RNC threatens to withdraw candidates from official presidential debates

The Republican National Committee warned on Thursday that it plans to “ban future Republican nominees” from participating in official committee-sponsored presidential debates. on the Presidential Debates, CNN report.

“As long as the CPD is intent on implementing the meaningful reforms necessary to restore its credibility with the Republican Party as a fair and nonpartisan organization, the RNC will take every step to ensure ensure that future Republican presidential candidates are given that opportunity elsewhere,” RNC chair Ronna McDaniel wrote in a letter Thursday to the committee.

McDaniel said the RNC will begin the Republican “revising the rules” process at its upcoming winter meeting, scheduled for February. Such rule changes are expected to require candidates seeking the party’s nomination to “sign a pledge not to participate in any debate” sponsored by the CPD. New York Times.

The nonprofit committee is confident it’s not partisan, but has been “a target for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election,” notes NBC News. Republicans have also complained “for nearly a decade” that the CPD processes favor Democrats, adding Times. Thursday’s letter was merely “a huge development of long-standing complaints.”