Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley at the CNN Republican Presidential Debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
The fifth Republican primary debate took place in Des Moines, Iowa on January 10, 2024, and was hosted by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.[167]
DeSantis commented on Twitter that he was "looking forward to debating in Iowa."[168] Haley was initially "noncommittal" about attending the debate,[169] though she confirmed on December 15 that she would attend it.[170]
Trump, DeSantis, and Haley qualified for the debate.[171] Trump declined to participate, opting instead to hold a competing town hall with Fox News.[15] Ramaswamy, podcast host Tim Pool and conservative commentator Candace Owens held a competing live podcast at Ramaswamy's headquarters in Des Moines.[172]
Criteria
The criteria for the fifth debate included:
Candidates must agree to the rules and the format of the debate.
Candidates must have three national and/or Iowa polls (with a minimum of one of the three being a likely voter poll from Iowa) at 10% without rounding from the following list of approved pollsters: CNN, CNN/University of New Hampshire, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, Monmouth University/The Washington Post, NBC News, NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom, Quinnipiac University, CBS News/YouGov, Marist College, The New York Times/Siena College, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post/ABC News.
The polls must be conducted on or after October 15 and must be published by January 2.[14]
CNN had scheduled a seventh debate to take place in Henniker, New Hampshire, at New England College on January 21, 2024. Trump, DeSantis, Haley, and Christie qualified for the debate, according to ABC News.[188] However, Christie dropped out of the race on January 10[186] and Haley and Trump refused to attend, leading CNN to cancel the debate on January 17.[189]
Controversies
Questioning of purpose of debates without Trump
The core purpose of the Republican debates was questioned, as they were conducted without the presence of Donald Trump, who held a clear lead before and during the debates.[190][191] Some anonymous RNC officials have described the debates as "embarrassing" for not having Trump.[192][193]
First debate qualification controversy
The first scheduled debate participants were listed in an RNC press release on August 21, 2023.[194] Eight candidates qualified according to RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel although three other candidates also claimed they had qualified (Elder,[37] Johnson[195] and Suarez).[196]
No initial explanation was given as to why Johnson, who had qualified according to Politico’s analysis, or Suarez, who claimed he qualified, had been excluded,[48] though it was later indicated that one of the polls from Victory Insights, which Johnson had used to count towards his total, was discarded as it "only surveyed voters in 38 states".[197] Elder and Johnson announced on August 22 that they would sue the RNC as a result of being excluded.[198] Hurd, who also failed to make the debate stage, strongly criticized the RNC.[199]
After the RNC press release was publicized, Suarez acknowledged that he did not qualify for the debate.[200] Johnson[201] and Elder[202] disputed the RNC debate participant list and contended that they had qualified.
Politico launched its own tracker for debate qualification in March.[203] The methodology and requirements for polling were considered to be unclear by many and created areas of discrepancy. Politico argued that campaigns and pollsters found the polling requirements to be vague and could be used to eliminate seemingly qualified candidates; the RNC did not respond to questions from Politico regarding the polling requirements.[62] According to their tracker and analysis of the polling data, Johnson qualified for the first debate;[48] he issued a press release detailing the timeline, sequence of events, and correspondence with the RNC and his campaign.[204]
Johnson stated on August 21 that he will still go to Milwaukee to attend the debate.[205] Ultimately, neither Elder or Johnson were invited or attended the debate. NBC correspondent Dasha Burns posted a picture on social media that was on the security desk that detailed who was not allowed at the debate venue. This included Elder and his campaign, three Trump staffers (Jason Miller, Justin Caparole and Danny Tiso) and Vivek Ramaswamy campaign credentials. Fox News clarified that it was not involved with the "production of the document" and "did not sanction" the wording.[206]
McDaniel defended the criteria, stating that "they were applied ... equally to every candidate",[207] as did Keith Schipper, an RNC spokesman.[208]
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↑ケルシー・ウォルシュ [@Kjwalsh_news] (2023年8月5日) ".@PJQualityGuru は、アムハースト共和党委員会の月例会で、共和党全国大会討論会の献金者数の基準に達したと発表した。ペリー・ジョンソンは、マイク・ペンスが短時間立ち寄った後に発言した。「昨日、献金者が4万人に達したと知らされました。つまり、我々には4万人の献金者がいるということです。」" (ツイート) 。2023年8月5日取得– X (旧Twitter)経由。
1 2 3ジョンソン、ペリー [@PJQualityGuru] (2023年8月21日) 「ペリー・ジョンソンのツイッター:「私は最初からこう言っています。2024年の私たちの最優先目標は、#バイデンを解雇することです!水曜日にミルウォーキーで討論するだけでなく、秋には@JoeBidenとその惨めな実績に立ち向かう準備ができています。本日、正式にRNCのバイデン打倒誓約に署名しました!」" (ツイート) 。2023年8月21日取得– X (旧Twitter)経由。
↑ @WillHurd (2023年8月17日) 「やったぞ、みんな。寄付してくれて、4万人の寄付者という壁を越えるのを手伝ってくれたみんなに感謝。次は5万人だ!」 (ツイート) 。2023年8月17日取得– X (旧Twitter)経由。
1 2 Larry Elder [@larryelder] (2023年8月22日) 「私の選挙運動がミルウォーキーで開催される共和党全国委員会の大統領討論会への参加資格を得たことを誇りを持って発表します!」 (ツイート) – X (旧Twitter)経由。
↑ @ShaneGoldmacher (2023年8月21日) 「最新情報:顧問によると、ラリー・エルダー氏は最初の討論会に出場するために必要な4万人の寄付者を突破した。ただし、共和党全国委員会の世論調査の基準値にはまだ達していない。締め切りは午後9時」 (ツイート) 。2023年8月21日取得– X (旧Twitter)経由。
1 2 3 @larryelder (2023年8月22日) 「水曜日の大統領討論会を中止させるため、共和党全国委員会を提訴するつもりです。私は最初から、このゲームのルールは不正操作されているように見えると言っていましたが、どれほど不正操作されているかは、当時は知る由もありませんでした。どういうわけか、共和党全国委員会の指導者たちは、討論会の場で私の声が上がることを恐れています。カリフォルニア州のリコール選挙で投票用紙に名前を載せるために戦わなければならなかったように、私は討論会の場で戦うつもりです。なぜなら、私はそのためのすべての要件を完全に満たしているからです。私のキャンペーンに関する詳細は、以下をご覧ください」 (ツイート) 。2023年8月22日取得– X (旧Twitter)経由。
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