{"id":2272661,"date":"2024-06-20T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-fails-to-qualify-for-cnn-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:41:28","slug":"rfk-jr-fails-to-qualify-for-cnn-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-fails-to-qualify-for-cnn-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Misses Qualification for CNN Presidential Debate"},"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\">16<\/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%2Frfk-jr-fails-to-qualify-for-cnn-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=2272661&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--><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">independent candidate<\/a>, did not qualify \u200bfor\u2064 the 2024\u2062 presidential debates hosted by \u200cCNN. The qualification criteria included achieving \u2062at \u200cleast 15% in \u2062four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-great-politically-for-republicans-to-talk-arizona-election-audit\/\" title=\"Trump: 'Great Politically' for Republicans to Talk Arizona Election Audit\">national polls<\/a>\u200d and\u2063 appearing on enough state\u2062 ballots to\u2062 potentially win 270 electoral votes. Kennedy fell\u2064 short, reaching the required poll percentage in\u2062 only three surveys and attaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-sues-georgia-over-voting-law\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Sues Georgia Over Voting Law\">ballot access<\/a>\u2062 in six states, totaling 89 electoral votes. In response, Kennedy criticized the exclusion as undemocratic and filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, \u2064accusing CNN\u200c of favoring Joe \u200dBiden \u200cand Donald Trump by imposing different criteria on him. CNN\u200c defended its \u2064position,\u2064 stating that\u200c the requirements were fair and reflective of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-opposition-held-congress-extends-term-after-disputed-vote\/\" title=\"Venezuela\u2019s opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote\">major parties<\/a>&#8216; nominees meeting the necessary ballot access\u2063 threshold.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> failed to qualify for the first presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a> of the 2024 election cycle that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> set to host in one week.<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/20\/politics\/cnn-debate-trump-biden?cid=ios_app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the qualification window closed after midnight on Thursday, with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> meeting the requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy did not meet the criteria to appear, a CNN spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/rfk-jr-fails-qualify-cnn-debate-biden-trump-rcna157291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> NBC News. He missed the threshold to qualify in two key areas.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates needed to receive at least 15% in four national polls approved by CNN. Kennedy only earned that percentage in three of the accepted surveys.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kennedy is not on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the requisite 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinemas-fundraising-casts-doubt-on-reelection-plans-ahead-of-critical-deadline\/\" title=\"Sinema's fundraising raises concerns about reelection plans before crucial deadline\">signature-gathering effort<\/a> has gained him ballot access in six states as of Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/20\/us\/politics\/kennedy-qualify-cnn-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> The New York Times, which totals just 89 Electoral College votes.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy24.com\/kennedy_exclusion_cnn_debate_undemocratic_unamerican_cowardly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, Kennedy said his exclusion from the debate is \u201cundemocratic, un-American, and cowardly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rfk-kennedy-cnn-debate-fec-complaint-1f08f1af8a5201fe78725bd883634dc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a> with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of last month, accusing CNN of colluding with Biden and Trump to keep him off the debate stage.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleged that CNN was making \u201cprohibited corporate contributions\u201d to Biden and Trump by demanding Kennedy meet different criteria.<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2024\/05\/29\/robert-f--kennedy-jr--campaign-federal-election-commission-complaint-cnn-joe-biden-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended<\/a> its requirements, noting how Trump and Biden meet the ballot access threshold because they are the presumptive nominees of major parties.<\/p>\n<p>The last time a third-party candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/1803793976475975976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared<\/a> in a presidential debate was in 1992 when Ross Perot faced off against President George H.W. Bush and Arkansas Democratic Governor Bill Clinton. Clinton won the election but did not receive a mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy initially ran this cycle as a Democrat but shifted to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rfk-jr-switches-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent campaign<\/a> after criticizing his party for not holding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rfk-jr-blasts-dnc-in-open-letter-says-party-has-essentially-merged-into-one-unit-with-biden-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primary debates<\/a>, among other gripes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s debate is slated for 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 27. \u201cState of the Union\u201d anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have been selected as moderators.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected to be a 90-minute event with two commercial breaks during which staff are not allowed to interact with their candidate. There will be no studio audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-announces-finalized-rules-for-first-trump-biden-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rules include<\/a> no props, a coin flip to determine who stands at what podium, and muting each candidate\u2019s microphone when it is not his turn to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Another presidential debate between Biden and Trump is planned for Tuesday, September 10. ABC News, the host, has <a href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/news\/6abdd5ab-5cdc-48c2-8184-8be2f1a532c1\/category\/1138628#:~:text=To%20qualify%20for%20participation%2C%20candidates,vote%20threshold%20to%20win%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set criteria<\/a> that match CNN\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not qualify for CNN&#8217;s first 2024 presidential debate next week. The qualification period ended just after midnight on Thursday. Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump met the necessary criteria, unlike Kennedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2272662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2156694229-scaled-e1718899006460.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2156694229-scaled-e1718899006460.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272661","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}