Paul Won’t Participate in Second-Tier Debate: The Media Shouldn’t ‘Pick Who Wins’

Rand Paul Won’t Participate in Second-Tier Debate: The Media Shouldn’t ‘Pick Who Wins’ (Mediaite)

Rand Paul told Fox’s Brian Kilmeade Wednesday that he will refuse to participate in “any kind of second-tier debate,” insisting it “isn’t the job of the media to pick who wins.”

On Monday, Fox Business Network announced the criteria for the next Republican debate to be held on Jan. 14 in North Charleston, SC. The strict criteria could potentially relegate Paul, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, George Pataki, and Carly Fiorina to the undercard debate.

“I won’t participate in any kind of second-tier debate,” Paul said on the Fox radio program Kilmeade and Friends. “We’ve got a first-tier campaign.”