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Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: pdq
Date: January 13, 2022 11:26AM
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The Republican National Committee is preparing to change its rules to require presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination to sign a pledge to not participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Republican committee officials alerted the debate commission to their plans in a letter sent on Thursday, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.
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The nonprofit commission, founded by the two parties in 1987 to codify the debates as a permanent part of presidential elections, describes itself as nonpartisan. But Republicans have complained for nearly a decade that its processes favor the Democrats…
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Republicans have long complained about how the commission handles debates, going back to the 2012 campaign, when Senator Mitt Romney of Utah was the Republican nominee against the incumbent Democrat, President Barack Obama. The moderator of the town hall-style debate, Candy Crowley, then with CNN, fact checked Mr. Romney in real time about a claim he made about Mr. Obama, prompting an outcry from conservatives.
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ROMNEY: I – I think interesting the president just said something which – which is that on the day after the attack he went into the Rose Garden and said that this was an act of terror.
OBAMA: That’s what I said.
ROMNEY: You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. It was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you’re saying?
OBAMA: Please proceed governor.
ROMNEY: I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.
OBAMA: Get the transcript.
CROWLEY: It – it – it – he did in fact, sir.
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Mr. Trump’s adviser, Rudolph W. Giuliani, argued with the commission at the second debate with Mrs. Clinton, when he tried to seat women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct near the stage. Mr. Trump has also complained about moderators repeatedly, insisting that both the former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and the NBC News reporter Kristen Welker were biased against him.
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Speedy
Date: January 13, 2022 11:31AM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: deckeda
Date: January 13, 2022 11:45AM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: January 13, 2022 12:17PM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Acer
Date: January 13, 2022 12:19PM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Ted King
Date: January 13, 2022 12:48PM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: mattkime
Date: January 13, 2022 01:22PM
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Ted King
And if they do like they did in the 2020 election, they won't have a party platform to run on other than "if Trump wants something at one particular moment, we want it". If so, there would be no debates and no platform. What a joke.
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: hal
Date: January 13, 2022 01:32PM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Speedy
Date: January 13, 2022 03:14PM
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Acer
Snowflakes.
Biden can debate an empty suit.
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: hal
Date: January 13, 2022 03:29PM
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Speedy
Graham says he won’t support McConnell for GOP leader unless he has ‘working relationship’ with Trump
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Ted King
Date: January 13, 2022 03:31PM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: pdq
Date: January 13, 2022 04:05PM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: deckeda
Date: January 14, 2022 11:03AM
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hal
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Graham says he won’t support McConnell for GOP leader unless he has ‘working relationship’ with Trump
[www.washingtonpost.com]
that's a pretty big deal - afaik, that's the first repub senator to announce that he won't support McConnell. Will the dam break open now?
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: hal
Date: January 14, 2022 03:19PM
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deckeda
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hal
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Speedy
Graham says he won’t support McConnell for GOP leader unless he has ‘working relationship’ with Trump
[www.washingtonpost.com]
that's a pretty big deal - afaik, that's the first repub senator to announce that he won't support McConnell. Will the dam break open now?
So that they can support someone who blindly follows Trump? Be careful what you wish for.
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: January 14, 2022 06:53PM
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deckeda
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hal
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Speedy
Graham says he won’t support McConnell for GOP leader unless he has ‘working relationship’ with Trump
[www.washingtonpost.com]
that's a pretty big deal - afaik, that's the first repub senator to announce that he won't support McConnell. Will the dam break open now?
So that they can support someone who blindly follows Trump? Be careful what you wish for.
Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: January 17, 2022 07:16AM
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Re: Breaking NYT: RNC to *require* their presidential nominee to *skip debates*
Posted by: GGD
Date: January 18, 2022 01:23PM
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