debate? I’M YOUR MAN. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
H/T: Mediaite
