Eight Republicans have qualified for the first presidential primary debate Wednesday night the Republican National Committee announced Monday evening . Donald Trump the clear frontrunner in national and early state polls has said he would skip the debate in Milwaukee and called on his rivals to drop out . Candidates were also required to sign a pledge to back the eventual winner of the GOP primary no matter who it is . It is not clear whether Trump like those who will be onstage Wednesday has signed that pledge . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could wear the biggest target Wednesday night as the toppolling candidate onstage in Trumps absence . South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott could be on a collision course with the Florida governor as they vie to become the top choice of those seeking to move on from the former president . Chris Christie is perhaps the biggest wild card on Wednesday nights stage . North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum attracted donors with a giftcard scheme in exchange for donations has described himself as the leastknown contender on the debate stage . The Michigan businessman fell short of the Republican presidential hopefuls . Rick Santorum is expected to fall short of Perry Johnson . Rick Perry fell short after a series of unusual fundraising schemes to rack up the necessary minimum of $1 million dollars needed to qualify for the debate . The Republican presidential candidate has been accused of running for office in the past two months. Rick Santorum was accused of using his campaign to raise $1,000 dollars to raise more than $10,000 in the last two months to avoid the minimum amount of money to qualify. The New York Governor of New York City’s $2,000. The former Governor of the New York governor’. The Democratic presidential candidate’ll be accused of refusing to give up $1
8 candidates qualify for first 2024 Republican presidential debate . Republican presidential candidates will debate in 2024
