“Every presidential candidate since 1992 has participated in such an event, and it would be a shame if Donald Trump was the first to refuse,” says Biden campaign on Trump's refusal to participate in a virtual Town Hall
The Biden campaign is now asking that the Town Hall be moved to Oct. 22"so that the president is not able to evade accountability."
The Oct. 15 debate would still originate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida; C-SPAN anchor Steve Scully will be the moderator, and the format will still be a"town hall meeting," with an audience of undecided voters set to ask the questions of the candidates from the Arsht Center.
Trump's campaign manager Bill Stepien quickly followed up with a statement supporting Trump's comments."Here are the facts: President Trump will have posted multiple negative tests prior to the debate, so there is no need for this unilateral declaration," Stepien said in part."We’ll pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead."
But later in the morning, after briefly commenting on Trump's stance to reporters , the campaign released a revised statement.Joe Biden was prepared to accept the CPD's proposal for a virtual Town Hall, but the president has refused, as Donald Trump clearly does not want to face questions from the voters about his failures on COVID and the economy," said Bedingfield in the updated statement on Thursday.
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