RNC chair: candidates must sign loyalty pledge if they want to join 2024 debates

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RNC chair: candidates must sign loyalty pledge if they want to join 2024 debates
Ronna McDaniel says loyalty pledge by primary candidates should be a ‘no-brainer’ for party’s presidential hopefuls

Maya Yang The Guardian
Sun 26 Feb 2023 20.12 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/republican-primary-candidates-loyalty-pledge

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The Republican National Committee’s chairperson has said that all GOP primary candidates should sign a pledge promising to support the eventual party nominee if they wish to participate in the presidential debates.

Ronna McDaniel, the RNC’s leader since 2017, told CNN in an interview Sunday that even though the debate criteria have not yet been released, the loyalty pledge should nevertheless be a “no-brainer” for the party’s presidential hopefuls.

“If you’re going to be on the Republican National Committee debate stage asking voters to support you, you should say, ‘I’m going to support the voters and who they choose as the nominee’,” McDaniel told CNN host Dana Bash.

“Anyone getting on the Republican national committee debate stage should be able to say, ‘I will support the will of the voters and the eventual nominee of our party,’” she added.

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