President Trump casts early doubt on whether he'll participate in 2020 presidential debates hosted by nonprofit that traditionally produces them, saying that he 'will make a decision at an appropriate time.'
"The problem," Trump claimed,"is that the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates is stacked with Trump Haters & Never Trumpers. 3 years ago they were forced to publicly apologize for modulating my microphone in the first debate against Crooked Hillary. As President, the debates are up to me, and there are many options, including doing them directly & avoiding the nasty politics of this very biased Commission.
The president added that he"will make a decision at an appropriate time but in the meantime, the Commission on Presidential Debates is NOT authorized to speak for me !"is a nonprofit that produces the general election presidential and vice presidential debates. The commission, following Trump's first debate against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016, acknowledged an issue with the audio, but did not apologize.
"Regarding the first debate, there were issues regarding Donald Trump’s audio that affected the sound level in the debate hall," the CPD statement said. "The televised general election debates are an important part of our democratic process," the CPD said in response to Trump's tweets."Since 1988, the Commission on Presidential Debates has conducted 30 general election presidential and vice presidential debates. Our record is one of fairness, balance and non-partisanship."
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