So it looks like a DeSantis , Haley showdown.
Vivek Ramaswamy blasts CNN debate over exclusion, says only ‘establishment insiders’ will be on stagePresidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will participate in his own town hall event next week on the same night that CNN is set to host a Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa.
"Establishment insiders will be on the CNN stage and outsiders will be speaking directly to the people," Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital.
CNN has said that to qualify, candidates "must receive at least 10% in three separate national and/or Iowa polls of Republican caucusgoers or primary voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting." One of the three polls must be "an approved CNN poll" of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers, the network added.
CNN announced earlier in the day that only former President Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have qualified. However, Trump is participating in a Fox News Channel town hall that same night and won’t attend the CNN event, leaving only Haley and DeSantis on stage.
"Ratings wasteland CNN has not only guaranteed themselves the most boring presidential ‘debate’ in modern history with two career politicians reciting consultant-vetted talking points, but the network has exposed itself to be actively engaging in egregious interference with the Iowa GOP caucus and disrespecting GOP voters," the Ramaswamy campaign said.
"Censorship, cherry-picking polls, and legal threats are just the mainstream media’s latest tactics to prop up their favorite puppet," the campaign continued before adding that CNN "disgracefully cut short" a town hall event with Ramaswamy last month. ............
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vivek-ramaswamy-blasts-cnn-debate-over-exclusion-only-establishment-insiders-stage
