Politics & Government

GOP Presidential Candidates in DC Thursday for Forum

Candidates will be attending the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Candidates Forum in downtown DC.

The GOP presidential candidates, including frontrunner Donald Trump, will bring their campaign ideas to a confab in DC Thursday at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Candidates Forum downtown.

The forum will take place Thursday morning at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Tickets are not available, the event is sold out, according to organizers.

In a Nov. 27 poll by Reuters/Ipsos, Trump, a billionaire businessman from New York, had 31 percent of the vote among those surveyed.

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Other confirmed speakers are:

  • Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
  • Dr. Ben Carson
  • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
  • Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
  • Businesswoman Carly Fiorina
  • Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore
  • South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham
  • Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
  • Ohio Gov. John Kasich
  • Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
  • Former New York Gov. George Pataki
  • Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
  • Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum

The next Republican presidential primary debate is scheduled for Dec. 15 on CNN.

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PHOTO of Donald Trump courtesy of RJC.

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