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Former President Donald Trump may not participate in Republican primary debates leading up to the 2024 Presidential election. The Trump campaign reportedly told the Republican National Committee (RNC) that he is apprehensive about participating before any debates were announced. The RNC refuted details of the report, saying Trump’s objections came after the first Republican debate was scheduled in Milwaukee. The misunderstanding between the two camps is the latest fracture between Trump campaign officials and Republican party operatives. Trump publicly hinted that he is uninterested in primary...
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Washington (AFP) - The time-honored tradition of US presidential debates could be at risk. The Republican National Committee (RNC) is threatening to boycott the debates unless the body that organizes them changes its rules. US presidential and vice presidential debates have been sponsored for the past three decades by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). In a letter to the CPD on Thursday, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel accused the commission of "stonewalling the meaningful reforms necessary to restore its credibility with the Republican Party as a fair and nonpartisan actor." A...
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Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump delivered a combative defense on Thursday of his Covid-19 response while election challenger Joe Biden -- offering a glaring contrast in style in a rival town hall -- accused him of doing "nothing" to end the pandemic.The dueling appearances, scheduled at the same time on rival television networks, showed Biden giving unflashy, empathetic, often in-depth answers to voters in the audience, while Trump delivered a fiery, sometimes agitated defense of his presidency.Trump, who trails in the polls ahead of the November 3 election, was especially under pres...
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Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump will feature in a televised town hall Thursday on NBC News, the network said, setting up a direct scheduling clash with rival Joe Biden who had already planned his own version.The two were originally meant to have been meeting for their second debate on Thursday evening. Instead, they will be simultaneously, but separately, talking to voters in TV studios -- NBC for Trump and ABC for Biden.Trump will be in Miami, the network said, while Biden, who had already booked his appearance last week, will be in Philadelphia.Their scheduled debate had also been ...
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Washington (AFP) - The Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday it has cancelled next week's showdown between Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, after the president said he would not participate in a virtual format."Each (candidate) now has announced alternate plans for that date," the commission said in a statement, adding "it is now apparent there will be no debate on October 15."The move leaves just one more debate on the schedule -- October 22 in Nashville, Tennessee -- before the November 3 election.Debates have been a feature of every US presidential election since 1976, wi...
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Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he likes his debates with Joe Biden just the way they are and opposes potential changes to try and prevent repetition of the chaos that marred their first clash.The US presidential debates organizers announced Wednesday that "additional structure" is needed "to ensure a more orderly discussion" -- a polite reference to the meltdown that occurred the previous day in Cleveland.Trump says not so fast."Why would I allow the Debate Commission to change the rules for the second and third Debates when I easily won last time?" he tweeted.Trump ha...
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Washington (AFP) - The next rounds of US presidential debates will be "more orderly," organizers promised Wednesday, as the moderator of President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden's toxic Cleveland showdown admitted it had gone "off the rails.""Last night's debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues," the Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement.The commission said it would soon announce measures "to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remainin...
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