Vivek Ramaswamy for holding Republican debates on X, slams 'boring' current format

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He said the current debating format was boring and failed to attract young voters...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has reiterated his demand for hosting debates on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) instead of television..

In a post on X, Ramaswamy said, If theres a January GOP debate, it should be hosted on X, not on cable TV, moderated by someone like @TuckerCarlson, who might just ask questions that primary voters actually care about...

The first Republican primary debate, hosted by Fox News Channel on August 23 in Milwaukee, averaged 12.8 million viewers, the second one hosted by Fox Business Network on September 27 in Simi Valley, California got 9.5 million days..

Ramaswamy has been critical of the RNCs debate guidelines and performance and urged it to raise the donor threshold from 70,000 to 100,000 and to have a single moderator who can enforce the rules.. In the Miami debate, Ramaswamy, in his opening remarks, had said that Carlson, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk should moderate the debates to attract ten times the viewership...