President Donald Trump's campaign manager Bill Stepien, who tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after Trump last week, insisted that there is 'no medical reason why the Commission on Presidential Debates should shift the debate to a virtual setting.'
move forward in person after the president refused to participate in a virtual debate on Thursday.
Biden agreed to participate after the commission announced the debate would be held virtually, a decision made by CPD without consulting either campaign. However, Trump said during a Fox Business interview shortly after the announcement that he would not participate, saying he was"not going to waste my time on a virtual debate" where"they cut you off whenever they want."
President Donald Trump participates in his first debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020.Stepien cited a memorandum released by the White House doctor on Thursday, stating that"based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics" being conducted, Conley would"fully anticipate" Trump will be ready for a"safe return to public engagements" by Saturday.
"There is therefore no medical reason why the Commission on Presidential Debates should shift the debate to a virtual setting, postpone it, or otherwise alter it in any way," Stepien's statement continued."CPD Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf admits that they consulted with no one before unilaterally changing the format of a debate, well in advance of any knowledge of what the President's condition would be on debate night.
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