The next Republican Party debate on Thursday night will have only seven candidates on the main stage, as the Fox Business network moved Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina to a pre-debate forum. Paul swiftly announced that he would boycott the event, arguing he deserves to be on the main stage.
Credit: Jamie Dupree
Credit: Jamie Dupree
"See you in New Hampshire and Iowa," the Paul campaign said in a written statement.
With Paul not attending, that means three Republicans will be on the debate under card: Fiorina, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee.
Seven Republicans will be on the main stage in prime time: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and John Kasich.
Kasich, Bush and Christie qualified because of their good poll numbers in New Hampshire; all three have struggled to stay in the hunt in national polls, as well as in Iowa.
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