The Republican National Committee announces that it will not sponsor the three debates scheduled for January

The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced that, in addition to not sponsoring the three debates scheduled by a couple of television networks for January before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary take place, It also formally releases candidates for candidacy from the requirement to participate in them.

Through a statement, The RNC Presidential Debates Committee distances itself from the events announced by cnn and ABC News.

“We have held four successful debates across the country with the most conservative partners in the history of a Republican primary. We do not have any RNC debates scheduled for January and the currently scheduled debates are not affiliated with the RNC.

The time has come for Republican primary voters to decide who will be our next president and candidates are free to use any forum or format to communicate with voters as they see fit“says part of the document.

The RCN’s positioning arises after CNN announced this week that it intends to organize a pair of Republican primary debates in January: the first of them contemplated for January 10 in Iowa, this prior to the caucuses in that state.

Likewise, the news network’s agenda also includes the organization of a second debate scheduled for January 21 in New Hampshire.

For its part, ABC News also reported that it will hold a debate in New Hampshireon January 18.

It stands out that, for this year, The RNC only approved four debates and committed all candidates to sign a document promising not to participate in any debate that was not authorized by the Republican Party.

So far, the audience figures have not turned out as expected by the RNC and the Republican candidates themselves.

The first debate held in Milwaukee, with eight candidates participating, was attended by 12.8 million people.

Later, for the second edition, which took place in Simi Valley, California, the number of applicants was reduced to seven and the number of television viewers who witnessed it decreased to 9 million.

Later, only five Republicans managed to qualify for the third debate held in Miami, Florida, whose audience fell to 6.8 million.

And for the fourth debate, with only four candidates exchanging visions, opinions and insults, the audience figures have not been revealed so far, but they do not predict being good, since the absence of Donald Trump diminished interest.

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