Last Thursday, the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign cycle. According to RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, the party would host its first debate this August in Milwaukee, the site of next year’s Republican National Convention. The announcement omitted other relevant details, most notably the media organizations that might sponsor the August debate or any subsequent ones.
However, The New York Times reported in January that the RNC had asked the major news networks to consider hosting candidate debates. While proposals from the networks were due back in February, the party’s committee on debates has not revealed specifics about the proposals or which entities the RNC has selected to broadcast any of the respective candidate fora.
If the RNC
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