The second Republican presidential debate will be broadcast Wednesday on Fox Business Network and Univision, but the exclusive online livestream will take place on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing— and at times promoting — far-right extremism, bigotry, election disinformation and conspiracy theories.

By bringing viewers to Rumble to watch the GOP debate, as it did with the first one last month, the Republican National Committee is driving potential voters to a site crawling with content that flouts the rules of more mainstream ones such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Earlier this year, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said using Rumble instead of YouTube as its livestreaming partner was a decision aimed toward " getting away from Big Tech.”

Asked about the criticism against the platform, the RNC said in an emailed statement that “hate, bigotry and violence is unfortunately prevalent on every social media platform, and the RNC condemns it entirely, but the RNC does not manage content or pages outside of our own.”

Rumble, founded in 2013, prides itself on being “immune to cancel culture.” Its website says “everyone benefits when we have access to more ideas, diverse opinions, and dialogue.”

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    10 months ago

    They’re trying to build a shit tier system for racists and conservative degenerates.

    That system consists of:

    1. Private equity
    2. Kick
    3. Rumble
    4. X
    5. Truth Social
    6. Facebook
    7. Reddit
    8. Charter Schools
    9. Mega Churches
    10. Anything off of the I-10 from coast to coast.

    I would say it’s going to fail but most are hanging on with stolen or subsidized cash or tax dollars from the PPP.

    As you can see most of the shit comes from Private Equity scumbags and maybe $750M went to degenerate churches and idk but a lot goes to sub par degenerate Charter Schools to try and pump out kids to further ruin society.