Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
PHOENIX (AP) — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has planned presidential faceoffs in every election since 1988, has an uncertain future after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump struck an agreement to meet on their own.
The Biden and Trump campaigns announced a deal Wednesday to meet for debates in June on CNN and September on ABC. Just a day earlier, Frank Fahrenkopf, chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, had sounded optimistic that the candidates would eventually come around to accepting the commission’s debates.
“There’s no way you can force anyone to debate,” Fahrenkopf said in a virtual meeting of supporters of No Labels, which has continued as an advocacy group after it abandoned plans for a third-party presidential ticket. But he noted candidates have repeatedly toyed with skipping debates or finding alternatives before eventually showing up, though one was canceled in 2020 when Trump refused to appear virtually after he contracted COVID-19.
Related articles
Revealed: Brit tourist, 19, subjected to sex attack in Majorca 'was gang
A 19-year-old British tourist who was subjected to a horrific sex attack in Majorca 'was gang-raped2024-05-21Hong Kong defends new security law
Hong Kong citizens celebrate the passage of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safegua2024-05-21China to build pilot zones for special needs education reform
A teacher interacts with an autistic child at a local training center for the disabled in Beichen Di2024-05-21China releases ecological protection compensation regulations
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a decree of the State Council, introducing new regulations gover2024-05-21Mystery artist who erected signs comparing pothole
A defiant resident infuriated by the potholes in their road has taken revenge on the council by erec2024-05-21French president calls again for ceasefire in Gaza
PARIS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron has called again for an immediate and p2024-05-21
atest comment