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# Watch Live: Donald Trump Holds Veterans Rally as Republicans Debate

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## TIME Staff


Jan 29, 2016 12:00 AM UTC

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## TIME Staff


Jan 29, 2016 12:00 AM UTC

The Republican presidential candidates are [holding a debate](http://time.com/4197580/republican-debate-donald-trump-iowa/) in Iowa on Thursday night—[but the front-runner isn’t there.](http://time.com/4195194/donald-trump-skip-fox-debate/)

Instead, [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-donald-trump/), amid increasingly bitter feud with debate host Fox News and moderator [Megyn Kelly](http://time.com/4196506/republican-debate-donald-trump-megyn-kelly-fox-news/), will host [a different event in Iowa](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/politics/donald-trump-veterans-event/) meant to raise money for wounded veterans. Low-polling Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum [have said they will join Trump at the event in Des Moines](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/28/mike-huckabee-to-attend-donald-trump-event-during-fox-news-debate/?%5Fr=0), after the participate in the so-called undercard debate.

Trump’s event is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. E.T.—[the same time as the debate](http://time.com/4193925/watch-republican-debate-free-online/). You can watch it live above.

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