-——”The RNC gave all the tickets to special interests that represented Cruz and Rubio. They had all the tickets,” he said. “They walked on the stage and the place went crazy.”-——
As far as I know, that’s a bald faced lie....all candidates get a share of the tickets....
Of course the RNC keeps a share to pass out to the GOPe....
Hardly sounds like a default, more like whining....
Mr. Trump made the claim on the debate stage as his responses were met with loud boos. He reiterated on Monday in South Carolina that the party was working against him.
"When I walked in it was like my wife was clapping, my kids were clapping, but the whole room was made up of special interests and donors, which is a disgrace from the R.N.C.," Mr. Trump said.
Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the commitee, offered a breakdown of debate attendance on Saturday night to show the relatively small number of donors in the audience. Of the approximately 1,600 people who attended, 300 tickets were given to Republican "grass-roots" activists and elected officials, 600 were divided evenly among the six candidates, and only 10 went to R.N.C. donors.
The remaining tickets, according to Mr. Spicer, went to the South Carolina Republican Party and to CBS, which hosted the debate.".... R.N.C. Disputes Donald Trump's Claim on Debate Being Stacked With Donors
There were articles before the debate that suggested that was the case.
And articles with comments from a local GOP chairman(?) that confirmed it after the debate.