Top RNC officials aren’t actively trying to court Trump to participate in future debates, as they did previously.
Donald Trump and his top advisers have repeatedly called for the RNC to cancel the remainder of its scheduled 2024 primary debates, | Seth Wenig/AP PhotoWith Donald Trump boycotting and viewership falling off, some Republican National Committee members are starting to question whether the GOP’s primary debates should continue in their current format at all.
The RNC says the third debate, set for Nov. 8 in Miami, will go on as planned. In a statement, a spokesperson for the committee said that “as long as there are candidates who qualify for the stage and want to debate, the RNC will continue to sanction debates.” Bowyer said in an interview there are “clearly no plans” in place for what may come after the third debate. The RNC has yet to announce media partners, dates and locations of future debates.That seems unlikely. Neither RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel nor Dave Bossie, a longtime Trump ally who chairs the debate committee, are actively trying to court Trump to participate in future debates, as the RNC tried to previously, according to a person with knowledge of the committee’s operations.
But Trump isn’t the RNC’s only problem. In recent days, multiple other candidates have raised their own grievances with the committee about the debate process, a sign that the campaigns will continue to apply pressure to amend the current format.” and accused the GOP establishment of “propping up their favored puppets” by allowing candidates on stage who don’t have a viable path to the nomination. He hasFormer New Jersey Gov.
Jason Thompson, Georgia’s national committeeman, said he understands that Trump is “ahead and everything — and way ahead.”
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