It took me a couple days, but I finally watched the Republican presidential debate. Seven people with zero chance of being elected president. It should have been advertised as auditioning to be President Trump’s next VP.

Mike Pence and Ron DeSantis have no shot because very few Trump supporters want them. Tim Scott, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy just have no shot. Only a handful of people outside of North Dakota have heard of Doug Burgum. Chris Christie is probably the most seen on TV outside these debates, but he criticizes Trump too much. We still have 13 months to go till Election Day.

Russell C. Fenton

Ligonier

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