- Earlier this month, an influential Christian conservative leader invited each of the Republican presidential candidates to attend a “Thanksgiving Family Forum” in Iowa. Candidates who accept wouldn’t stand behind podiums. Instead, they would be encouraged to gather around a table.
- The Family Leader Foundation is set to host. Bob Vander Plaats, the head of that organization, has promised to moderate. The event is being billed as “a family discussion with presidential candidates.”
- And no one will show up. That is, if the candidates want to keep on participating in debates sanctioned by the Republican National Convention. The RNC has warned the 2024 field not to attend the Thanksgiving dinner, RealClearPolitics is first to report.
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Jealous RNC Trying To Shut Down Thanksgiving Candidate Forum In Iowa
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Republican presidential candidates, from left, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., stand at their podiums during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
