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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 4597038" data-attributes="member: 4805">Facts First: Trump&#039;s claim is entirely baseless. Biden has officially committed to participating in the three scheduled presidential debates -- and Biden has repeatedly said he is eager to debate Trump even if the pandemic forces them to hold the event online rather than in person. Trump, conversely, has not officially committed to the scheduled debates. Instead, his campaign has been seeking changes to the debate schedule, and, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/trump-presidential-debates-2020.html" target="_blank">according to the New York Times</a>, wants an unusual role in selecting the moderators.Biden&#039;s campaign said in a Monday <a href="https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/7038-biden-letter-to-debate-commission/94c02d45d35cdd5b9865/optimized/full.pdf" target="_blank">letter</a> to the Commission on Presidential Debates that Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/biden-trump-debates/index.html" target="_blank">will take part in the debates</a> scheduled for September 29, October 15 and October 22.&quot;Our position is straightforward and clear: Joe Biden will accept the Commission&#039;s debates, on the Commission&#039;s dates, under the Commission&#039;s established format and the Commission&#039;s independent choice of moderators,&quot; Biden campaign manager Jen O&#039;Malley Dillon wrote. &quot;Donald Trump and Mike Pence should do the same. That is what every candidate for President and Vice President have done in modern times, Democrat and Republican alike.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-trump-falsely-claims-biden-who-has-committed-to-the-debates-is-trying-to-get-out-of-debating/ar-BB160ZhJ[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jones, post: 4597038, member: 4805"] [B]Facts First[/B]: [I]Trump's claim is entirely baseless. Biden has officially committed to participating in the three scheduled presidential debates -- and Biden has repeatedly said he is eager to debate Trump even if the pandemic forces them to hold the event online rather than in person. [/I] Trump, conversely, has not officially committed to the scheduled debates. Instead, his campaign has been seeking changes to the debate schedule, and, [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/trump-presidential-debates-2020.html']according to the New York Times[/URL], wants an unusual role in selecting the moderators. Biden's campaign said in a Monday [URL='https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/7038-biden-letter-to-debate-commission/94c02d45d35cdd5b9865/optimized/full.pdf']letter[/URL] to the Commission on Presidential Debates that Biden [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/biden-trump-debates/index.html']will take part in the debates[/URL] scheduled for September 29, October 15 and October 22."Our position is straightforward and clear: Joe Biden will accept the Commission's debates, on the Commission's dates, under the Commission's established format and the Commission's independent choice of moderators," Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon wrote. "Donald Trump and Mike Pence should do the same. That is what every candidate for President and Vice President have done in modern times, Democrat and Republican alike." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-trump-falsely-claims-biden-who-has-committed-to-the-debates-is-trying-to-get-out-of-debating/ar-BB160ZhJ[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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