How to watch Republican presidential debate
The fourth Republican presidential debate is being broadcast live on NewsNation on Wednesday, December 6. It will also be streamed for free on NewsNationNow.com and video-hosting platform Rumble. Traveling outside the US at the moment? You may need to use a VPN to safely watch NewsNation from anywhere.
| Date: Wednesday, December 6 |
| TV channel: NewsNation |
| Time: 8pm ET / 5pm PT / 1am GMT (Thurs) / 12pm AEST (Thurs) |
| FREE stream: NewsNation website / Rumble |
| Use ExpressVPN to watch debate live stream from overseas |
Fourth Republican presidential debate preview
The fourth and final Republican Party presidential debate of 2023 is set to take place today at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, with four White House hopefuls invited to thrash things out in front of moderators Elizabeth Vargas, Megyn Kelly and Eliana Johnson.
With nomination front-runner and 45th president Donald J. Trump declining to participate in any of the debates, the four candidates comprise Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, biotech businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. US Senator Tim Scott suspended his campaign shortly after the third debate at the start of November.
Without Trump involved to monopolize the narrative, the quartet have the ideal opportunity to cement their place as his most likely opponent when the Republican Party primaries kick off in 2024. DeSantis leads the way right now, but is coming into Alabama after an unedifying debate with California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom last week.
Don't expect there to be too many pleasantries exchanged at the lecterns tonight. The trio of debates so far have been ill-tempered affairs, with the contenders going for the jugular. The last one saw Haley call Ramaswamy "scum" after he brought her daughter's use of TikTok into the chamber. And, having barely registered a shot last time out, expect Chris Christie to come out all guns blazing to try and raise himself from the bottom of the current polling.
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Republican presidential debates FAQs
Where is the next Republican presidential debate?
The fourth Republican presidential debate takes place today (Wednesday, December 6) at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
The venue will be Moody Music Hall at the university campus, which can hold up to 1,000 people.
To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee, former Governor of Alabama George Wallace and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales are all alumni of the University of Alabama.
Will there be any more Republican presidential debates?
While the fourth debate is the final one in 2023, two further debates will take place in January 2024 ahead of the opening caucuses and primaries that commence in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Why isn't Donald Trump attending the Republican presidential debate?
In order to be invited to participate in debates, the contenders must all abide by the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) mandatory pledge to support whoever becomes the eventual party nominee for the presidential election.
So far, Donald Trump has refused to sign the pledge, meaning that he is exempt from invitation.
Trump will instead hold an 'end-of-year reception' fundraiser in Hallandale Beach, Florida on Wednesday, December 6 at the same time as the debate.
Despite not attending any of the Republican presidential debates so far, Trump is polling over 50% for the GOP candidacy for the 2024 election.
How do candidates qualify for the Republican presidential debates?
To be invited to participate in the fourth Republican presidential debate, candidates must be able to show that they are polling at least at 6% in two national polls or in one early state poll from two selected 'carve out' states.
The candidates who meet those criteria are Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie.
Who are the other 2024 Republican presidential candidates?
Other than tonight's four debaters and Donald Trump, the only other remaining candidate still in the race to the primaries is former Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson.
Hutchinson has only appeared in the very first of the four debates so far, having been unable to establish the polling necessary to qualify for any of the following three debates.
When do the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries start?
The Iowa January caucus kicks of the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries on January 15.
After that come the New Hampshire primary on January 23, Nevada primary on February 6 and then the Nevada and Virgin Islands caucuses on February 8.
