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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Ben Carson to RNC: Let Carly Fiorina Debate

Ben Carson is afraid the eligibility requirements for the Republican presidential debates will be too strict — for Carly Fiorina.

Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who has announced his candidacy for the 2016 GOP nomination, wrote a letter Friday to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus about reports that the party will attempt to limit the number of candidates at the debates.

Some Republicans fear the field is too large to allow candidates to get sufficient speaking time to have meaningful debates. Carson isn't one of those Republicans, however. "Limiting participation of qualified candidates on this reasoning," he writes, "I believe, does our party a tremendous disservice."

But nowhere in the letter does Carson worry that he will be excluded. Instead he advocates for the former Hewlett Packard CEO who is one of his likely rivals.

"I am particularly concerned with widespread speculation that my respected and well-qualified colleague, Ms. Carly Fiorina, may fall victim to those who want to limit debate participation to the more 'popular' candidates," he writes, "and I am serving notice herein, that I could not support such a decision."

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I want to see Donald Trump debate.Commercials highlighting his many business failures are already in the making just in case he makes the mistake of running.We could all use a good laugh.

Anonymous said...

Is there a stage big enough for this group? They will have to limit it to the six biggest money makers. That is what it is all about anyway.