RNC Votes to Withdraw From Commission on Presidential Debates

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) voted unanimously Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), which governs the general election debates.

In a statement, RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the commission is โ€œbiased 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.โ€

In a tweet, McDaniel added that the GOP is โ€œgoing to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased CPD in order to make their case to the American people.โ€

This vote comes months after the GOP in a letter to urge its candidates to not participate in televised debates unless the commission adopts major reforms.

In the letter, McDaniel accused the commission of partisanship and โ€œsignificant errorsโ€ in its organization of the 2020 presidential debates between then-President Donald Trump and then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The commissionโ€™s โ€œrepeated missteps and the partisan actions of its Board Members make clear that the organization no longer provides the fair and impartial forum for presidential debates which the law requires and the American people deserve,โ€ McDaniel wrote.

The reforms McDaniel has advocated for include term limits for the CPDโ€™s board of directors, adopting a โ€œcode of conductโ€ that would prevent staff from making public comments for or against any candidate, committing to hosting at least one debate before the start of early voting, and publicly disclosing criteria for moderator selection.

The CPD is a nonprofit that was established in 1987 and has since sponsored and produced presidential debates in all nine subsequent election cycles.

The commission received criticism from Trump during the 2020 debates for its selection of moderators, muting of microphones to keep candidates from interrupting one another during the debate, and holding a virtual debate as a precaution against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

By Nick Ciolino

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