Chairman McDaniel To Fox News: Voters Deserve A Fair Presidential Debate Before Ballots Are Cast
HANNITY: I would like to see debates between the candidates, but to me when you have a second debate and you have 100 million Americans, or some number there close to that already voted, the debate becomes meaningless.
CHAIRMAN MCDANIEL: Exactly, and the thing you are saying is so true. Senatorial candidates and gubernatorial candidates all across the country debate without a commission. This commission has had a monopoly. The RNC is saying enough is enough. We are opening the field to a different way to do debates with a commission that is not biased. It's not fair to our candidate and it's not fair to the voters. The fact that they wouldn't hold the debate before 26 states had started voting is egregious and it's wrong for the American people
Chairman McDaniel To Clay Travis And Buck Sexton: We’re Going To Look For A Fair Forum For A Debate
TRAVIS: So she [White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki] asked the question, ‘What are you guys so afraid of?’ How do you respond to Jen Psaki?
CHAIRMAN MCDANIEL: Yeah. I think the question more should go back to her: what you are afraid of? Because of course you love a presidential debate committee that picked a moderator who worked for you, worked for Joe Biden. They started debates after 26 states had started absentee voting, and they moved the second debate to virtual because Joe couldn’t leave the basement. So of course they love that commission. I would say to them, ‘Why are you so afraid to negotiate with the networks directly? Why do you need a middleman to do your dirty work for you?’ And that’s what the RNC is saying: we’re sick of working with a biased committee. The things that we’ve asked them to guarantee that they wouldn’t do for 2024 — like not picking a moderator that works that works for the Democrats, starting debates before 26 states have started voting, and not having their committee members trash the Republican nominee — I think are pretty common sense. They told us, ‘We’re not going to guarantee those things,’ and so now we’re going to look for a fair forum for a debate for our candidate.
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