Trump, Biden debate will face obstacles in bypassing commission, co-chair predicts
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Two presidential debates have been announced — without the involvement of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) — putting the CPD in a rare and potentially perilous void of irrelevance.
Commission co-chairman Frank Fahrenkopf, a veteran of 33 presidential and vice presidential clashes, isn't convinced President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go through with debates announced for June 27 on CNN and Sept. 10 on ABC. CBS News has proposed a vice presidential debate that Kamala Harris has accepted. Trump, who does not yet have a running mate, has not accepted this debate yet.
"There are a lot of things that have to be worked out," Fahrenkopf told CBS News on this week's episode of "The Takeout." "There's a lot of questions…that aren't to my knowledge worked out yet. That could prevent it from happening."
