Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that any candidate who wants to take part in the GOP’s first primary debate later this year in Milwaukee will have to sign a loyalty pledge beforehand, otherwise they will not be able to participate in the debate. This announcement comes as a surprise in what seems like a direct threat to Donald Trump, who was first to announce his presidential run, much to the irritation of RNC and even conservative news outlets like Fox News, who have abandoned support of the former president.
The pledged McDaniels is demanding of all candidates is to promise to support whoever is to become the nominee irrespective of who wins the nomination, Politico reported.
“We’re saying you’re not going to get on the debate stage unless you make this pledge,” McDaniel said during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” Having recently been voted in for her fourth term as the RNC chair after a contentious campaign against Harmeet Dhillon, McDaniel stated that Republican voters are tired of the “infighting” within the party, and that they “want to see us come together.”
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