The Republican National Committee on Thursday voted to withdraw its participation from the Commission on Presidential Debates — the organization that has sponsored general election …
The Republican National Committee on Thursday voted to withdraw its participation from the Commission on Presidential Debates — the organization that has sponsored general election debates for the past three decades. The unanimous vote comes as no surprise as the RNC had been preparing to pull out of the commission because of GOP concerns about credibility and bias in the presidential debates. «Debates are an important part of the democratic process, and the RNC is committed to free and fair debates,» RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said in a statement on Thursday. «The Commission on Presidential Debates is biased and has refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fair debates including hosting debates before voting begins and selecting moderators who have never worked for candidates on the debate stage.
