Hurd ‘pretty confident’ he will qualify for debate

2024 Republican presidential candidate and former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) mentioned he thinks he’ll be capable to get on subsequent week’s Republican presidential debate stage.

Throughout a Wednesday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, Hurd mentioned regardless of not but assembly the Republican Nationwide Committee’s donor and polling thresholds to qualify for the controversy he thinks he can be ready to take action earlier than the deadline, set for 48 hours previous to the controversy.

“I’m fairly assured we’re going to have the ability to hit these necessities earlier than the deadline on August twenty first,” Hurd mentioned within the interview.

Hurd is presently polling at a mean of 0.2 %, in line with FiveThirtyEight, far behind GOP frontrunner and former President Donald Trump, who sits at 53.7 %.

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Hurd has been a vocal critic of the previous president, calling him out on his lies about successful the 2020 election and saying he’s operating to “keep out of jail.” He has additionally mentioned he won’t take a Republican Nationwide Committee pledge to help whoever wins the nomination, even when meaning not making it to the controversy stage.

“I’m not going to help Donald Trump. I acknowledge the affect that has on my skill to get entry to the controversy stage, however I can’t lie. It could be straightforward to say, ‘I’ll do it,’ after which, when it comes down, change your thoughts. However I simply — I can’t do this,” Hurd mentioned “State of the Union” on CNN final month.

Trump can also be refusing to signal the RNC’s loyalty pledge and has not but introduced if he can be current on the debate.