Posted on 08/29/2020 3:24:11 PM PDT by Libloather
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The Commission on Presidential Debates will host three presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate later this year. As is tradition, the debates to be held at universities.
The first presidential debate, when the incumbent President Trump will face off against Joe Biden for the first time, was to be held on Tuesday, September 29 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. In late July, the institution withdrew from hosting due to concerns about the pandemic.
"I am grateful to the many members of the University community who have devoted countless hours planning this event, and to the Commission on Presidential Debates leadership for their professionalism and understanding," said Rev. John Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame, in a statement, per CNN. "But in the end, the constraints the coronavirus pandemic put on the event -- as understandable and necessary as they are -- have led us to withdraw."
The first debate will now be held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Similarly, the second presidential debate was expected to take place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, October 15, but in June, they too withdrew from hosting the event due to health concerns amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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The replacement location for the second debate is Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. The final debate is still set for Thursday, October 22 at Belmont University in Nashville.
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Dems are desperate. They will do anything to block the debate.
It was genius hiding him away.
46 days before election.
So 1 debate will be seen before a person Can vote.
I didn’t see the new date for the first one.
Will even ONE be seen before they CAN vote?
I’m still predicting they’ll say Biden “got Covid” during time of debates
I think they’ll try and find a way to blame Trump for them not happening
The Rose Garden is ready.
If you believe in a Biden Trump debate happening, You probably believe in unicorns. I doubt you believe in either. Trump would tear his posterior apart.
The Rose Garden is ready.
I dont think biden has a very good chance without debates.
With debates, he has no chance so you are likely right.
Blaming the virus is the biggest insult to our intelligence yet.
pelosi said that President Trump doesn’t deserve a debate.
She has called us and him domestic enemies.
She should be careful with her words.
For fvk sake, it's so tired.
During the Obunghole era,NOTHING changed during pandemics and even the Ebola scare.
I predict Joe will test positive for COVID a few days before the first debate. Not seriously I’ll, but enough to keep him from showing up to face Trump.
Guiliani noted that 16 states will have already began voting by the time of the first presidential debate, which is set for September 29. He also pointed out that by October 22, the time of the final debate, 34 states will have started voting.
Beat me to it. I would bet his handlers have thought of it if we did.
I’m still not sure that there will be debates. The media/dem complex is going all-in on the effort to get Biden to not debate. I suspect that the dems will impose some sort of crazy “conditions” that Trump has to comply with before a debate will take place. When Trump refuses to give in to their demands, they’ll accuse him of not wanting to debate.
If a debate is held, the moderators will all be leftist Biden supporters. Biden will have the questions in advance. The moderators will “fact check” during the debate and continuously interrupt Trump to rattle him. They will also help Biden by completing sentence or interrupting with a question such as, “Didn’t you mean to say xyz”. Likely Biden will be wearing a hearing device through which short responses are fed. He may even have a computer screen built into his podium through which messages are sent to him to read.
The first debate will be most critical. If they can make Biden look good, and Trump look bad, the remainder of the debates will be canceled. The debate locations will decline to host the remainder of the debates due to Covid fear.
Didn’t know about it. Nothing about moderators there. That’s my current search.
Got it - Moderators have yet to be announced for the event, but according to the CPD, they will be revealed early September.
Agree totally. Biden can’t get anywhere near Trump. Everyone and Pelosi’s posse knows it. The country will vote without debates and DJT will have his rallies. Either way I think it’ll come to all out conflict. I hope I’m wrong but the dye is cast.
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