- Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that 2024 GOP presidential candidates will have to sign a pledge expressing support for the party’s eventual nominee if they want to participate in primary debates.
- McDaniel made the statement on CNN days after announcing the first such debate will be in Milwaukee in August 2023 during the RNC’s annual summer meetings.
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We haven’t put the criteria out but I expect a pledge will be part of it,” she said. “It was part of 2016, I think it’s kind of a no-brainer, right?
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Former President Donald Trump, former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy have already begun campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination.
