BREAKING: Second presidential debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, scheduled for Oct. 15, will be conducted virtually, the Commission on Presidential Debates announces.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on Sept.29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.President Donald Trump said Thursday he won't"waste his time" participating in the second presidential debate next week after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced it would take place virtually in the wake of his Covid-19 diagnosis.
The debate is still set to take place in the form of a town hall, but the CPD said that Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, would be invited to participate remotely. Moderator Steve Scully of C-SPAN will be located at the venue which was slated to host the debate, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.
In an interview on the Fox Business Network Thursday morning, Trump said the new debate format is"not acceptable to us." "I'm not gonna waste my time on a virtual debate," Trump said, adding that he doesn't like the idea of a virtual debate because a moderator could cut him off at any time.
The president first showed symptoms for the virus last Thursday, according to the White House, which was 14 days prior to the debate scheduled for Oct. 15.
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