The Republican National Committee established three requirements for presidential hopefuls to qualify for the first debate . Candidates must attract at least unique donors and reach at least in three national polls that meet the RNCs requirements . They must also sign the RNC’s Beat Biden pledge a commitment to back the eventual Republican nominee no matter who wins the primary . These candidates have not yet said they have met the minimum of unique donors or have signed the pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee . Donald Trump has said he will let it be known next week whether he plans to attend the debate . Chris Christie has widely panned the pledge but indicated hell do what he needs to do to participate in the debate and will need to register in polls to qualify . The first debate will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 15th at 8pm ET on September 15th . The debate will take place at 7.30pm ET from 7pm ET (11pm ET/5pm ET ET/11pm EST/7pm ET . The Republican presidential candidate has not said his campaign has met the required polling and donor minimums to make the required donor minimum . He has spoken out against the requirement . The candidates have said they are not yet saying whether they have reached the donor minimum or whether they will be able to meet the minimum . The candidate has said they will not yet say their campaign has reached the threshold. The Republican candidate has been accused of not meeting the minimum. The candidate is not yet agreed to meet this criteria. The candidates are not necessarily agree to meet it. The presidential candidate is the Republican candidate. The winner will be the winner. The nominee. The president. The race has not yet reached the minimum to meet a minimum. It is
Republican presidential candidates have qualified for the first Republican presidential debate . The debate will be held
