Imagine there was a national “news” network designed to tear down a major political party and antagonize its voters as domestic extremists whose very existence endangers democracy. Now imagine said political party co-opted that same network to run not one, but two presidential debates days before the first primaries. Such is the case with the Republican National Committee (RNC) contracting with CNN to run the GOP’s next two presidential prime-time showdowns in January.
Hours after the final four candidates competing to replace former President Donald Trump as the party standard-bearer stepped down from the debate stage in Alabama, CNN announced the network was chosen to program the next two forums.
“The first debate will take place on January 10 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, less than a week before Iowa caucusgoers weigh in on the Republican presidential race,” CNN reported. “The second debate will be January 21 at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.”
What might Republican voters think of the RNC’s choice of network to moderate the next two debates? Will they be bothered by the Republican Party selecting a network that became the go-to outlet for the partisan operatives on the Jan. 6 Committee? Will they be concerned that the network known for its endless promotion of the Russia hoax is now in charge of facilitating what could be the final forums for the Republican primary? Or is it the network’s fascination with smearing Republican voters as white supremacists that’s most offensive? Apparently, the higher-ups
