Who’s in, who’s out, who’s boycotting: The 8 candidates expected onstage for the first GOP debate
Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. Candidates also needed to commit at least 48 hours before the Wednesday evening debate, according to RNC criteria, which also required participants to sign a pledge promising to support the party’s eventual nominee. After doing a walk-through of the debate stage on his injured leg on Wednesday, Burgum posted a photo of himself on crutches and said “I’m in,” asserting that he’d be able to debate. Trump’s vice president had met the polling threshold but struggled to amass a sufficient number of donors, raising the possibility he might not qualify for the first debate. Following the RNC’s announcement, Elder’s campaign said it planned to sue the party “over their eleventh-hour attempt to keep him off the Debate stage, even after he completed — and in some cases, exceeded — all of the requirements.” Johnson, a wealthy but largely unknown businessman from Michigan, said on social media earlier this month he had notched 40,000 donors.
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