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The campaigns for President Trump and Democratic nominee former Vice President Joe Biden clashed over the timing and format of the remaining two presidential debates Thursday, raising questions about whether the debates will take place at all.
Trumps campaign is seeking to delay the final two debates by one week after the president pulled out of next Thursdays event to protest the organizing commissions decision to make the debate virtual. The Biden campaign said it will not agree to the delays, but instead wants the final debate to be a town hall style event to make up for next weeks scuttled showdown.
The Biden campaign said they accepted the original three dates of Sept. 29, Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 in June and that Trumps erratic behavior does not allow him to rewrite the calendar and pick new dates of his choosing.
We look forward to participating in the final debate, scheduled for October 22, which already is tied for the latest debate date in 40 years, said Biden campaign manager Kate Bedingfield. Donald Trump can show up, or he can decline again. That's his choice."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/520218-trump-biden-campaigns-clash-over-debate-timing-formats
Squinch
(50,993 posts)the debate commission's recommendations.
That's not clashing.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Good for Biden!
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)It's not a clash. It's just a rejection of trumps tantrum.