At the first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential election, which Trump did not attend, every single male candidate wore a red tie.
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Republican presidential candidates Asa Hutchinson, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, and Doug Burgum attended the first debate of the GOP primary season wearing matching red ties. Nikki Haley, the only woman onstage, was also the only candidate not wearing the look since she was not wearing a suit.
“They got the memo of what works on a Fox screen and the power of those visual cues when a lot of people are watching you, whether it’s from a bar stool on a big screen or at home over teenagers talking,” Rothman said. “You saw it last night if it was on mute or not.”
