{"id":1980221,"date":"2023-07-22T10:32:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T14:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-meets-rnc-criteria-for-first-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T14:33:06","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-meets-rnc-criteria-for-first-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-meets-rnc-criteria-for-first-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy qualifies for initial presidential debate as per RNC standards."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-meets-rnc-criteria-for-first-presidential-debate%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=1980221&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>2024\u200b Republican\u2062 Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Qualifies for First Debate<\/h2>\n<p>The campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, a potential Republican presidential candidate for\u200c 2024, \u200bannounced\u2063 on Saturday\u200b that he\u2063 has met \u200cthe \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-over-israel-uae-peace-deal\/\" title=\"Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Over Israel-UAE Peace Deal\">criteria set<\/a> by the \u2064Republican National Committee (RNC) to\u2063 qualify for the first debate.<\/p>\n<p>The qualifications\u200b include having at least 40,000 individual donors, and\u2063 Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign \u200cproudly states that they have surpassed this number with over 65,000\u200b donors. Additionally, candidates must be polling at least 1% in three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-numbers-expected-show-u-s-closing-in-on-one-million-illegal-immigrant-apprehensions-in-2021\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Numbers Expected Show U.S. Closing In On One Million Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions In 2021\">separate polls<\/a>, a requirement that Ramaswamy has\u200c also fulfilled.<\/p>\n<h3>Strong Polling\u2062 Numbers and Support<\/h3>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign\u200d cited two Morning Consult polls showing him at 8%, \u2062a Kaplan Strategies poll showing him at 12%, and a\u2063 Harvard\/Harris poll showing him at 10%. RealClearPolitics reports that he currently averages in third place, with a solid 5.9% support.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200d Ramaswamy has expressed \u200dhis intention \u200dto sign the RNC candidate pledge, which \u200bcommits him to support the Republican nominee for \u2063president, regardless of\u200c who it\u2062 may be. This pledge \u200bis another \u2063requirement to participate in the \u200bupcoming debate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here to read more from\u2064 The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ramaswamy&#8217;s \u2063Perspective<\/h3>\n<p>In a \u2063statement, Ramaswamy acknowledged the stringent yet fair criteria set by the RNC for\u200b the debate stage. He emphasized that as a first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-ap-acts-puzzled-that-a-democrat-could-lose\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: AP Acts Puzzled That A Democrat Could Lose\">-time candidate<\/a> with low name recognition, no political donors, and no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-meets-rnc-criteria-for-first-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy qualifies for initial presidential debate as per RNC standards.\">pre-existing \u2063fundraising lists<\/a>, he\u2063 believes that if an outsider like him can meet the requirements, experienced candidates should \u200cbe able to\u2063 as well. He also highlighted the importance of these metrics in \u2063determining the ability to defeat\u2063 Joe Biden\u2064 in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>The first debate is scheduled for August 23 in Milwaukee and will be \u200bhosted by\u200b Fox News anchors Brett Baier and Martha MacCallum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy qualifies for first debate, meeting Republican National Committee&#8217;s criteria. With over 65,000 individual donors (exceeding 40,000 required) and polling at 1% in three separate polls, Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign is set for the upcoming debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980222,"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-1980221","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\/1980221","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=1980221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}