Biden campaign REFUSES to commit to the 2024 presidential debates: Top official says they will look at 81-year-old's schedule and will have 'conversations'

Daily Mail ^ | 12/06/23 | Nikki Schwab

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A top Biden campaign official was noncommittal on Wednesday about President Joe Biden participating in the general election debates.

Quentin Fulks, the principal deputy campaign manager for the Biden-Harris campaign, was asked if the president was committed to participating now that the the Commission on Presidential Debates released a schedule.

Fulks, former Democratic Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and Alabama state Rep. Barbara Drummond held a press conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where the fourth Republican primary debate will be held on the University of Alabama's campus later Wednesday night.

'At the end of the day, we're focused on building a campaign. We'll have those conversations,' Fulks said.

When a reporter pointed out that sounded like a 'no,' Fulks revised his statement but still didn't commit Biden to participate in the trio of the debates scheduled.

'No, I said that the campaign is going to take a look at the schedule, we're going to have this conversation, but as of right now, our focus is on building a campaign and infrastructure while Republicans remain in a divisive primary, where their frontrunner is not attending debates, our campaign is focusing on what we need to do to win an election,' he said.

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, has skipped all four GOP primary debates, providing counter-programming instead.

This time around, Trump opted to headline a town hall Tuesday night with Fox News' Sean Hannity instead of participating.

At the same time, the former president has said he wants to debate Biden.

'We have to debate,' he told Fox News' Bret Baier during their June interview. 'He and I have to definitely debate. That's what I love. The two of us have to debate.'

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Biden out-debated Paul Ryan. That’s not saying much, but there it is.

I think I remember that debate. Ryan thought he would wow with numbers and thought, and Biden wiped the floor with him with nothing but debate technique.