GOP debate commission chief whines about Biden circumventing the group

The Commission on Presidential Debates knows that it endured a "potentially mortal wound" after presidential candidates circumvented the group to navigate their own debate schedule and rules.

Speaking to Politico, lobbyist and former Republican Party chair Frank J. Fahrenkopf, who also chairs the debate commission, whined he's not happy with the Democratic president.

In a letter, the campaign called the commission's debates “noisy spectacles” that are far too late in the election season.

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Early voting means that in some states, voting begins Sept. 20, so the debates wouldn't have much of an impact.

Scientific American revealed in 2020 that the debates have "shockingly little effect on election outcomes." But four years later, the commission proposed the same schedule with the same rules, which the Biden campaign alleged go unenforced.

The Biden team didn't want that this time around.

In the 2020 debates, Donald Trump continued talking over Biden, making it impossible for Americans to hear about certain policy issues.

At the same time, Biden's team complained that the traditional debates are nothing more than a ratings spectacle, with each side packing the rooms to see which could yell the loudest.

Fahrenkopf said the claim was “false,” and the campaign didn't know what they were talking about regarding early voting. He then said that Biden advisers Anita Dunn and Ron Klain don't like the commission.

This time around, however, the network will attempt to stop Trump from cutting in by shutting off his microphone. Trump still has the ability to scream at the top of his lungs and try to throw Biden off.

Fahrenkopf also wants Robert Kennedy Jr. on the stage. There are other candidates under the Green Party or Libertarian Party, and others, that will have candidates ballots. However, they wouldn't have the ability to be on the stage.

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