There will be no televised ‘debate’ or discussion on Fox News with the House Speaker candidates on Monday. Bret Baier confirmed that today and explained what he thought happened.

Here’s Baier talking with Martha McCallum about it:

Baier blamed having to cancel the event on an inaccurate leak that suggested it would be a ‘debate’. As the tweet above suggests, that was likely from Jake Sherman, who we posted earlier. Baier said was never going to be a debate, only an in-depth discussion.

Republicans were angry because they want the candidates to speak to the caucus before doing any televised debates or discussions about the race. Baier also confirmed that Rep. Hern has not officially stepped into the race for speaker yet. He added they will do something next week, but I think it remains to be seen if it will include the candidates.