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The Republican National Committee is hurting the party by "micromanaging" the debates, presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham said Thursday.

According to the South Carolina senator, the party should stop dividing presidential candidates into groups based on polling.

"I think the Republican Party is becoming the loser here. We've got talented candidates. The process is not bringing out the best in the party," Graham said Thursday morning on MNSBC's "Morning Joe." "The RNC is trying to correct the last cycle's problem of too many debates. They've overdone it. They're micromanaging the process."

"You know, I don't think the RNC could run a one-car funeral," he added about Wednesday night's third GOP debate. "This is getting pretty bad."

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