RNC withdraws from presidential debate commission

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The Republican National Committee unanimously voted Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates and vowed to find “newer, better debate platforms.”

GOP presidential candidates will have to sign a written pledge that they will only partake in debates sanctioned by the party, or else they will be banned from the party’s approved debates, according to the resolution that passed.

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