FOX Business Network Announces Participants in Republican Debate in Charleston

FOX Business Network announced the participants in its two Republican debates on Thursday, Jan. 14, in North Charleston, S.C. The participants in the first undercard debate, which will air love at 6 p.m. ET will be Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul; former HP CEO Carly Fiorina; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

The lineup marks the first time Sen. Paul has been relegated to the undercard debate, while Fiorina has participated in the primetime debates since using the first undercard to propel her to the top tier. However, she has been unable to capitalize on the momentum she had gain and, thus far, has not released a statement on the news.

Meanwhile Sen. Paul’s campaign released a statement that declared “he will not let the media decide the tiers of this race and will instead take his message directly to the voters of New Hampshire and Iowa.”

“Even the pollsters are concerned that the media is using their polls incorrectly. Polls are at best an estimation, and include a standard of error that the media and the RNC are ignoring,” the statement read. “A poll number of five is no different than a poll number of 8 if the standard of error is +/- 3. To exclude candidates on faulty analysis is to disenfranchise the voter.”

The participants in the prime-time Republican debate at 9 p.m. ET will be: Billionaire businessman Donald Trump; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.