Trump agrees to 3 DEBATES ahead of 2024 presidential election

08/16/2024 / By Ava Grace

Former President Donald Trump has agreed to attend three more presidential debates before Americans head to polling places on Election Day in November.

According to YourNews, the debates Trump will attend are all scheduled in September – two months before the presidential election. He will face off with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, in these three events.

The first debate will be held on Sept. 4 with Fox News as sponsor. The second debate will be held on Sept. 10, this time sponsored by ABC News. The final debate where Trump and Harris will face off is set on Sept. 25 and will be sponsored by NBC News.

Back in June, CNN sponsored the first debate between Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden in Atlanta. At the time, they agreed to one more debate before the November presidential election. A month after the CNN debate, Biden stepped aside and ended his campaign – leaving many in the dark about a debate between Trump and Harris.

The supposed second debate between Trump and Biden was originally scheduled for Sept. 10. While it was already slated for cancellation, ABC News changed its mind and pushed through with the debate – this time with Harris facing off against Trump.

During a press conference, Trump confirmed that he will debate Harris during the three aforementioned dates. He added that CBS News would sponsor a debate between the two vice presidential nominees, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Related: Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. J.D. Vance discuss terms for vice presidential debate.)

This year’s debates bypassed the CPD

According to a report CBS News, journalists Linsey David and David Muir will serve as moderators for the Sept. 10 ABC News debate. It is unknown, however, if this debate will include live fact-checking. The June 27 CNN debate between Trump and Biden was criticized for the lack of fact-checking from moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

“The debates will mark significant events in the election calendar, offering voters the opportunity to hear directly from the candidates and compare their visions for the future of the country,” YourNews wrote. “Trump’s decision to participate comes as he seeks to solidify his position and address key issues facing the nation.”

Meanwhile, CBS News noted that the qualifications for the September debates are similar to the first one in June, “making it unlikely that any non-major party candidates will meet the ballot access and polling requirements to earn a spot on stage.”

It added that both Trump and Biden (before the latter’s withdrawal) had bypassed the tradition of three debates organized by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), which had overseen presidential debates since 1988. Instead, this year’s debates were agreed upon without any involvement by the commission.

According to the news outlet, both the GOP and the Democrats issued sharp criticism against the commission. Trump has accused the CPD of anti-GOP bias, while close advisors to Biden deemed its procedures as outmoded and fussy.

CPD Co-Chair Frank Fahrenkopf said during an appearance on CBS News’ podcast “The Takeout” that White House Communications Advisor Anita Dunn “doesn’t like us.” He also remarked on a POLITICO podcast that Dunn’s dislike of the CPD was the reason why Biden’s campaign team skirted the commission to negotiate directly with Trump’s campaign for their debate.

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Watch this ABC News report about Donald Trump agreeing to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 10, the second of three debates the former president has committed to.

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