Commission Rejects Trump’s Call For Earlier Debates

Fox News reports:

The Commission on Presidential Debates will proceed with its original schedule despite requests from former President Trump’s campaign for earlier events. The commission released its schedule last November, but Trump’s camp has urged organizers to offer earlier and more frequent debates in a bid to outshine President Biden onstage.

“The CPD’s criteria […] will be applied in early September; afterward, the Commission will extend debate invitations to qualifying candidates,” the CPD told Fox News Digital.

Reacting to Tuesday’s report from Fox News, Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles argued in a statement that the move by the commission was “unacceptable.” They also extended an invitation to “every television network in America that wishes to host a debate,” and urged the Biden campaign to coordinate to set up a debate “as soon as possible.”

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