Trump Demands Equal Time After Biden’s WH Speech

The New York Times reports:

Ahead of President Biden’s prime-time address from the Oval Office on Wednesday night, former President Donald J. Trump and his campaign sent a letter to ABC, NBC and CBS on Tuesday demanding that Mr. Trump be given equal airtime. In the letter, which was obtained by The New York Times, the Trump campaign’s general counsel, David Warrington, asserted in advance of Mr. Biden’s speech that it would most likely address Mr. Biden’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor.

Based on that assumption, Mr. Warrington wrote, “it appears that President Biden’s speech will not be a bona fide news event, but rather, a prime-time campaign commercial.” Citing the Federal Communications Commission’s “equal time” rule, Mr. Warrington insisted that Mr. Trump be given similar time on air, arguing that Mr. Biden’s address was a “campaign speech,” even as Mr. Biden is no longer technically a candidate for the presidency.

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Photo: Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita.

Every single network that televised this campaign speech will be getting follow up letters from our attorneys regarding equal time. @NBCNews @CNN @ABC @CBSNews @FoxNews

— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) July 25, 2024