Second Republican debate: Candidates prep with rock music, workouts, and sermons

As the Republican presidential candidates prepare to face off Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, for the second primary debate, they have all been preparing differently in their own way.

“Nikki Haley‘s camp talked to me earlier. They said she is listening to music. They gave me her playlist — includes Def Leppard, Post Malone, Killers, and Queen,” Fox News Channel correspondent Bill Melugin told The Ingraham Angle while standing outside the presidential library.

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She reportedly is listening to a playlist of 20 songs in preparation for the debate.

Haley has frequently mentioned her music playlists while on the campaign trail. The media outlet Jezebel decided to “investigate” in a July piece titled “Does Nikki Haley Really ‘Love Music?’ Jezebel Investigates. All evidence points to yes. But is any of it good?”

The piece’s author Kady Ruth Ashcraft cynically concluded that the former ambassador “does love music,” but it is “aggressively bland.”

Earlier this year, campaign reporter Dylan Wells revealed that Haley would be a DJ if she were not working in politics.

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, known for his viral topless tennis video, is working out and playing with his children, according to Fox’s Melugin.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) spent Tuesday celebrating his 14th anniversary with his wife, Casey.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has been spending his debate preparation time reflecting on Ronald Reagan’s legacy as he has been “walking the grounds of his presidential library.”

“Walking the grounds of his presidential library on the eve of the debate, I find myself reflecting on President Reagan’s legacy,” Scott said on social media with a photo of him looking over the land surrounding the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The senator also posted pictures of his family joining him at the debate.

The South Carolina senator shared in another post that he was listening to the sermons of pastor Tim Keller for inspiration.

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Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner in polling, will skip the debate and deliver a prime-time speech to union members in Detroit on Wednesday night.

The second Republican presidential debate will air on Fox Business and Univision at 9 p.m. The seven candidates participating in the debate are DeSantis, Haley, Scott, Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND).