The Commission on Presidential Debates announced the upcoming forum will feature the two candidates participating “from separate remote locations.”
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not participate in the second televised debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden next week after the nonpartisan commission responsible for producing the forums announced that it will be conducted virtually.
“I’m not going to waste my time on virtual debate. That’s not what debating is all about,” Trump said in an interview on Fox Business. “You sit behind a computer and do a debate. It’s ridiculous, and then they cut you off whenever they want.”
The remarks from Trump came shortly after the Commission on Presidential Debates revealed Thursday morning that the town hall-style event on Oct. 15 would feature the two candidates participating “from separate remote locations.”
The town hall participants and moderator Steve Scully of C-SPAN will be located as planned at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, the commission said.
The shift to a virtual format comes as Trump continues treatment for Covid-19 at the White House, after being discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening.
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien reaffirmed the president’s position in a statement Thursday, saying Trump will “pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead.”
Stepien claimed that Trump “will have posted multiple negative tests prior to the debate,” and insisted that the “safety of all involved can easily be achieved without canceling a chance for voters to see both candidates go head to head.”
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The second presidential debate between Trump and Biden will take place virtually. The town-hall style event was set to take place in Miami next week. https://t.co/pj4EdGnTGc
— POLITICO (@politico) October 8, 2020“I’m not going to waste my time on virtual debate. That’s not what debating is all about,” Trump said in an interview on Fox Business this morning.
"I think I'm better, to a point where I'd love to do a rally tonight," he added. https://t.co/se1zfHlbom pic.twitter.com/5jdkXRwfsB
— POLITICO (@politico) October 8, 2020
Trump virtually dialed into Fox Business to say he won't do a virtual debate because the moderator can cut him off whenever pic.twitter.com/SgldqSVi0z
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) October 8, 2020
What's the matter, @realDonaldTrump?
Afraid you'll be debating virtually in a room with the walls closing in and the bile of your failure rising in your throat?
Come on. You do that every night when you hear Fred's voice in your head telling you that you're a loser and a dummy.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 8, 2020
One of the fundamentals of Trump's public image was that of the master of television. He was the king of the debate stage, the performative genius.
Now, he's a shaking, cowardly old sack of flopsweat hiding out from the campaign.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 8, 2020
You monsters had better not post this to @realDonaldTrump.
That would be offensive and wrong. https://t.co/rEmdSdXnMe
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 8, 2020
Good. Cancel this debate & the next one too. Didn’t want to have to listen to him spew BS with his COVID germs anyway.
I hear Biden wants to make the last debate into a town hall. Ok by me. Without that ignorant gasbag yapping, lying and trying to bully Biden, we would hear a candidate with ideas and positions on the issues.
In less than 24 hours we’ve gone full circle:
-Trump won’t do a virtual debate
-Trump will do a debate just not virtual and not the original date
-Trump will do the debate after the next one and wants one after that
-Trump won’t do the virtual debate but will do the original day https://t.co/YsFEouYnAi— Daniel Strauss (@DanielStrauss4) October 9, 2020
Wheeeeeeee https://t.co/LPMcvgNHSB
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 9, 2020
“You sit behind a computer and do a debate. It’s ridiculous, and then they cut you off whenever they want.”
Sounds perfect to me! A note from his doctor? The one who has signed a NDA and had lied repeatedly? Don’t think so. Have your little rally on Limbaugh’s show. The only people who care are your brainwashed cult members.
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