2nd Debate Cancelled

From News Nation:

“Next presidential debate canceled, third debate still planned”

The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden is officially off. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates confirmed Friday that the Oct. 15 faceoff would be scrapped. The chair of the U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates previously said it would not reconsider shifting the second debate from virtual back to in-person, despite a request from President Donald Trump’s team. Under that plan, candidates were expected to “participate from separate remote locations,” while the participants and moderator remain in Miami, the commission said, given the president’s COVID-19 diagnosis.

President Trump fell ill with the virus last Thursday, just 48 hours after debating Biden in person in Cleveland. While the two candidates remained a dozen feet apart during the debate, Trump’s infection sparked health concerns for Biden and sent him to undergo multiple COVID-19 tests before returning to the campaign trail. President Trump was still contagious with the virus when he was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday.  After the announcement, President Trump’s campaign released a statement calling on CPD to push the second debate to Oct. 22 and Oct. 29. “There is no medical reason to stop the October 15 debate in Miami from proceeding as scheduled, since the President will be healthy and ready to debate,” Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement.

Founded after the 1984 presidential election, the commission has organized every general election debate since 1988 — and typically selects the dates, moderators, formats and locations without input from the candidates. The third debate, scheduled for Oct. 22 in Nashville, Tennessee, is still on.

^ This is a good idea since Trump clearly doesn’t care who (his staff, other Politicians, the American People) he infects with Covid-19 and you can’t trust what the White House Physician says or doesn’t say. ^

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2020-debates/next-presidential-debate-canceled/