Wrong.
The Republican Party had simply made some demands, and it is not yet clear if they will be implimented or not?
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Republican National Committee calls for changes to debate process (June 2021)
On June 1, 2021, Republican National Committee Chair
Ronna McDaniel wrote an open letter to the co-chairs of CPD, Frank Fahrenkopf and Kenneth Wollack, criticizing the organization's conduct during the 2020 general election and requesting changes in the 2024 presidential election cycle. McDaniel wrote, "The CPD's repeated missteps and the partisan actions of its Board Members make clear that the organization no longer provides the fair and impartial forum for presidential debates which the law requires an the American people deserve." McDaniel said the RNC would advise future nominees not to participate in CPD-hosted debates if changes were not made.
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The RNC requested the following changes:
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- Adopt term limits for its Board of Directors, several Members of which have sat on the Board for a decade, with two sitting on the Board since 1996.
- Enact a code of conduct which prohibits CPD officers, directors, and staff from making public comments supporting or opposing any candidate, or otherwise engaging in partisan political activity in connection with the presidential election;
- Enforce meaningful consequences for violating such rules, up to and including removal from the Board of Directors;
- Commit to hosting at least one debate prior to the start of early voting in any state, and in no case after the deadline for states to mail absentee ballots to uniformed and overseas voters (45 days before the general election);
- Establish transparent criteria for selecting moderators, disqualifying individuals from consideration who have an appearance of bias due to personal, professional, or partisan factors;
- Enact a transparent code of conduct for moderators, to include guidelines for appropriate interactions with the candidates during the debates; and
- Impose penalties for violating such guidelines, to include suspending their employer network from participating in future debates.
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If the changes are made, then Republicans will participate in the debates. |
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