Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton to Question Candidates Wednesday at Republican Presidential Debate

Debate Will Air on NewsNation, Rumble, and The CW Networks

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, America’s leading government watchdog group, today announced that Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton will question candidates at the next Republican presidential debate to be aired on NewsNation and Rumble at 8 p.m. ET, Wednesday, December 6, from the University of Alabama. Fitton will present his questions through pre-recorded video. Former Amb. Nikki Haley, Gov Ron DeSantis, Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Gov. Chris Christie are reportedly expected to meet Republican National Committee requirements to participate in the debate.  

Judicial Watch is a non-partisan educational foundation that does not endorse or oppose candidates for public office. Judicial Watch promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. Through its educational endeavors, Judicial Watch advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations, and public outreach. Tom Fitton has been Judicial Watch’s president for 25 years.

“Voters can be sure that my Judicial Watch questions for these Republican presidential candidates will be quite direct and provide the candidates a chance to educate Americans about what they plan to do about some of the most urgent issues facing our country,” commented Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.  

Elizabeth Vargas, the Peabody award-winning anchor of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Megyn Kelly, host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon, will moderate.

According to NewsNation:

Though former President Donald Trump — the clear Republican frontrunner according to polls by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics — has remained off the debate stage, several candidates have battled it out in the previous three debates, seeking to narrow the gap with Trump in support and distance themselves in their policy positions.

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Ahead of the fourth debate, the Republican National Committee (RNC) upped its qualification criteria for candidates hoping to get on the debate stage. Candidates will need to be polling at 6% or higher in two national polls, or at 6% in one early state poll from two separate “carve out” states — listed as Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — to get behind a podium in December, according to the RNC press release. 

This is higher than the 4% requirement that was needed for the third debate conducted in early November.

The polls also need to survey at least 8,000 registered likely Republican voters, among other requirements. 

While the previous debate required at least 70,000 unique donors, candidates will need to bring in a minimum of 80,000 unique donors to their principal presidential campaign committee, with at least 200 unique donors in 20 or more states or territories each. 

The NewsNation debate will also be available through the ChannelFinder app, and from the Apple Store or Google Play Store. The debate will also be available on the television network The CW and will be live streamed on Rumble.

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