https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/589584-rnc-moving-to-force-presidential-candidates-to-skip-traditional-commissionhttps://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017e-5478-d8d6-a3fe-f7f9b0210000The RNC is making a bold move to challenge the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying they are starting the process of boycotting the debates in response to failure to reform. The sticking issues are how the debate commission refuses to hold debates prior to the general election starting- only
after millions of votes are cast- and the heavy bias shown by moderators selected in the past few cycles, with former DNC pundits and all very pro establishment, and importantly the total lack of transparency and accountability that has allowed the CPD to be so obviously partisan while denying its partisan
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The CPD’s failures, which the RNC has outlined, are
fundamental. These include:
• Waiting until after early voting had already begun to host the first presidential debate;
• Making unilateral changes to previously agreed-upon debate formats and conditions, in
some cases without even notifying the candidates;
• Selecting a moderator who had once worked for the Democrat nominee, a glaring conflict
of interest; and
• Failing to maintain the organization’s strict nonpartisanship, with a majority of its Board
Members publicly disparaging the Republican nominee.