A senior adviser to Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign on Friday panned a unanimous vote by the Republican National Committee to bar NBC and CNN from hosting 2016 GOP presidential debates.
“Bad optics for the RNC to block CNN and NBC from sponsoring presidential debates. Attacking the media is a loser’s game,” Eric Fehrnstrom said on Twitter.
RNC chairman Reince Priebus issued an ultimatum to NBC and CNN earlier this month to drop planned productions about Hillary Clinton or surrender the right to broadcast the party’s next round of presidential debates.
