On Tuesday July 7, Rachel Maddow – evidently unaware MSNBC’s and CNN’s previous rules on debates – slammed Fox News for their debate policy limiting the stage to the top 10 candidates in national polling. The Rachel Maddow Show host claimed the right-leaning cable network “has killed the early nominating states and their role in choosing who is a contender for the Republican nomination for president.”
At the end of her monologue to start the program, Maddow argued that “The next three weeks are going to be off the charts bizarre. We’ve never tried to run a presidential nominating process like this before.”