What did Francis Suarez predict about elections in August 2023?
Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami; candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination ·
I feel very confident that we are going to make the debate stage, that we are going to meet the polling threshold.
Did not qualify for Aug. 23 debate
Suarez said he was confident he would qualify for the first Republican debate. He was not among the eight candidates who made the stage.
Suarez was not among the eight candidates the RNC confirmed on Aug. 21, 2023 as qualified for the first Republican debate in Milwaukee; a source familiar with the RNC's criteria said the party took issue with the likely-voter screen in a poll where he topped 1% (NBC News).
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- Interview with Laura Coates on CNN Primetime, from the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.