Day-Long Debate Spat Ends Where It Started — Virtual
- Debate commission acts after Trump was hospitalized with virus
- Trump campaign, citing doctor, demands an in-person encounter
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A day-long back and forth over how to conduct next week’s debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden ended late Thursday where it started with the Commission on Presidential Debates insisting it will be virtual, leaving its future unclear.
Commission chairman Frank Fahrenkopf told The Associated Press that the nonpartisan group was not going to rescind its decision to conduct the debate remotely after Trump was infected with the coronavirus, despite demands from the Trump campaign that they do so. The commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment.