Trump / Biden debate: the electoral commission wants to review the rules of the next meetings
Donald Trump and Joe Biden, presidential candidates, lose their temper during the first televised debate held in Cleveland (Ohio) on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
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In the United States, the day after their television face-to-face, Donald Trump and Joe Biden both left for the campaign.
But faced with the chaos in which their debate sank, the electoral commission says it wants to review the rules for the next meetings.
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With our correspondent in New York,
Loubna Anaki
For the commission which has been organizing the presidential debates since 1987,
Tuesday night's debacle
cannot be repeated.
"
Changes are necessary to provide structure for the next debates,
" announced the chairman of the bi-partisan committee.
The objective is to allow coherent exchanges on the subjects raised without continuous interruptions.
It is not yet clear what these new rules would be, but some commentators suggest giving the moderator the possibility of simply cutting the microphone of the candidate who does not respect the debate.
In any case, Donald Trump believes he beat Joe Biden on Tuesday night.
And when journalists ask him again why he did not clearly condemn the extreme right groups, the president replies: “
I don't know who the Proud Boys are.
The only thing I can say is that they have to step back and let the police do their job.
"
Joe Biden was touring Ohio and Pennsylvania, industrial land, meeting unions and workers.
He accused the president of being “
a disgrace to the country
”: “
What I saw on Tuesday night was all about him.
He did not speak to you or raise your concerns.
Donald Trump broke his promise.
He said he was a candidate to stand up for the Forgotten Americans, but he forgot you as soon as he was elected.
"
The new polls indicate that Joe Biden would have won the debate slightly.
The 2 candidates must face each other again on October 15 and 22.
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