Chris Christie and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy Monday night that if they went through with a separate joint appearance on Fox News they would be forbidden from participating in subsequent committee-sanctioned debates.

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Tuesday that the Republican National Committee had blocked a planned joint appearance with rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Fox News.

The Republican National Committee threatened Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy Monday night, saying that if they scheduled an hour-long face-off against each other, they would be banned from later debates.

The Republican National Committee vowed to ‘not give in to pressure from individuals seeking to change the rules to favor their candidacy’

The Republican National Committee has shut down a planned joint appearance on Fox News’ Special Report by GOP presidential hopefuls Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy. The two had planned to join Fox’s Bret Baier for the duration of the show on Tuesday,