Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during his town hall on Newsmax, challenged former President Donald Trump, the front-runner in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, to a one-hour debate and stressed that it’s important for debates to continue, even if the Republican National Committee is no longer in charge of them.

“I’d love to do a debate on Newsmax,” DeSantis said during Monday night’s town hall. “We get the former president, maybe. Let’s just have at it for an hour.”

Earlier Monday, Trump urged the RNC, through his Truth Social page, to cancel the remaining primary debates and focus instead on “stop the steal” efforts and the general election.

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