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| Republican debate: Trump benefit goes toe to toe with main event – live updates | Republican debate: Trump benefit goes toe to toe with main event – live updates |
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| 11.25pm GMT | |
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| Tom McCarthy | |
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| 11.13pm GMT | 11.13pm GMT |
| 23:13 | 23:13 |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Once again, after political analysts and media experts declared for months that there was no possible way that Donald Trump was going to do the thing that he was threatening to do, Donald Trump did the thing that he was threatening to do. You’d think we’d have learned by now. | |
| Here’s what you need to know about Donald Trump’s debate counter-programming: | Here’s what you need to know about Donald Trump’s debate counter-programming: |
| What is it? | What is it? |
| The candidate is billing the event as the “Donald J. Trump Special Event to Benefit Veterans Organizations,” with proceeds from tonight’s event apparently being directed towards the the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s work on veterans services. (Given that tickets to the event, held at the 775-seat Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University, are being given away for free, it’s unclear where the proceeds will come from.) | The candidate is billing the event as the “Donald J. Trump Special Event to Benefit Veterans Organizations,” with proceeds from tonight’s event apparently being directed towards the the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s work on veterans services. (Given that tickets to the event, held at the 775-seat Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University, are being given away for free, it’s unclear where the proceeds will come from.) |
| The Donald J. Trump Foundation traditionally gives only a tiny fraction of its total donations to veterans organizations. Between 2009 and 2013, it gave $57,000 of $5.5m to veterans groups; the rest went to 291 other organizations. (Trump himself has made no charitable contributions to his own foundation since 2008, as of last August.) | The Donald J. Trump Foundation traditionally gives only a tiny fraction of its total donations to veterans organizations. Between 2009 and 2013, it gave $57,000 of $5.5m to veterans groups; the rest went to 291 other organizations. (Trump himself has made no charitable contributions to his own foundation since 2008, as of last August.) |
| How to watch: | How to watch: |
| Corey Lewandoski, Trump’s campaign manager, has invited the press to cover the fundraiser as closely as they wish. “It’s open the media and obviously as all of Mr. Trump’s speeches are if the networks choose to come and cover that we obviously would welcome that opportunity,” Lewandowski told Breitbart News. “If they want to live feed or live stream that, they’re welcome to do that as they do many of his speeches.” | Corey Lewandoski, Trump’s campaign manager, has invited the press to cover the fundraiser as closely as they wish. “It’s open the media and obviously as all of Mr. Trump’s speeches are if the networks choose to come and cover that we obviously would welcome that opportunity,” Lewandowski told Breitbart News. “If they want to live feed or live stream that, they’re welcome to do that as they do many of his speeches.” |
| The two non-Fox News cable news networks have both intimated that they plan to cover Trump’s event - at least in part - although neither network will pre-empt regularly scheduled programming. If you want wall-to-wall coverage, however, C-SPAN will be streaming the rally live at 9pm Eastern, with a “pre-program” at 8pm Eastern. | The two non-Fox News cable news networks have both intimated that they plan to cover Trump’s event - at least in part - although neither network will pre-empt regularly scheduled programming. If you want wall-to-wall coverage, however, C-SPAN will be streaming the rally live at 9pm Eastern, with a “pre-program” at 8pm Eastern. |
| Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Des Moines, IA – LIVE at 9pm ET on C-SPAN https://t.co/f5BE5lmLKz #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/SdqPRLBEcv | Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Des Moines, IA – LIVE at 9pm ET on C-SPAN https://t.co/f5BE5lmLKz #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/SdqPRLBEcv |
| Who will be there? | Who will be there? |
| The Donald himself, obviously, but the Republican frontrunner will be joined by two other presidential candidates. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and former senator Rick Santorum - winners of the 2008 and 2012 Iowa caucuses, respectively - will attend the event after participating in tonight’s undercard debate on Fox News. Representatives for both campaigns told the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman that they’re attending purely to support US veterans, the putative beneficiaries of Trump’s event. Huckabee clarified that his attendance is “not an endorsement of Trump’s candidacy,” telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he’s “still running for president.” (Our analysis: If you have to say it...) | |
| Why is this happening, again? | Why is this happening, again? |
| Why isn’t it happening? | Why isn’t it happening? |
