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ABC News Cancels Its GOP Primary Debate. The Republican primary debate that was set to take place on Jan. 18 has been canceled due to a lack of participants, NPR reports. ABC News made the announcement on Jan. 16. "Our intent was to host a debate coming out of the Iowa caucuses, but we always knew that would be contingent on the candidates and the outcome of the race." "As a result, while our robust election coverage will continue, ABC News and [local news station] WMUR-TV will not be moving forward with Thursday's Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire." ABC News, via announcement. Ron DeSantis was the only candidate who confirmed his participation by ABC News' deadline, NPR reports. Nikki Haley took to social media to say that she'd like to debate either Donald Trump or President Biden next. "We've had five great debates in this campaign. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them." "He has nowhere left to hide. The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it." Nikki Haley, via X. DeSantis also took to social media to call out Haley for not participating in the debate. "Nikki Haley is afraid to debate because she doesn’t want to answer the tough questions such as how she got rich off Boeing after giving them millions in taxpayer handouts as governor of South Carolina." Ron DeSantis, via X. "The reality is that she is not running for the nomination, she’s running to be Trump’s VP." Ron DeSantis, via X. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT