Donald Trump, here at a campaign event in South Carolina, will appear in both the CNN town hall for Republicans tomorrow night and his own event on MSNBC tonight. (Getty)
With the polling race in South Carolina coming to an end soon, the GOP candidates will lay out their proposals for South Carolinians one more time in a CNN town hall. However, in addition to his appearance on CNN tomorrow night, Donald Trump will hold his own event on MSNBC. Joe Scarborough will moderate, with the event starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, intentionally conflicting with Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio’s CNN appearance tonight.
TOWN HALL PREVIEW:
The event comes just four days before the South Carolina primary. With a wide GOP field, candidates have had trouble getting enough time to speak in the traditional debate format. Here, we’ll get to see the candidates lay out more detailed proposals in response to audience questions. Here’s a short list of possible topics.
- Ted Cruz’s citizenship: Donald Trump, who will appear on CNN tomorrow night and on MSNBC in a competing event tonight, has escalated his rhetoric against his nearest competition, with Cruz responding to his lawsuit threats dismissively. Expect it to come up at least once tonight.
- Nikki Haley: The State of the Union responder is set to endorse Rubio tonight. She’s a popular figure in South Carolina and has been mentioned in the VP conversation. Don’t be surprised if she comes up tonight.
- Conservatism: Trump’s conservative credentials have been seriously challenged in past debates, given his previous use of eminent domain and past comments in favor of Hillary and Obamacare. He’ll almost certainly be asked to defend his conservative bona fides.
Here’s what you need to know:
DATE: February 17, 2016
TIME: 8 p.m. Eastern
CHANNEL: MSNBC
HOST: Joe Scarbrorough
LIVESTREAM: Click here for all the livestream details.
GOP Primary & Debate Schedule
Debate Schedule
Texas: February 26, CNN
Location TBD: March 2016, Fox News
Florida: Date TBD, CNN/Salem Radio
Primary Schedule
South Carolina: February 20
Nevada: February 23
Super Tuesday (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming): March 1
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine: March 5
Puerto Rico: March 6
Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi: March 8
Guam, Washington, D.C.: March 12
Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio: March 15
Virgin Islands: March 19
American Samoa, Arizona, Utah: March 22
Wisconsin: April 5
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island: April 26
Indiana: May 3
Nebraska, West Virginia: May 10
Oregon: May 17
Washington: May 24
California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota: June 7
