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NBC Debate Prep & More WaPo C.E.O. News

Inside the late-stage negotiations for NBC News to host the third Republican debate—with the possible stipulation that it won’t be simulcast on MSNBC. Plus, updates on the remaining contenders in the Patty Stonesifer succession race.

Meet the Press host Kristen Welker and NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and are seen as the most likely co-moderators for the next debate.
Meet the Press host Kristen Welker and NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and are seen as the most likely co-moderators for the next debate. Photo: Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
October 6, 2023

Earlier this week, Donald Trump’s advisers called on the Republican National Committee to “immediately cancel” all future G.O.P. debates and “refocus its manpower and money on preventing Democrats’ efforts to steal the 2024 election.” Setting aside the baseless and hypocritical nature of that highly alarmist call to arms, the Trump team’s true intention was likely to try and deny his less popular competitors and would-be cabinet members their democratic right to shout over one another on increasingly dismal live television.