八成以上十二名2024年共和党总统候选人是经共和党全国委员会确认在…上第一场初选辩论将于周三晚在密尔沃基举行。四名没有出现在辩论舞台上的候选人正在攻击RNC的要求，并为他们的竞选活动制定下一步计划。
佛罗里达州州长Ron DeSantis、科技企业家Vivek Ramaswamy、南卡罗来纳州参议员Tim Scott、前联合国大使兼南卡罗来纳州州长妮基·黑利、前副总统迈克·彭斯、北达科他州州长Doug Burgum、前新泽西州州长克里斯·克里斯蒂和前阿肯色州州长Asa Hutchinson已被该党确认符合投票、捐助者和认捐要求。
前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)不在与会者名单中，他周日证实将跳过辩论。
共和党全国委员会主席罗娜·麦克丹尼尔周二告诉美国广播公司新闻的雷切尔·斯科特，尽管特朗普参加周三的辩论“为时已晚”，但她“绝对”希望他参加随后的辩论。
“我毫不掩饰我希望他出现在辩论台上的事实，但我很高兴我们有一个伟大的候选人将出现在那个舞台上。但我希望他能参加未来的比赛，”她说。
RNC周一晚些时候公布的最终计票结果取消了至少四名声称自己已经登上舞台的共和党人的资格。密歇根州商人佩里·约翰逊(Perry Johnson)、保守派脱口秀主持人、前加利福尼亚州州长候选人拉里·埃尔德(Larry Elder)、迈阿密市长弗朗西斯·苏亚雷斯(Francis Suarez)和前得克萨斯州众议员威尔·赫德(Will Hurd)都没有达到辩论阶段的资格:在三次全国民调中或在委员会认可的全国和早期州民调中获得至少1%的选票，并从20个或更多州的每个州的至少200名独立捐赠者中为他们的竞选活动积累4万名个人捐赠者。
在…里X上的一个帖子约翰逊批评了RNC确定候选人的过程。RNC在逐案审查每位候选人的捐款人和投票号码后批准了候选人，以确保他们符合资格。
“辩论过程已经腐败，简单明了。我们的竞选达到了RNC提出的每一项指标，我们有资格参加辩论。我们周三会在密尔沃基，明天会有更多的话要说，”他写道。
苏亚雷斯先前声称已达到投票基准，但遭到RNC的驳斥。市长上周告诉ABC新闻的资深国会记者雷切尔·斯科特，如果他没有资格参加辩论，他将重新考虑他的竞选。
“老实说，我认为，记住，从这里开始只会变得更加困难。对吗?所以，如果你在第一场辩论中没有进入辩论阶段，门槛就会提高。因此，当你不降低门槛时，就很难提高门槛，”苏亚雷斯本月早些时候表示。
威尔·赫德在周二早上关于他缺席密尔沃基辩论舞台的一份声明中谴责RNC的民意调查要求是“武断、不明确和缺乏一致性的”。赫德特别反对该党的一项民意测验合格标准，即每次调查必须包括800名登记的潜在共和党选民。
有一项本可以让赫德上台的民意调查没有提出一个“筛选问题”来验证这一要求。
“RNC辩论要求的缺乏透明度和混乱与民主进程背道而驰。投票标准是任意的，不明确的，缺乏一致性。对于总统选举来说，这是一个不可接受的过程。美国人民应该得到更好的，”他在X上的一篇文章中写道。“RNC对包括愿意投票给共和党的独立人士和民主党人在内的民调打折扣。如果共和党希望增加我们的选民数量，击败乔·拜登，那么我们最好清楚地了解什么是可能的共和党选民。任何人，不管是哪个党派，只要愿意为共和党人打勾，都应该被视为“可能的共和党选民”。发展我们的党应该受到欢迎，而不是受到惩罚。"
长辈呼叫RNC的辩论资格过程“受到操纵”，并表示他计划就“反保守、反特朗普的RNC当权派设定的投票标准”起诉该党埃尔德说，他计划周三仍然在密尔沃基，尽管他不会在舞台上。
在8月23日的辩论之前，所有候选人都有48小时的时间向RNC证明他们符合资格。在核实投票和捐款门槛后，候选人得到了共和党的忠诚承诺，这意味着他们必须同意支持最终的政党提名人。每个有希望的人都必须签署保证书，才能登上第一场辩论的舞台。
2023年8月6日，在爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹举行的一次活动中，共和党总统候选人前阿肯色州州长阿萨·哈钦森向观众挥手致意。
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领先的特朗普表示，他不会参加辩论。他上周预先录制了与塔克·卡尔森的静坐采访，将在福克斯周三播出，作为对共和党辩论的反制。
除了放弃舞台，特朗普还表示，他不会签署忠诚誓言。然而，RNC女主席罗娜·麦克丹尼尔上周表示，她“感觉”如果特朗普决定参加辩论，前总统特朗普将签署该党的忠诚誓言。
“他以前签署过誓言。他在南卡罗来纳州的选票上签了名。“我有一种感觉，如果他想登上辩论舞台，他会签署这份保证书。”
1st Republican presidential primary debate: Who's in, who's out
Eight out of the more thana dozen 2024 GOP presidential candidatesareconfirmed by the Republican National Committeeto be on thefirst primary debate stage on Wednesday night in Milwaukee. The four candidates who didn't make the debate stage are attacking the RNC's requirements and making plans for the next steps in their campaign.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson are confirmed by the party to have cleared the polling, donor and pledging requirements.
