Biden responded by stating that he would go ahead and participate to "be a fact-checker on the floor while [...] debating [Trump]". The next debate was scheduled to take place on October 15 but was later canceled due to Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and refusal to appear remotely rather than in person. [104][105][106], The second debate was scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 15, 2020, from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT, at the Arsht Center in Miami. Additionally, a debate between the vice presidential candidates Mike Pence and Kamala Harris took place on October 7. (Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged the Trump White House not to make an agreement with Pelosi before the election. After the second presidential debate was canceled following President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis and subsequent hospitalization, both he … "[143] On his turn, Biden stated that the nuclear weapons in North Korea were still a problem for the US and criticized Trump's friendship with Kim, who Biden called a "thug". Donald Trump and Joe Biden face off in the final presidential debate – watch live Joan E Greve and Maanvi Singh. September 2, 2020 | 12:48pm | Updated September 2, 2020 | 2:00pm. [156][157] Trump claimed that he had done more for the African-American community than any other president except possibly Abraham Lincoln, and that he was the "least racist person in this room". [7] At the end of June, representatives of the Biden campaign confirmed that they had agreed to the original schedule. [17], The debate was originally scheduled to take place in the Phillip J. Purcell Pavilion located within the Edmund P. Joyce Center at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, but Notre Dame withdrew as a host site on July 27, 2020, due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden said he would build on and improve the ACA, adding a public health insurance option in addition to existing private plans. 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The third presidential debate will be held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. [70] Trump's team disagreed with these criticisms, arguing that Trump has "continuously denounced" white supremacists and did so twice during the debate. [127] During the 1968 United States presidential election, Richard Nixon refused to debate Hubert Humphrey, also resulting in separate late-night television events: fundraising telethons were scheduled for mostly-overlapping time slots with the Democratic candidate similarly appearing on ABC and the Republican candidate on NBC. He held his convention … [32], Two weeks prior to the debate, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died from cancer. Senate Republicans, under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, moved swiftly, promising to vote on her nomination before Election Day. [112] The second debate would have been within the CDC's recommended quarantine period of two weeks. Kristen Welker, co-anchor of “Weekend Today” and NBC News’ White House … "[150] Speaking after the debate, Biden said that, if elected, he would work with state and local leaders on a relief bill during the transition. [62] After moderating the debate, Wallace described his performance as moderator as "a terrible missed opportunity" and remarked that he had not been prepared for Trump's behavior. Trump still wants to wear the outsider mantle. The 2020 United States presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the major candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election, were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Cuomo, 'SI' model Brooks Nader cavorts with husband Billy Haire in Miami, NFL player accused of having ‘hidden girlfriend’ in savage TikTok. [83] Susan Page of USA Today moderated the debate. 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[147]) Trump said that he opposed the bill passed by House Democrats in part because it included funds for Democratic-led local government. [120] The Trump campaign called for the second debate to be held in person as originally scheduled, saying there was "no medical reason" for the debate to be shifted to a virtual setting, postponed, or otherwise changed "in any way. Trump, along with First Lady Melania Trump, tested positive shortly afterwards and went into quarantine. This would have been the third debate, but became only the second, following the cancellation of the October 15 debate. [111] The president was hospitalized for three days. The final presidential debate concluded just before 10:40 p.m., clocking it at just over 90 minutes. [148] Trump called the House Democrats' bill "a big bailout for badly run Democratic cities and states. It was the third most watched debate in U.S. history, behind the first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016 (84 million), and the only debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in 1980 (80.6 million). The final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is Thursday, Oct. 22, in Nashville, Tennessee. Biden mocked the idea. [128], The final debate took place on Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT, at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, with Kristen Welker of NBC moderating. Second presidential debate will be held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. [8], In August, the CPD rejected a request by the Trump campaign to shift the debates to an earlier date, or to add a fourth debate in relation to mail-in voting. 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[78][79][80] The television viewership declined 13% compared to the debate for the first presidential debate of 2016, but an unknown number of people watched or listened to the debate via live-streaming or radio, so the total audience likely surpassed the 2016 record. [31] A few days before the debate, the US reached the milestone of 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. 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