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Trump Projects Aura of Invincibility in GOP Primary

August 24, 2023 at 10:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Less than 24 hours before he surrenders to authorities for the fourth time in five months, Donald Trump and his team tried to send a signal on Wednesday night: No one has a chance to beat him in the GOP primary,” the Washington Post reports.

“As eight other Republicans battled onstage in the party’s first debate here, Trump instead stayed at his New Jersey golf club and said he was too far ahead to worry about debating. His team also tried to project an aura of invincibility, flooding the debate venue with advisers and allies.”

Said Trump, to Tucker Carlson: “I’m leading by 50 and 60 points, and some of them are at 1 and zero and 2 percent, and I’m saying, do I sit there for an hour or two hours, whatever it’s going to be, and get harassed by people that shouldn’t even be running for president?”

Amy Walter: Trump wins first Republican debate.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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