U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, will soon meet for the first general election debate of the 2024 season — a chance for both candidates to try to reshape the political narrative and persuade undecided voters.
to let other networks carry the debate feed; ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, PBS and C-SPAN will all do so. Internationally, only CNN is carrying it.amid pervasive concerns about his age and leadership on key foreign and domestic policies.
She was greeted by Democratic officials from metro Atlanta including Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Cobb County Commission Chair Lisa Cupid and former Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter, who is former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson. Hours before the debate, Trump posted an image of what appeared to be debate talking points provided to him by Andrew Wheeler, his former Environmental Protection Agency head, suggesting ways he should go after Biden on climate questions.
Fencing has gone up around the CNN studios in Atlanta where Biden and Trump will meet, as well as the Georgia Tech arena where hundreds of journalists are gathered to cover the debate. It’s the first time a debate has been held so early in the general election season. It’s also CNN’s first time hosting a general election debate.Biden deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks says the president will speak broadly to all Americans but also plans to “talk to Republican voters” specifically regarding “Donald Trump and his extremism.”
Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., is hosting a watch party and fundraiser elsewhere in metro Atlanta. “The White House pool has a duty to document, report and witness the president’s events and his movements on behalf of the American people,” O’Donnell said in a letter to CNN. “The pool is there for the ‘what ifs?’ in a world where the unexpected does happen.”
“For my whole life I have witnessed my uncle’s narcissism and cruelty,” Mary Trump said in a statement released by the Biden campaign. “I’m in Atlanta tonight to remind everyone who Donald is as a person and how he would rule as a president because the stakes are far too high for us to get this wrong: We cannot afford to allow Donald Trump anywhere near the levers of power again.”
The president pumped his fist and embraced one man, a possible sign of how he’s getting energized for the evening’s showdown with former President Donald Trump.President Joe Biden boards the Marine One helicopter at Gordons Pond State Park at Rehoboth Beach, Del., Thursday, June 20, 2024, en route to Camp David.
The candidates agreed to meet at a CNN studio in Atlanta with no audience. Each candidate’s microphone will be muted, except when it’s his turn to speak. No props or prewritten notes will be allowed onstage. The candidates will be given only a pen, a pad of paper and a bottle of water.
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