Will Hurd refuses to signal RNC pledge to again Republican nominee: 'Not going to assist Donald Trump'

Former Texas consultant and 2024 presidential candidate Will Hurd revealed he is not going to conform to the Republican Nationwide Committee's requirement to endorse the 2024 nominee so as to debate different candidates.

The RNC has a loyalty pledge during which Republican candidates who want to debate onstage this August should assist the eventual Republican nominee. Hurd spoke out in opposition to the pledge on Thursday, saying he wouldn't be signing any pledges and that he doesn't consider events "needs to be attempting to rig who needs to be on a debate stage," throughout a CNN interview.

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“I'm not within the enterprise of mendacity to the American folks so as to get a microphone, and I’m not going to assist Donald Trump,” Hurd stated. “And so I can’t actually say I’m going to signal one thing even when he could or will not be the nominee.”

Hurd added that the RNC can do "regardless of the RNC desires to do," however he stated that he doesn't consider political events needs to be attempting to "rig that technique of who's on the stage."

On social media, Hurd reiterated his refusal to signal the pledge, saying "We pledge allegiance to the US, not political leaders."

"I am working to meet the talk necessities, however I am not going to misinform the American folks or my occasion for the sake of a microphone," Hurd wrote on social media.

In April, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel knowledgeable 2024 GOP aspirants concerning the requirement. She argued that she can be "kicked out" if she stated she wouldn't assist the GOP nominee and requested why Republicans would host a debate with out each candidate saying they might assist "whoever the voters select."

Hurd will not be the primary Republican candidate to criticize the requirement. Each former President Donald Trump and former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) have pushed again on the dedication. Hutchinson argued the occasion ought to as an alternative ask candidates to vow to not mount a third-party problem.

The primary debate is ready to happen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which the RNC voted on again in February. Fox News has been chosen to average the talk.