Former President Donald Trump, who has reached the donor and polling thresholds, did not sign the RNC’s pledge.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/second-republican-presidential-nomination-debate-potential-cage-fight-where-the-rubber-meets-the-road/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=second-republican-presidential-nomination-debate-potential-cage-fight-where

NBC News announced Wednesday evening that its own Lester Holt and Kristen Welker will moderate the Republican National Committee’s (RNC’s) third GOP primary debate on Nov. 8 alongside Salem Radio Network’s Hugh Hewitt.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/26/nbc-news-moderators-third-gop-primary-debate/

No candidate has officially met the polling threshold for the second debate yet, according to POLITICO’s analysis, because there has not yet been enough polls released that meet the RNC’s methodological requirements for the second debate.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/07/mike-pence-qualifying-debate-00110217

RNC spokeswoman Emma Vaughn told the Daily Caller that the note in the CNN article was not the result of conversations with the party, adding that the RNC’s deliberations had been previously reported by various outlets.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/14/rnc-debate-cnn-republican-gop-primary-abc-ronna-mcdaniel-2024/

Tennessee Republicans have for years been watching the city become Austin-ized, and the fuse was finally lit when city leaders spurned the state’s hope (and the RNC’s preference) to hold the 2024 Republican Convention in Nashville.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/12/tennessee-political-meltdown-00091517

Thanks to your support, I announced this morning that we had surpassed 40,000 unique donors to qualify for the RNC’s first debate.

Source: https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/08/20/asa-hutchinson-will-participate-in-the-first-gop-debate-in-milwaukee