{"id":1967103,"date":"2023-07-07T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T22:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/problems-plaguing-gop-debate-could-disrupt-first-major-event-of-2024-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T18:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T22:53:10","slug":"problems-plaguing-gop-debate-could-disrupt-first-major-event-of-2024-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/problems-plaguing-gop-debate-could-disrupt-first-major-event-of-2024-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues affecting GOP debate may disrupt 2024 campaign&#8217;s inaugural event."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproblems-plaguing-gop-debate-could-disrupt-first-major-event-of-2024-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why Making the GOP Debate Stage Will Be Harder Than Ever<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the GOP field\u2019s packed slate, the Republican National Committee\u2019s first 2024 presidential primary debate later this summer is expected to be fraught with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-congressman-looks-to-spend-33-billion-to-remove-dams-to-save-salmon-population\/\" title=\"Idaho Congressman Looks To Spend  Billion To Remove Dams To Save Salmon Population\">logistical problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From the political drama between candidates to the controversial rules that some have publicly criticized, the presidential debates may face some disruptions this year depending on what happens before the first debate. The inaugural event, to be hosted by Fox News, is set for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<h3>Here are all the problems plaguing the first GOP debate of the 2024 election season:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Debate criteria:<\/strong> In a new set of qualifications laid out in June, the RNC requires each candidate to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/problems-plaguing-gop-debate-could-disrupt-first-major-event-of-2024-campaign\/\" title=\"Issues affecting GOP debate may disrupt 2024 campaign's inaugural event.\">minimum polling score<\/a> and a sufficient number of donors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loyalty pledge:<\/strong> Another RNC rule requires all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All\">presidential hopefuls<\/a> to pledge their support to the party nominee once they qualify for the debates or else run as a third-party candidate. This has been an especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-ways-to-save-the-modern-awards-show\/\" title=\"10 Ways To Save The Modern Awards Show\">hot-button issue<\/a> for some.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump\u2019s boycott:<\/strong> Earlier this year, Trump repeatedly threatened to skip the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">presidential debate<\/a> and even suggested he will host a competing event on Aug. 23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So far, former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are tentatively approved to debate if they wish, pending the release of second-quarter fundraising data. The rest of the GOP lineup has yet to be approved.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) said earlier this week he refuses to sign such a pledge, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said last month the signed statement is \u201cuseless.\u201d The latter also revealed he would take the rule about \u201cas seriously as Donald Trump took the pledge in 2016,\u201d as Trump did not support a party nominee then.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida GOP announced this week it will require candidates to sign the RNC pledge in support of the party\u2019s nominee or forfeit their ballot in the Sunshine State. Despite pushback, the RNC does not intend to drop its pledge requirement.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether the former president will attend the initial GOP debate as there has been no confirmation on his end, but RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel predicted he wouldn\u2019t end up boycotting in the end.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said Friday he will participate in the debates whether Trump attends or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming GOP primary debate for the 2024 presidential race is anticipated to encounter logistical challenges. With a crowded field and potential political conflicts among candidates, coupled with contentious rules that have drawn public criticism, disruptions during this year&#8217;s debates are likely, depending on pre-debate developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1967104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}