GOP Debate: When Is The Fox News Republican Debate Tonight? How Do I Watch?

Editorial note: Click here for the Monday, January 20 debate information.

Tonight, Monday, January 16, the GOP will hold its 21st Republican and Tea Party debate, this time sponsored by Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party. The debate will be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, ahead on this week’s GOP primary. Here are all the details you’ll need to watch!

 

See all our GOP Debate stories here.

 

WHEN? WHAT TIME?

Tonight, Monday, January 16, at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. It’s expected to last two hours.

WHERE? 

Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

HOW Do I Watch?

• You can watch the Fox News Presidential Candidate Debate in South Carolina on cable TV on the Fox News channel, not on Fox broadcast. Check local listings here for channel details.
• You can watch live streaming video at Fox News.

WHO Will Be Participating?

The top five candidates will appear tonight. You can review stories on the candidates from The New Civil Rights Movement by clicking on their name:

Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum, will all be in tonight’s debate. Jon Huntsman has dropped out.

TWITTER?

Yes. Big time! Fox and Twitter are teaming up to determine viewers’ takes on the debate in real time. The New York Times reports:

Twitter users who are watching the debate will be encouraged to react using the hashtags #answer and #dodge — giving their assessment of whether the candidates are dodging or actually answering questions — and the results will be displayed in metered form on FoxNews.com.

Hashtag: #GOPdebate and #SCdebate along with #answer and #dodge, and follow @FoxNews

What Else?

The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz says tonight will be “a raucous affair.”

Recent The New Civil Rights Movement reports on the candidates include:

Santorum Named One Of Three “Most Corrupt” Senators In 2006

Tie? Romney Clinches Iowa Caucus Vote But Santorum, In Second Place, Real Winner

Perry: I Lost Because The Iowa Republicans Who Voted Were Democrats

Santorum Nephew: “If you want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle.”

Newt Gingrich: Mitt Romney Is A “Liar” (Video)