President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign demanded a ban on audiences during the proposed presidential debates with former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demand appears to be designed to reduce the risk of any Biden protestors attending the event. Anti-Israel protestors often appear at Biden\u2019s public events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, the Biden campaign said it was providing notice that it would not participate in commission debates. The campaign said Biden would only participate in network debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump campaign has yet to sign off on Biden\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Commission\u2019s model of building huge spectacles with large audiences at great expense simply isn\u2019t necessary or conducive to good debates,\u201d the Biden campaign wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The debates should be conducted for the benefit of the American voters, watching on television and at home \u2013 not as entertainment for an in-person audience with raucous or disruptive partisans and donors, who consume valuable debate time with noisy spectacles of approval or jeering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As was the case with the original televised debates in 1960, a television studio with just the candidates and moderators is a better, more cost-effective way to proceed: focused solely on the interests of voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden released<\/a> a video Wednesday morning proposing two debates in June and September. \u201cI\u2019ve received and accepted an invitation from @CNN for a debate on June 27th,\u201d Biden posted on X. Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, anytime, any place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n CNN, with sinking<\/a> ratings, is known to push hoaxes, according to Breitbart News\u2019s John Nolte\u2019s list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain, a longtime trusted ally of Biden, will help<\/a> Biden with debate prep, he told the New York Times<\/em> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n