| Basically, Trump is still sore about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s introductory line of questioning at the Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, in August, wherein the anchor grilled Trump on his history of offensive statements about women. The two have been engaged in a highly public feud ever since, with Trump insinuating that Kelly was menstruating during the debate and Kelly’s attempts to take the high road thwarted by Fox News boss Roger Ailes’ snarky press release dismissing Trump’s threats to ditch the debate. | |
| Trump, after conducting an informal Twitter poll, decided not to attend the debate unless Kelly was replaced as moderator, which Fox News has refused to do. | Trump, after conducting an informal Twitter poll, decided not to attend the debate unless Kelly was replaced as moderator, which Fox News has refused to do. |
| And now we’re here. | And now we’re here. |
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| at 11.24pm GMT | |
| 10.29pm GMT | 10.29pm GMT |
| 22:29 | 22:29 |
| Hello! And welcome to our live-wire coverage of the seventh Republican debate in the 2016 race to the White House. Tonight we’re in Des Moines, Iowa, where voters will set the wheel of history in motion when they gather to caucus in just four days. | Hello! And welcome to our live-wire coverage of the seventh Republican debate in the 2016 race to the White House. Tonight we’re in Des Moines, Iowa, where voters will set the wheel of history in motion when they gather to caucus in just four days. |
| Donald Trump, the free-floating GOP frontrunner, has ostentatiously ditched tonight’s debate as a demonstration of his disgust with host network Fox News and one of its moderators, Megyn Kelly. | Donald Trump, the free-floating GOP frontrunner, has ostentatiously ditched tonight’s debate as a demonstration of his disgust with host network Fox News and one of its moderators, Megyn Kelly. |
| The Donald has scheduled a simultaneous event in Des Moines, billed as a benefit for military veterans – which means it’s Republican fight night on the plains of Iowa and in the streets of Des Moines. His fellow candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum have promised to join him – but only after they have competed in the consolation-prize undercard debate for Fox. | The Donald has scheduled a simultaneous event in Des Moines, billed as a benefit for military veterans – which means it’s Republican fight night on the plains of Iowa and in the streets of Des Moines. His fellow candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum have promised to join him – but only after they have competed in the consolation-prize undercard debate for Fox. |
| So tonight, for our readers, it’s two blogs for the price of one. While I (Tom McCarthy) bring you play-by-play of the debate, my colleague Scott Bixby will bring you coverage of the Trump event. It’ll be like channel surfing, without all the taxing effort of diddling the remote control. | So tonight, for our readers, it’s two blogs for the price of one. While I (Tom McCarthy) bring you play-by-play of the debate, my colleague Scott Bixby will bring you coverage of the Trump event. It’ll be like channel surfing, without all the taxing effort of diddling the remote control. |
| Here’s Scott: | Here’s Scott: |
| It’s going to be a huge (yooge!) night in Des Moines, where only three miles from Fox News’ prime-time Republican presidential debate, Trump will be hosting a concurrent “special event”. Like a journalistic Katniss Everdeen, I have volunteered as tribute to bring you analysis and insight into the real estate tycoon’s every utterance, eye roll and insult from a rally every bit as unmissable as the Hunger Games. | It’s going to be a huge (yooge!) night in Des Moines, where only three miles from Fox News’ prime-time Republican presidential debate, Trump will be hosting a concurrent “special event”. Like a journalistic Katniss Everdeen, I have volunteered as tribute to bring you analysis and insight into the real estate tycoon’s every utterance, eye roll and insult from a rally every bit as unmissable as the Hunger Games. |
| … interlacing with which I, Tom, will ensure that you miss not a moment as the rest of the Republican field attempts to fill Trump’s shoes. | … interlacing with which I, Tom, will ensure that you miss not a moment as the rest of the Republican field attempts to fill Trump’s shoes. |
| Boring details | Boring details |
| When: The undercard debate begins at 7pm ET, and the main event starts at 9pm ET. | When: The undercard debate begins at 7pm ET, and the main event starts at 9pm ET. |
| Where: The Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Fox News will broadcast the event and stream it live on their website here. | Where: The Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Fox News will broadcast the event and stream it live on their website here. |
| Who: The main event features: | Who: The main event features: |
| Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace | Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace |
| The undercard features: | The undercard features: |
| Moderators: Martha MacCallum, Bill Hemmer | Moderators: Martha MacCallum, Bill Hemmer |
| Why: Indeed. | Why: Indeed. |
| Please jump into the comments section and let us know who you expect to emerge on top when all the smoke has cleared. Thanks for joining us! | Please jump into the comments section and let us know who you expect to emerge on top when all the smoke has cleared. Thanks for joining us! |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.48pm GMT | at 10.48pm GMT |