frustration with pribus is hitting fever pitch on conservative radio. enough is enough! and i say that reince priebecause should be fired over there at the republican national committee. he s in competent. he s a boob. the rnc has thrown these republicans under the bus. he is serving them up, serving them up to this idiocy. the rnc informed nbc news, we are suspending the partnership with nbc news for the republican primary debate in houston on february 26th, 2016. nbc news said, this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. by the way, mr. priebus
candidate gathering announced that it is suspending its partnership with nbc news and telemundo in the debate february 26th complaining about what it called gotcha questions and a mean spirited tone on wednesday s cnbc debate. cnbc is a sister network of msnbc and nbc. this was cnbc s response to the initial post-debate criticism wednesday. quote, people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. nbc news released a statement about the rnc s debate decision a short time ago saying in part, quote, this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. i m joined now for the very latest by nbc s chris jansing. hi, craig. let s talk about new
something carson addressed on the campaign trail yesterday. specific things we re looking for are, first of all, moderators who are interested in actually getting the facts and not gotcha questions. and we re looking for an opportunity to actually be able to explain what your program is. what your philosophy for leadership is, and then be questioned about it. rnc chairman ryan priebus, who was not invited to the meeting, announced this afternoon that the republican national committee is suspending a debate scheduled for february, hosted by nbc news and telemundo, complaining about what it called gotcha questions, and a mean-spirited tone in wednesday night s cnbc debate. cnbc is a sister network of msnbc and nbc. nbc news responding to this, quote, this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party.
other candidates, and let s talk about a different type of format. did the rnc just attempt to get ahead of them? the committee has pulled out of the upcoming nbc debate scheduled for february 26th. in a letter to the network, chairman reince priebus writes, the cnbc debate was conducted in bad faith we need to insure there s not a repeat performance. nbc responded with a statement calling it a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners and telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. the moderators or wednesday night were widely criticized for their outrageous line of questioning. it was outrageous. yeah, it was outrageous. this has been a pretty rapid turn of events. because what you have is outrage immediately on social media. you have all the candidates coming out talking, afterwards. from the debate saying they didn t feel they were treated properly this was supposed to be about the economy, what s
however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. cnbc has previously disagreed with the rnc s interpretation of the wednesday night debate. on thursday, issuing this statement. quote, people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. this letter comes as sources tell nbc news that representatives from some of the candidates campaigns are meeting on sunday to work out possible format changes moving forward. a common concern according to those sources is frustration with the rnc and its handling of the debate process. sources tell nbc news the rnc is not invited to this weekend meeting. last hour, presidential candidate lindsey graham spoke to my colleague andrea mitchell. here s what the south carolina senator said he sees as the problem. the difference between fourth place and last place is within the margin of error so using national polls this way