Breaking: CNN Boots Mike Huckabee From GOP Prime-Time Debate Lineup
CNN has just announced who will be on the prime-time debate stage, and Mike Huckabee has been downgraded.
Tuesday night the main GOP debate stage will not have Mike Huckabee on it. CNN has just announced the lineup for the fifth official Republican debate of the 2016 race in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, and Chris Christie all made the cut. Rand Paul, some predicted, might not make it to the main debate this time but he will appear in the main debate.
CNN has released the lineups and podium order for the December 15 GOP debates in Las Vegas https://t.co/t406YSO4Qs pic.twitter.com/6yAE4PoCEd
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 13, 2015
There will still be a second-tier, or “undercard” debate, and Huckabee will appear there earlier Tuesday evening, along with Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, and George Pataki.
Who will be featured in CNN’s early #GOPDebate? https://t.co/SkaNxFDpIB pic.twitter.com/KUnrBcE3bc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 13, 2015
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