The planned Republican primary debate in New Hampshire has been canceled by ABC News and WMUR.
ABC News just cancelled its New Hampshire GOP debate following Nikki Haley throwing a tantrum because Trump wasn’t there.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 16, 2024
Trump has basically already won the GOP primary so there’s no point debating a warmonger like Haley who cheated in Iowa yet only came in 3rd.
ABC News reported that this is due to a lack of candidates.
A spokesperson for the network noted, “Our intent was to host a debate coming out of the Iowa caucuses, but we always knew that would be contingent on the candidates and the outcome of the race.”
“As a result, while our robust election coverage will continue, ABC News and WMUR-TV will not be moving forward with Thursday’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire,” they added.
This comes after former President Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus by the widest margin of any Republican in history, per RSBN.
Trump won by over 30 percentage points and his lead has led many conservative leaders to call for the other candidates to drop out of the race entirely, via the IJR.
Despite this, Politico reported that third-place contender Nikki Haley is continuing her campaign but refused to attend the ABC News debate without Trump.
She said, “We’ve had five great debates in this campaign. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them.”
“The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it,” she added.
Trump announced over the summer that he would not attend any of the debates due to a new GOP rule forcing all participants to sign a pledge agreeing to vote for whomever the party chooses to be the nominee, per the IJR.
He noted, “The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had, with Energy Independence, Strong Borders & Military, Biggest EVER Tax & Regulation Cuts, No Inflation, Strongest Economy in History, & much more.”
According to Reuters, its latest poll projected Trump to be 37 points ahead of Haley, dominating the Republican presidential primary.