Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson did not make the stage after he failed to meet the RNC’s criteria. And former president Donald Trump will once again skip it.
Seven GOP presidential candidates have qualified for Wednesday night’s debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson did not make the stage after he failed to meet the polling and fundraising criteria set by the Republican National Committee.The RNC is raising the threshold required to qualify for each successive debate.
Late Monday night, the committee announced the seven participants: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, former vice president Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott .of about 40 points over his closest challenger, is once again opting not to participate.
The former president hopes his prime-time speech will serve as counter programming that draws attention away from his rivals in California. Trump, who is eager to signal that the fight for the Republican nomination is, will visit Michigan a day after President Biden is slated to walk the picket line in Detroit — a presidential first.
Hutchinson’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But both Hutchinson and Burgum had criticized the RNC’s criteria as too restrictive.Burgum had argued that the RNC’s criteria was unfair to candidates who had less name recognition and he had called the national polling requirement a “goofy clubhouse rule.” Funding his campaign in part with his own personal wealth, Burgum had also vowed to stay in the race regardless of whether he qualified for the second debate.
Hutchinson has accused the RNC of trying to shrink the field of candidates “very quickly and artificially.” But he also said that he would think carefully about whether he would stay in the race if missed a debate.
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