Former President Donald Trump was not among the listed participants and confirmed on Sunday that he would skip the debate.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday told ABC News' Rachel Scott that while "it's too late" for Trump to take part in Wednesday's debate, she "absolutely" hopes he participates in subsequent debates.
"I've made no secret of the fact that I want him on that debate stage, but I'm thrilled that we've got a great candidates that are going to be on that that stage. But I hope he'll be on future ones," she said.
The final count released by the RNC late Monday disqualifies at least four Republicans who claimed they had made the stage. Michigan businessman Perry Johnson, conservative talk radio host and a former California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd all came short of the debate-stage qualifications: get at least 1% in three national polls or in a mix of national and early-state polls recognized by the committee and accrue 40,000 individual donors to their campaigns from at least 200 unique donors per state in 20 or more states.
Ina post on X(formerly Twitter), Johnson criticized the process the RNC used to finalize the candidates. The RNC approved candidates in a case-by-case review of each candidates' donor and polling numbers to make sure they met the qualifications.
"The debate process has been corrupted, plain and simple. Our campaign hit every metric put forward by the RNC and we have qualified for the debate. We'll be in Milwaukee Wednesday and will have more to say tomorrow," he wrote.
Suarez previously claimed to have met the polling benchmarks, which the RNC refuted. The mayor told ABC News' Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott last week that he would reconsider his campaign if he failed to qualify for the debate.
"Being honest, I think, remember, it only gets harder from here. Right? So, if you don't make the debate stage in the first debate, the thresholds go up. So, it's harder to make higher thresholds when you're not making lower thresholds," Suarez said earlier this month.
Will Hurd decried the RNC's polling requirements as "arbitrary, unclear, and lack consistency" in a statement Tuesday morning about his absence on the Milwaukee debate stage. Hurd had taken particular issue with one of the party's benchmarks for polls to qualify -- that each survey had to include 800 registered likely Republican voters.
One of the polls that would have put Hurd on stage did not ask a "screening question" that would have verified that requirement.
"The lack of transparency and confusion around the RNC's debate requirements is antithetical to the democratic process. The polling standards are arbitrary, unclear, and lack consistency. This is an unacceptable process for a presidential election. The American people deserve better,"he wrote in a post on X. "The RNC discounted polls that included independents and Democrats willing to vote for a Republican. If the GOP is looking to grow our electorate and beat Joe Biden, then we better have a clear understanding of what qualifies as a likely Republican voter. Anyone, regardless of party, who is willing to check the box for a Republican should be considered a 'likely Republican voter.' Expanding our party should be applauded, not penalized."
Eldercalledthe RNC's debate qualification process "rigged," and said he plans to sue the party for the "polling criteria set by the anti-conservative, anti-Trump RNC establishment." Elder said he plans to still be in Milwaukee on Wednesday, though he will not be on stage.
All candidates had up until 48 hours prior to the Aug. 23 debate to prove to the RNC that they met the qualifications. Upon verification of the polling and donor thresholds, the candidates were presented with the GOP loyalty pledge, which meant they must agree to support the eventual party nominee. Each hopeful had to sign the pledge to get on the stage for the first debate.
The front-runner, Trump, said he wouldn't attend the debate. He pre-recorded a sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson last week, which will be aired as counterprogramming to the GOP debate on Fox Wednesday.
Trump, in addition to forgoing the stage, has said he would not sign the loyalty pledge. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said last week that she has a "feeling" former President Trump will sign the party's loyalty pledge if he decided to participate in the debate, however.
"He's signed the pledge before. He signed it to get on the South Carolina ballot," McDaniel said on NewsNation. "I have a feeling if he wants to be on the debate stage, he's going to sign that pledge."
