Was steak dinner Boyd’s reason for missing debate?

Randy Boyd got the dominoes falling when he declared that he would not attend a televised Republican gubernatorial debate in Knoxville on Sunday because of an unspecified scheduling conflict. Beth Harwell and Diane Black soon followed suit in deciding not to go. Reporter Cari Wade Gervin has scoured the Twitterverse to reveal that “a pricey steakhouse dinner” in Memphis may have been the reason for Boyd dropping out of the debate.

.@randyboyd’s “scheduling conflict” that led him to drop out of last night’s GOP debate, which was eventually cancelled? A pricey steakhouse dinner in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/3W5gQa6B4F

— Cari Wade Gervin (@carigervin) July 23, 2018