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Trump is “ready and willing” to debate after the Biden campaign proposed showdowns in June and September
Good morning, readers of an American political blog. The big question over the presidential campaign is whether Donald Trump and Joe Biden will debate before the November 5 election. This morning, we seem to have an answer: the president’s re-election campaign has proposed two debates, one in late June and the other in September. Not long after, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was “ready and willing to debate Crooked Joe at the two suggested times.” In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden’s campaign chairman Jen O’Malley Dillon suggested that the first debate be held after the president returns from the G7 leaders’ summit and after the likely conclusion of Trump’s criminal trial in New York. The second debate will be scheduled before early voting begins, but after campaigning begins in earnest, while the vice presidential debate could be held in late July. And while the Commission on Presidential Debates is the traditional host of candidate showdowns, O’Malley Dillon informed them that Biden would not participate in their proposed events, citing problems with their scheduling and moderation.
We’ll let you know what else we learn about it throughout the day.
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In offering two debates with Donald TrumpJoe Biden’s re-election campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon also said the president would not participate in events organized by Commission on Presidential Debates, the traditional host of the candidates’ showdown.
She cited several reasons why the president is ignoring the nonprofit, including that the committee’s own debate schedule has them starting “after the American people have had a chance to vote early and not ending before tens of millions of Americans will have already voted.” .”
She also objected to the Commission’s “model of building huge spectacles with big audiences at big expense” and criticized its handling of the 2020 debates.
It was the latest blow to the committee since the Republican National Committee voted to withdraw from the organization completely two years ago. Here’s more on that:
Biden tells Trump to “make my day” by proposing debates in June and September
In a short video posted on YouTube, Joe Biden channeled Clint Eastwood as he proposed a debate Donald Trump twice:
Biden mentioned Wednesday because that’s the day Trump’s business fraud trial in New York usually rests. However, the president’s campaign chairman suggested that the first debate be scheduled for the end of June because it would likely be after the trial is over.
Trump is “ready and willing” to debate after the Biden campaign proposed showdowns in June and September
Good morning, readers of an American political blog. The big question over the presidential campaign is whether Donald Trump and Joe Biden will debate before the November 5 election. This morning, we seem to have an answer: the president’s re-election campaign has proposed two debates, one in late June and the other in September. Not long after, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was “ready and willing to debate Crooked Joe at the two suggested times.” In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden’s campaign chairman Jen O’Malley Dillon suggested that the first debate be held after the president returns from the G7 leaders’ summit and after the likely conclusion of Trump’s criminal trial in New York. The second debate will be scheduled before early voting begins, but after campaigning begins in earnest, while the vice presidential debate could be held in late July. And while the Commission on Presidential Debates is the traditional host of candidate showdowns, O’Malley Dillon informed them that Biden would not participate in their proposed events, citing problems with their scheduling and moderation.
We’ll let you know what else we learn about it throughout the day.
Here’s what else is going on:
-
The inflation rate in the US fell slightly in April, according to just-released Labor Department data, a potentially encouraging sign in the fight against the wave of price increases that has plagued the Biden presidency.
-
The House of Representatives will consider a slew of Republican messaging bills designed to touch on hot-button issues, including legislation to deport migrants who attack police and to prevent Washington’s city government from changing its criminal justice laws.
-
The Trump Process on business fraud charges in New York is on recess today and will resume Thursday.
