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The Republican National Committee is preparing to use its leverage over GOP presidential candidates to require them to pledge to stay away from the bipartisan presidential debates amid a prolonged spat over rules and format.
The party has told the bipartisan Commission on President Debates of its intentions, in a letter that once again blasted the current format of the high-stakes debates, which take place in the fall of presidential election years.
'So long as the C.P.D. appears intent on stonewalling the meaningful reforms necessary to restore its credibility with the Republican Party as a fair and nonpartisan actor, the R.N.C. will take every step to ensure that future Republican presidential nominees are given that opportunity elsewhere,' Donald Trump loyalist RNC chair Ronna McDaniel wrote in a letter to the commission, which was reported by the New York Times.
The pressure on the commission comes in the form of proposed rule for the upcoming winter meeting of the RNC. It would amend the rules 'to prohibit future Republican nominees from participating in C.P.D.-sponsored debates.'
The Republican National Committee says it will take up a rules change requiring candidates to pledge not to participate in debates organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates
Candidates would be required to sign a pledge not to take part – which could doom
