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Trump Camp: Biden Is “Formidable On Debate Stage”

The New York Times reports: “He’s a politician. He gives speeches. He’s really good at doing it,” Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said of Biden on a call with reporters Tuesday. He added: “Joe Biden is not formidable anywhere else, but he is formidable on the debate stage. We just hope he shows up.” Stepien’s remarks stand in contrast to …

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POLL: More Pick Trump To Win Presidential Debates

USA Today reports: Could the debates do for President Donald Trump what the conventions didn’t? A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll indicates many voters think that’s possible. A greater share – 47% – predicted Trump will win the debates than the 41% who said Democratic candidate Joe Biden will. Independents picked Trump over Biden as the likely winner of the debates …

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Biden Floats On-Screen Fact Checks During Debates

Forbes reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he has begun preparing for the upcoming debates between him and President Donald Trump, specifically by brushing up on Trump’s “multiple lies,” and proposed a “crawler” on TV screens to fact check. Biden was asked during an event on reopening schools in Wilmington, Delaware, if anything could dissuade him from …

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Trump Campaign Furious At Selections For Debate Moderators: “Biden Will Have A Teammate On Stage”

Just in from the Trump campaign: These are not the moderators we would have recommended if the campaign had been allowed to have any input. Some can be identified as clear opponents of President Trump, meaning Joe Biden will actually have a teammate on stage most of the time to help him excuse the radical, leftist agenda he is carrying. …

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Debate Commission Announces 2020 Moderators

Just in via press release: Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Dorothy S. Ridings and Kenneth Wollack, co-chairs of the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), today announced the moderators for the 2020 general election presidential and vice presidential debates. The moderators, and the schedule and locations for the debates (as previously announced), are as follows: First presidential debate: Chris Wallace, Anchor, …

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Christie To Help Trump Prepare For Biden Debates

Axios reports: Two weekends ago, President Trump met with a group of his closest aides in the conference room of his Bedminster golf club to discuss a subject that has been weighing heavily on his mind: the three scheduled debates with Joe Biden. In the room with Trump were his son-in-law Jared Kushner, campaign manager Bill Stepien, senior adviser Jason …

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Debate Commission Rejects Trump’s Change Demand

From the Commission On Presidential Debates: Dear Mayor Giuliani: Thank you for your letter dated August 5. We are pleased that President Trump and Vice President Biden both have agreed to participate in the debates the Commission on Presidential Debates will sponsor on September 29 (Cleveland), October 15 (Miami-Town Hall), and October 22 (Nashville). We also look forward to the …

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Trump Demands Debate Change Due To Early Voting

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested moving up the first presidential debate, stating that he and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “owe it to the American People” to battle it out on stage before any states cast their votes. Trump’s remarks came just hours after his re-election campaign sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates …

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Notre Dame Won’t Host First Debate Due To COVID

Politico reports: The Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit that has conducted the general election debates for decades, announced on Monday that Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic will co-host the first presidential debate on Sept. 29 between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The debate will be held on the Health Education Campus, a joint …

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Biden Commits To Three Debates With Trump In Fall

The Washington Post reports: Joe Biden’s campaign on Monday committed to three scheduled debates with President Trump in September and October and criticized the president for taking varied positions on whether and how many debates he would participate in. The campaign’s letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, obtained by The Washington Post and written by Biden campaign manager Jen …

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Joe Biden Commits To Woman VP At Debate [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: Joe Biden committed to picking a woman as his running mate during Sunday’s televised Democratic presidential debate while Sen. Bernie Sanders said “in all likelihood” he would also choose a female vice presidential candidate if he’s the nominee. “My administration will look like the country and I commit that I will in fact pick a woman to …

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LIVE VIDEO: Eleventh Democratic Presidential Debate

CNN reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will face off Sunday night in the first one-on-one debate of the 2020 presidential primary. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the debate will have no audience, and in accordance with CDC guidelines, their podiums will be 6 feet apart. Here’s everything you need to know about how to …

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Sanders Co-Chair: Sunday’s Debate Will Still Happen

The Hill reports: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign, said Wednesday that there is “no doubt” that “polling and momentum” in the Democratic presidential primary race is now with former Vice President Joe Biden, following his performance in states where voters cast ballots on Tuesday. Khanna told CNN’s “New Day” that “undoubtedly” Biden had …

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Gabbard To Biden, Sanders: Get Me In The Debate

Politico reports: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is calling on former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to urge the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to allow her on stage for the next primary debate after newly released qualifications for the event barred her from participating. The direct call to Biden and Sanders, the two heavyweights remaining in the …

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New Threshold Axes Gabbard From Next Debate

The Associated Press reports: The Democratic National Committee has ratcheted up the threshold to qualify for its next presidential debate, requiring candidates to have picked up at least 20% of convention delegates allocated in state primary contests. The new rules announced Friday for the March 15 debate in Arizona will allow former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie …

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Dems Shoot Down Claims About Debate Ticket Prices

The Washington Examiner reports: Social media users, news outlets, and Bernie Sanders himself parroted false reports that those in the Democratic presidential debate audience paid thousands of dollars per ticket after the crowd seemed noticeably hostile towards Sanders. The debate audience at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday was noticeably friendlier to candidates like former New York …

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Sanders Weathers Attacks From All At Chaotic Debate

The New York Times reports: The Democratic presidential candidates delivered a barrage of criticism against their party’s emerging front-runner, Senator Bernie Sanders, at a debate on Tuesday night, casting him as a divisive figure with unrealistic ideas, even as they continued to batter Michael R. Bloomberg. Mr. Sanders, in his first debate since a smashing victory in the Nevada caucuses …

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LIVE VIDEO: Tenth Democratic Presidential Debate

CBS News reports: Seven Democratic presidential candidates have qualified for tonight’s debate in Charleston, South Carolina, hosted by CBS News. It’s the last opportunity candidates will have to make their pitch on a national stage before Saturday’s critical South Carolina primary election — and the last one before voters in 16 states and territories go to the polls on Super …

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Last Night’s Was Most-Watched Dem Debate In History

Via press release from NBC News: NBC News and MSNBC once again made television history with the most-watched Democratic debate ever, averaging nearly 20 million total viewers across the two networks, according to Nielsen Fast National Data. Last night’s debate was also the top-rated Democratic debate ever in the key A25-54 demo and attracted 13.5 million live stream viewers, surpassing …

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Protesters Disrupt Biden’s Closing Debate Remarks

The New York Times reports: Protesters opposing the United States’ immigration policy disrupted the Democratic debate Wednesday night, drowning out former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s closing remarks and momentarily bringing the event in Las Vegas to a halt. Mr. Biden had just begun to speak when noise erupted from the rear of the Paris Theater, with protesters shouting …

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