ND Gov Burgum slams RNC 'clubhouse rules,' accuses party of trying to keep 'fresh … – Globe Echo

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, accused the Republican National Committee of trying to keep new voices off the debate stage. Burgum, the latest candidate to meet the RNC’s polling and fundraising thresholds for the first GOP debate on Aug. 23, made the comments during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” when addressing his controversial approach for attaining the required 40,000 unique donations. “These are in the clubhouse rules designed to keep fresh faces, fresh ideas, entrepreneurs and innovators off the stage because you set a limit like this and of course it favors people who’ve held national office, it favors people who have been, you know, pundits on TV, and it favors people that have been career politicians and their name recognition,” Burgum said. Fox News Digital reached out to the RNC but did not immediately hear back. THESE REPUBLICANS HAVE MET QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE FIRST GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Gov. Doug Burgum is the seventh GOP presidential candidate to qualify for the first debate on Aug. 23. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Burgum’s approach involved giving donors $20 gift cards for a $1 donation, something the second-term governor and former software executive has previously called a “completely
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