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Thu Oct 8, 2020, 05:00 PM Oct 2020

Trump, Biden campaigns clash over debate timing, formats

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.

Trump’s campaign is seeking to delay the final two debates by one week after the president pulled out of next Thursday’s event to protest the organizing commission’s 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 week’s scuttled showdown.

The Biden campaign said they accepted the original three dates of Sept. 29, Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 in June and that Trump’s “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

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Trump, Biden campaigns clash over debate timing, formats (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 OP
No, Hill. They didn't clash. Trump did his drama mongering, Biden said he would abide by Squinch Oct 2020 #1
Right! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #2
ha ha ha, author of the article needs a dictionary whttevrr Oct 2020 #3

Squinch

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1. No, Hill. They didn't clash. Trump did his drama mongering, Biden said he would abide by
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 05:08 PM
Oct 2020

the debate commission's recommendations.

That's not clashing.

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