With Donald Trump boycotting and viewership falling off, some Republican National Committee members are starting to question whether the GOPā€™s primary debates should continue in their current format at all.

ā€œYou canā€™t put your head in the sand and pretend these debates are going to result in someone other than Donald Trump getting the nomination,ā€ said Patti Lyman, the RNCā€™s national committeewoman from Virginia, who called the debates ā€œembarrassingā€ and said they ā€œreflected very poorly on our party.ā€

Louis Gurvich, chair of the Republican Party of Louisiana, said the debates ā€œhave demeaned every candidate who participated in them,ā€ while Roger Villere, Louisianaā€™s national committeeman, said he didnā€™t ā€œreally see what weā€™re gaining from having a debate without having the main participant.ā€

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    1 year ago

    "Louis Gurvich, chair of the Republican Party of Louisiana, said the debates ā€œhave demeaned every candidate who participated in them,ā€ "

    Thatā€™s not going to change with Trump on the stageā€¦

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      1 year ago

      Came here to say the same thing. The tone of the debate is not going to improve with the bomb-throwing toddler onstage with the rest of the clown show.