Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
Time:2024-05-21 08:51:22 Source:worldViews(143)
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.
Previous:Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation
Next:Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
You may also like
- Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9
- The top 10 cities for job hunters revealed
- Andy Ruiz's ex
- WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics citing contaminated samples
- Target to lower prices on basic goods in response to inflation
- China's big
- Oregon lodge famously featured in 'The Shining' will reopen after fire
- Foreign trade set to stay resilient this year
- Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9