China News Service, June 23, according to Fox News, on the 22nd local time, the former US vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Biden's campaign team said that they agreed to participate in the three presidential election debates to be held in the autumn, but Rejected the opponent's request to increase the number of debates.
Data picture: Biden, the former vice president of the United States and the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe
According to reports, the Biden camp said in a letter to the "Chairman of the United States Presidential Debate Committee" (CPD) that they accepted the three presidential candidate debates originally scheduled for September and October. Biden’s campaign partners will also participate in the The debate on vice presidential candidates was held on October 7. But they explicitly rejected the Trump camp's request for an additional debate.
Biden’s team also criticized the Trump team’s attempt to increase the debate’s purpose to “shift the subject” and divert attention in a “debate for debate” manner.
Dylan, Biden’s campaign director, said Trump was “really lagging behind in the polls” and that he “urgently wanted to shift the topic away from his failed leadership”.
According to "Central News Agency" reports, Trump's staff urged CPD to add an additional debate last week, and the time should be scheduled in early September, giving the reason that it is expected that more voters will vote early this year; Trump camp It also put pressure on the CPD, hoping to influence the choice of the host of the debate.
According to reports, the non-partisan "US Presidential Debate Committee" has hosted the US presidential election debate since 1988. In 2019, the committee announced that the first debate in the 2020 presidential election will be held on September 29 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.