The RNC’s Legally Dubious Power Grab Before the GOP Debates

The first Republican primary debate is fast approaching, scheduled for August 23 and hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee.

Former President Donald Trump, who is currently running about forty points ahead of his nearest competition, has been suggesting he might not show up.

Other candidates have been scrambling to meet the criteria for inclusion: hitting at least 1 percent in a sufficient number of state or national polls along with having at least 40,000 campaign donors. Whoever ends up participating, there will be no shortage of drama. One source of drama comes not from the candidates themselves but from the Republican National Committee, which has increasingly inserted itself into a process traditionally run by journalists.

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