The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced Friday it will allow its presidential candidates to participate in debates it has not sanctioned.
The RNC’s move follows ABC News and CNN’s separate announcements on Thursday revealing the networks would host debates in January that are not sanctioned by the RNC, calling into question a pledge that candidates signed restricting them from participating in debates the RNC had not scheduled.
Under the now-lifted restriction, those who participated in unsanctioned debates would be barred from competing in future RNC-sanctioned debates.
“It is now time for Republican primary voters to decide who will be our next President and candidates are free to use any forum or format to communicate to voters as they see fit,” read an official statement from the RNC shared with Breitbart News via email on Friday.
The statement also touts the four debates the RNC has had and emphasized that it has no further debates scheduled in January.
“We have held four successful debates across the country with the most conservative partners in the history of a Republican primary. We have no RNC debates scheduled in January and any…
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