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Counter-programing: Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum join Donald Trump opposite tonight’s GOP debate

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop on Wednesday in Gilbert, S.C. AP/Rainier Ehrhardt

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop on Wednesday in Gilbert, S.C. AP/Rainier Ehrhardt
By Jim Galloway
Jan 28, 2016

Suddenly, the Republican presidential race is too big for just one cable news outlet. But you had to see this coming. From the Associated Press:

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will be joining Trump at the veterans benefit at Drake University.

Aides to both candidates say they will be traveling to the Trump event after participating in the undercard debate for candidates whose poll numbers aren't high enough to qualify for the main stage.

Huckabee says on CNN the move should not be seen as an endorsement of Trump's candidacy.

He says he didn't have anything else to do at the time and is "delighted to join with Donald Trump in an effort to salute veterans."

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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