The Republican National Committee on Friday pulled out of a planned Feb. 26 debate with NBC News amidst a revolt by candidates after Wednesday’s CNBC debate.Read more here.
"While debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates’ visions and policies for the future of America, CNBC’s moderators engaged in a series of 'gotcha' questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus wrote in a letter to NBC News
Chairman Andrew Lack.
Since CNBC is an NBC Universal property, "We are suspending the partnership with NBC News” for its Feb. 26 debate.
Friday, October 30, 2015
RNC pulls out of NBC debate
Ben Kamisar and Jonathan Easley report at The Hill,
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