re: #201 Joe Bacon ✅

Wow! I can’t wait to ignore this “debate”!

Fox News’ Bret Baier to Moderate GOP Speaker Candidate Debate

Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier will moderate a closed debate and conversation between the leading Republican candidates for House speaker, Punchbowl News reported on Friday.

While the Monday discussion will be closed to the press aside from Fox News, the debate will be televised on the network, though it isn’t clear if it will be aired live or pre-taped.

According to Punchbowl, the participants will be House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, and Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern. While Jordan and Scalise have announced their candidacy,

Hern hasn’t officially tossed his hat in the ring to replace Kevin McCarthy.

The Fox-moderated debate comes on the heels of Fox News star Sean Hannity and Hannity’s pal Donald Trump endorsing Jordan for the speakership. Following the debate, the GOP caucus will hold a candidate forum on Tuesday—which Trump is expected to attend—before moving to a closed door vote Wednesday. It is undetermined when the fight for the speakership will hit the House floor.

thedailybeast.com

One would think the other media companies should be a bit upset with the GOP for FOX getting exclusive access to this. And they well might. But they won’t say or do anything about it. (Other than maybe asking for more abuse I guess.)