If Republicans can't handle debates, then I doubt their abilities to handle Russia or inflation

[ck4829]

The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying the group that has run the debates for decades was biased and refused to enact reforms.

“We are going to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased CPD in order to make their case to the American people,” the committee’s chairperson, Ronna McDaniel, said in a statement.

The RNC’s action requires Republican candidates to agree in writing to appear only in primary and general election debates sanctioned by the committee.

It was unclear what format future RNC-backed debates would take or whether they would take place as often as in recent decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/14/republican-party-withdraws-commission-on-presidential-debates

[tanyev]

1. Well, yes, but handling Russia is much easier when you've already capitulated to them.

[C_U_L8R]

2. They can't even negotiate a freakin' debate format. What losers.

[Lovie777]

3. Hell they will join Russia against any other country . . .

And they are the ones causing the inflation.

[sop]

4. Authoritarians don't debate.

[gab13by13]

6. Yes, you beat me to it.

[gab13by13]

5. Stop calling them Republicans,

there are only 2 Republicans left, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, the rest are members of the Putin party. CPAC proclaimed that Putin puppet Donald Trump is the leader of the Putin party. Until members publicly renounce Putin puppet Donald Trump, they are all complicit, are all members.

Debates only happen in democracies. The MSM is the enemy of the people and debate moderators are journalists, not debating is right out of the autocracy playbook.

[Firestorm49]

7. Well boo hoo. Each and every day their cowardice is amplified.

[ChazInAz]

8. Republicans debate?

TFG's frenzied blather at the final debate shows what their ideal format for debate is.
I've seen more coherent statements in bars near closing time.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Hillary underwent 11 hours of congressional hearing and 15 or 16 Republicans whined about a 2 hour p

Hillary underwent 11 hours of congressional hearing and 15 or 16 Republicans whined about a 2 hour primary debate.

[Midnight Writer]

10. I hope we make this point (Republicans running from debates) loud and clear in the elections.

It needs to be repeated over and over again until it becomes common wisdom, like the Republican's "everyone knows" tropes.