[mbrfl]

According to this Conservative Treehouse article, CNN went rogue and announced these debates without telling anyone or getting RNC approval. Even the announced debate venues were caught off guard and had not agreed to participate. I’m no fan of the RNC, but it does appear that, in this instance they were not at fault.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/08/rnc-never-sanctioned-iowa-and-new-hampshire-debates-that-cnn-announced-but-it-gets-weirder/

[mlitefan]

Once again, Sundance nails it.

Especially this part...

“The CNN announcement, and the gleeful almost immediate acceptance by DeSantis et al, reflects a general desperation. The effort to stop Trump now falls on the leftist corporate media, who are aligned with the remaining four GOP candidates: DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy and Christie.

[i_robot73]

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I’m no fan of the RNC, but it does appear that, in this instance they were not at fault.
>

And YET, the (R)N(C) tripped over their own 2 left feet to make it happen w/o a whimper of protest+