Seven candidates have qualified for Wednesday’s second GOP presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., the Republican National Committee announced.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum met the RNC debate criteria.
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson was the only candidate from the first debate who failed to meet the party’s threshold voting and individual donor requirements.
“Despite failing to meet the RNC’s voting requirements for inclusion in the second Presidential Primary Debate, I will continue our campaign to showcase the best of America with events scheduled in Iowa, New Hampshire, and across the country in the coming weeks,” Hutchinson said in a statement following the announcement.
“I understand that the RNC and the media are trying to reduce the number of candidates, but I’m measuring success based on the response I’ve received in early primary states like Iowa and New Hampshire. My goal is to increase my poll numbers to 4% in the early going before Thanksgiving. If that goal is achieved, then I remain competitive and compete for Caucus Day or Main Day.”
The two-hour debate will air live starting at 9 p.m. on Fox Business and Univision, according to the RNC, and will be broadcast live by Rumble.
Fox News hosts Stuart Varney and Dana Perino will moderate, along with Univision’s Ilia Calderón.
“Wednesday’s debate is another opportunity for the RNC to share our diverse field of candidates with the American people,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
“The Republican Party is united in one common goal — Defeat Biden — and there is no better place to showcase our conservative vision for the future than the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.”
Former President Donald Trump is expected to skip the debate and instead address Detroit amid a United Auto Workers strike, one of his campaign advisers confirmed to The Post.
Seven candidates — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — have qualified for Wednesday’s second presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.Getty Images
President Biden, his chief political opponent, said Friday he would fly to Michigan on Tuesday to “stand in solidarity with the men and women of the UAW as they fight for their fair share of the value they help create.”
For the second debate, candidates need at least 50,000 individual donors to their campaign and register with at least 3% support in two national polls or 3% in one national poll and 3% in two polls from the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
Voting must be approved by the RNC and conducted after August 1st. Each must also survey at least 800 registered Republican voters. Internal campaign votes are not counted.
For the second debate, candidates need at least 50,000 individual donors to their campaigns. SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
They also need at least 3% support in two national polls or 3% in one national poll and 3% in two polls from the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.AP
Republican candidates also agree to participate only in RNC-sanctioned debates and sign a pledge to support that party’s nominee.
All candidates must meet the criteria no later than Monday night at 9pm, 48 hours before the debate takes place.
At the final debate, Hutchinson and Christie refused to raise their hands when asked whether they would support Trump’s candidacy if he is convicted of any of the 91 charges he faces in four indictments.
“This is the conclusion. Someone needs to stop normalizing this behavior,” Christie said. “Whether you believe the alleged crimes are right or wrong, that conduct is beneath the office of the president of the United States.”
Republican candidates also agreed to participate only in RNC-sanctioned debates and signed a pledge to support the party’s nominee.REUTERS
All candidates must meet the criteria no later than Monday night at 9pm, 48 hours before the debate takes place.AP
Hutchinson said Trump is “morally disqualified from being president again” – and suggested the former president could be disqualified under the 14th Amendment “as a result of rebellion” at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Trump, 77, was indicted earlier this year in Washington, DC, and Georgia over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in a storming of the US Capitol building by a group of his supporters.
He also faces charges in Manhattan for allegedly falsifying business records to hide “hush money” payments to porn stars before the 2016 election – and in Florida for allegedly storing confidential documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“Whether you believe the criminal allegations are right or wrong, that behavior is beneath the presidency of the United States,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said of Trump.Getty Images for SiriusXM
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was polling below 1% in the latest RealClearPolitics.AP average
The former president skipped past Republican debates to sit for an interview at his golf resort in Bedminster, NJ, with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, broadcast on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
Controversy ensued after Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle were blocked from access as media surrogates to the “spin room” after the debate, although other Trump allies were later spotted in the forum.
Fox News, which co-hosted the event with the RNC, barred surrogates from entering the room to make the case for their winning candidate that night to reporters.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson — who did not participate in the second debate — said Trump was “morally disqualified from running for president again” after the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.AP
A network spokeswoman told The Post that media surrogates would be given access to the room if they were booked for an interview. A spokesperson for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library also confirmed the guidelines.
Trump currently leads the GOP primary field with 57.3% support, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.
He was followed by DeSantis (13.5%), Ramaswamy (6.8%), Haley (5.3%), Pence (4.2%), Scott (2.5%), Christie (2.5%), Burgum (0.5%) and Hutchinson (0.4%). , the voting aggregator shows.
Six longshot candidates did not qualify for the first debate: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, former Rep. Texas Will Hurd, radio talk show host Larry Elder, businessman Perry Johnson, Texas businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley and former Cranston, RI, Mayor Steve Laffey.
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