Biden campaign says president willing to debate Trump twice, shuns debates from nonpartisan organizer
CBSN
Washington — President Biden intends to debate former President Donald Trump in the run-up to the November presidential election and is willing to face off against his Republican opponent in the race for the White House twice, his campaign said in a letter Wednesday that laid out its other terms for debates this election season.
The letter from Jen O'Malley Dillon, chair of the president's reelection campaign, proposes a first debate between Mr. Biden and Trump in late June, after the likely conclusion of Trump's criminal trial in New York, which is ongoing, and after Mr. Biden returns from the G7 Summit in Italy. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments to an adult film star and has pleaded not guilty. The Biden campaign proposed a second debate in early September.
Trump appeared to swiftly accept the Biden campaign's suggested debate schedule for June and September, writing on social media that he is "ready and willing" to debate his Democratic opponent at the two proposed times. But the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said he would "strongly recommend" more than two debates at a "very large venue."
