The issue focused on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's debate performance at the first presidential debate on Monday night. The Commission on Presidential Debates did not respond to The Daily Beast's request for comment.

As The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday, two panelists were originally scheduled to speak at the Saturday debate: Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. But after Trump turned on Cruz for speaking about his father and claimed that Cruz's father was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy