Sen. Tim Scott wants the Republican National Committee to change how it orders the candidates on stage for its next presidential debate, suggesting changes that could put the South Carolina Republican in a better position and make him more a part of the conversation.
In a letter shared Wednesday with The Associated Press, Scott’s campaign manager Jennifer DeCasper wrote to RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel that since Iowa’s caucus is the leadoff to GOP balloting next year, “polling results from Iowa should be the primary consideration for podium placement at the September debate.”
The RNC has said that to qualify for debates candidates need to meet certain percentages in national and early-state polling. DeCasper wrote that the RNC had not specified “which polling will be considered in deciding the podium placement.” The next debate is Sept. 27. As another option, DeCasper wrote, the RNC “could take the candidate’s average polling results of all four ‘carve out’ states” - Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina - “in determining the podium placement for the September debate.”
Should the RNC adopt his rules, he could be more prominently featured in the Sept. 27 debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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