Newsmax execs furious with RNC over $4 million demand to carry GOP debate: report

Executives at conservative outlet Newsmax are furious with the Republican National Committee for attempts to shake them down for a $4 million commitment to carry a GOP debate.

According to a report from Axios, those complaints also include a belief that the RNC is manipulating who controls the debates.

At issue was a earlier demand for $2 million to be spent on a debate as a "junior partner" to ABC News also carrying it.

According to Alex Thompson of Axios "The RNC also approached...