Biden Campaign Officially Turns Down Presidential Debates Commission

The Biden campaign is officially abandoning the Presidential Debates Commission. For months, the campaign has been setting the stage for Joe Biden's potential refusal to engage in any presidential debates while simultaneously laying the groundwork to blame Donald Trump for it — even though Trump has been calling on Biden to debate the entire time. Now, the campaign says it will not participate in the three planned debates for the fall, set up by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Instead, Biden is calling for direct negotiations between the campaigns and is proposing two televised presidential debates, one in June and one in September.

“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020,” Biden falsely claimed in a video statement released Wednesday, "and since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate." Neither has Biden, for that matter; he refused to debate his primary challengers. "Now he is acting like he wants to debate me again,” Biden continued. "Well, make my day, pal. I’ll even do it twice. So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.”

It’s worth noting that this video of Biden is a mere 13 seconds long yet has five jump cuts.

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