Donald Trump, Joe Biden to hold competing town halls Thursday instead of a debate

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Their face-to-face debate canceled, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will instead hold dueling town halls Thursday on competing television networks.

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NBC announced Wednesday it will host a Trump town hall at 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday – the same time at which ABC will be hosting a similar event with Biden in Philadelphia. The Trump event will be in Miami, which was supposed to be the site of the debate between the two candidates. That debate was canceled after Trump refused to participate once it was moved to a virtual format because of Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis. The Commission on Presidential Debates, given the threat of contagion from Trump, called for a virtual debate by video. Trump refused to participate in a virtual debate and the parties were unable to agree on an alternate format.

 

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Trump chicken out, knowing he would lose the debate because he can't scare or bully Biden.

-JoeBiden is holding a town hall to inform Americans -DumpTrump is playing infomercial TV for the ratings. BidenTownHall TrumpIsACoward

Tune into ABC 10/15/2020 MASSIVE RATINGS for Biden's Townhall will Crush Donny. He lives n breathes ratings. Get everyone you know to watch n record Biden's Townhal

Does Joe know if he is running for President or Senate? He’s mentioned more than once how he is running for Senate.

NBC will have the biggest ratings they've had in years. Who wants to watch Biden answer prepared questions from his teleprompter? 🤣

realDonaldTrump is a coward!

Trump is looking to win the ratings! If he does their will be none stop bragging from now to Election Day! Everything is a competition!

“Face to face” ? Video screen to video screen — you mean

ABC should reschedule for the night before NBC's 'townhall'. Otherwise, this is nothing but a farce.

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Oh, everyone please watch Biden’s so he crushes tRump in the ratings!!!!

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NBC is going to be so surprised

NBCNews your making us CHOOSE which to watch ? Instead of comparing candidates. CHANGE THE DAY!!

No sleeping pill needed that night just 5 minutes of sleepy Joe and I will be asleep.

Cancel them both in the interest of the country not in the interest of ratings

This is my arteork

Another words. Jokes.

Haven’t people seen and heard enough from trump by now anyway?

Media is hugely responsible for gifting us trump and not holding him accountable at all for the ruin and havoc he has heaped upon millions of Americans. He should not be allowed a town hall when he could be debating Biden.

nbc I will be watching the Biden townhall. realDonaldTrump will only tell lies. BidenHarris

Hope Trump can tell the country just what it is he has against seniors and retirement communities.

Can't sit through a town hall with Trump the clown

The great Donald Trump

The problem is that ABC will select Biden voters to ask him softball questions while NBC, again, will select Biden voters to ask Trump hostile questions. Any chance his voters will ask Biden about packing the Supreme Court, ending legislative filibuster or Hunter?

CorruptBidens

boycottnbc

Donnie wants to compare ratings size

The debate is not happening because of Donald Trump. NBC should not reward him for that with a free platform to tell his lies but then, it's their fault he is even around, so I guess it makes sense. TrumpNothingWithoutApprentice

JoeBiden should pull all surrogates from appearing on any nbc channel the remainder of the campaign!

Turning off NBC permanently.

BoycottNBC

Considering the size at rallies, the parades all over the country daily, the people marching down 5th avenue in NYC in support of Trump, car parades that stretch for miles, I can only guess whose rating will be better.

This is stupid. Should be on different nights so we can see both of them

Ridiculous

Let's show trump we love him by tuning in Biden's town hall.

These pictures look weird

Absolutely inexcusable by nbc!! DO NOT WATCH!

Why give the president who throws a baby fit about not going virtual with debate by giving him one in the same day as Biden!!! No one has learned from 2016!!

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The media will report 50 million more watched then Biden town hall, when in reality, the results will be much like their rallies.

BidenHarris2020 !!!

Why would NBC run a town hall with Trump on the same day/time as the one on ABC that now only has Joe Biden? This is not in the best interests of the voters, as the purpose is to hear from & compare/contrast both candidates. Awful, NBC! You capitulated to Trump. BoycottNBC

Grannies, please retire

Hey NBC, Trump called your network 'fake', and your giving him a platform?

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