RNC chair Ronna McDaniel has made signing the pledge a requirement for participation in the first debate Aug. 23.

  • DrPop@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t sign such a pledge personally eve if I feel the other candidates are fit. It should be my choice. Wes this normal for the RMC ion the past? Do the Democrats have the same policy?

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      1 year ago

      It was never formalized in the past but has always been an unspoken rule: if you’re in the party, you support the party’s leader. Otherwise, why are you in the party?

      In 2016, Trump caused a big stir because he stated he would not support the candidate if it wasn’t him. Some people think this was part of the reason he won, that some voters chose to support him because if he lost and ran as a third-party candidate, it would almost guarantee a victory for the Democrats.