The presidential candidates are bracing for another primetime face off - but this time they'll be on different networks.
The second presidential debate may be canceled, but there will still be plenty of political fireworks on Thursday night.
But NBC dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, announcing that Trump will also field questions from voters in a competing hour-long Miami event moderated by “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. Both events begin at 8 p.m. Eastern on Thursday.Trump and Biden were supposed to face off in person once more during the second presidential debate on Thursday night ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, but the president’s recent COVID-19 diagnosis complicated those plans.
Voters had plenty to say on social media, however, with many Trump critics threatening to boycott the Comcast-owned CMCSA, -1.32% network, leading to the hashtags #boycottNBC and #boycottMSNBC to trend on Twitter TWTR, -2.17% on Wednesday. Many argued that because the president pulled out of the scheduled debate, then he shouldn’t be given a platform that competes with his opponent’s time slot.
Regarding the commander-in-chief’s health, the White House doctor reported on Monday that the president tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days. NBC News also said it was given a statement by Dr. Clifford Lane, the clinical director at the National Institutes of Health, indicating that he and Dr. Anthony Fauci had reviewed Trump’s recent medical data, and concluded “with a high degree of confidence” that the president was “not shedding infectious virus” anymore.
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