Cruz: Let GOP primary voters moderate debates

By Kelly Cohen, Kelly Cohen

Published December 20, 2015

Sen. Ted Cruz suggested Wednesday that Republican primary voters should be the ones moderating GOP debates, rather than liberal TV hosts who were roundly criticized during Wednesday night's Republican debate on CNBC.

"Why is it that we keep having debates where the moderators … no one in their right minds thinks any of the moderators actually will vote in a Republican primary?" Cruz asked on Sean Hannity's show on Fox. "In my view, Republican primary debates ought to be moderated by people who would vote in a primary."

Cruz tossed out Hannity's name as one possibility, along with conservative talk radio show hosts Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh.

Hannity replied, "I'm in," adding that he could speak for the other two men that they would be in as well.