Biden and Trump engage in televised debates - potential date in June?
Biden and Trump are both vying for the chance to participate in televised debates before the upcoming presidential election in November. Trump has accepted Biden's challenge, declaring that he is "ready and willing" to engage in these discussions. The incumbent president's team has proposed two potential dates for these debates: the end of June and the beginning of September. If these dates are chosen, they would conflict with the current schedule set by the commission in charge of organizing the presidential debates.
Biden had previously expressed excitement at the prospect of debating Trump, even suggesting that he might be open to more than one debate. "I'll even do it twice," he said in a video posted online. He also suggested that Trump could pick the dates, jokingly implying that Trump's busy schedule with the ongoing legal trial against him might influence the choice. "I hear you're off on Wednesdays," he said, referring to the trial's weekly breaks.
In response, Trump requested more than two debates and expressed a preference for a "very large venue" to "create excitement," presumably due to Biden's apparent aversion to large crowds. "Just tell me when," Trump wrote to Biden.
Biden quickly agreed to join CNN for a debate on June 27, marking an early start to these televised encounters. While both Biden and Trump have not yet been officially nominated as their parties' candidates, their teams are already making plans for the debates. The non-partisan commission traditionally responsible for organizing these events has already set dates for three debates between the presidential candidates in September and October. Biden's decision to propose alternative dates flouts the plans set by the commission.
Unlike the presidential debates, only one debate has been scheduled so far for the vice-presidential candidates, with a proposed date in September in Easton, Pennsylvania, according to the commission's plans. Biden has once again chosen Harris to join him on the ticket, while Trump has yet to announce his choice for vice president. This latest decision by Biden disrupts the commission's current plans.
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Source: www.ntv.de
