2024 United States presidential debates explained

Election Name:2024 United States presidential debates
Country:United States
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 United States presidential debates
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2028 United States presidential debates
Next Year:2028
Election Date:June 27 and September 10, 2024
Module:
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Child:yes
Election Date:June 27, 2024
Image1:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Joe Biden
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Delaware
Nominee2:Donald Trump
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Florida
Child:yes
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Election Date:September 10, 2024
Image1:Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Kamala Harris
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:California
Nominee2:Donald Trump
Party2:Republican
Home State2:Florida
Child:yes
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Election Date:October 1, 2024
Image1:File: Tim Walz by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Tim Walz
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Minnesota
Nominee2:JD Vance
Party2:Republican
Home State2:Ohio

The first general election debate between the major candidates of the 2024 United States presidential election was sponsored by CNN and attended by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on June27, 2024. Biden withdrew from the race in July, and Kamala Harris was selected to replace him, while Trump became the official Republican nominee that same month. The second debate, which will be sponsored by ABC, is scheduled to be held on September10, 2024, if Harris agrees to Trump's terms on holding additional debates.

Four general election debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) were originally scheduled to be held between September16 and October9, 2024. Both Biden and Trump opposed the CPD's debate format and schedule.[1] [2] In May 2024, both campaigns agreed to bypass the CPD and hold the alternative debates, canceling the CPD debates. Biden performed poorly during the first debate, with many commentators and Democrats calling for him to drop out of the race. Biden withdrew his bid for re-election on July21.

Biden's withdrawal led to doubts over the September10 debate. Trump suggested in late July on Truth Social that the September10 ABC debate should instead be held by Fox News. On August8, Trump said he would debate Harris at the September10 debate. Trump proposed additional debates on September4 on Fox News and September25 on NBC, but the Harris campaign has not yet announced whether she would participate in the two additional debates, instead leaving the door open for a debate in October.

A vice presidential debate will be held on October 1 on CBS News.

Background

Commission on Presidential Debates

In April 2022, the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted unanimously to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD); committee chair Ronna McDaniel called the organization "biased" and stated that they would find "newer, better debate platforms" for future Republican nominees.[3] This announcement came after years of tension between the organizations, including a threat made earlier in the year by the RNC to change its rules to prohibit nominees from participating in CPD debates. In response, the commission stated that "[its] plans for 2024 will be based on fairness, neutrality and a firm commitment to help the American public learn about the candidates and the issues".[4]

Former president Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, did not attend any primary debates, deeming them unnecessary and detrimental to his campaign.[5] He has previously accused the CPD of unfair treatment in the 2016 and 2020 debates. Despite this, Trump told Fox News host Bret Baier in a June 2023 interview that he was interested in debating incumbent president Joe Biden should he become the Democratic nominee. At that time, Biden had not committed to attending the debate either, as his campaign was also in conflict with the commission for failing to enforce its rules against Trump,[6] though in April 2024 he confirmed he planned to debate Trump.[7]

Biden and Trump became the presumptive nominees of their respective parties in March 2024,[8] [9] setting up the first presidential rematch since 1956.[10] On April 14, 2024, a number of major news organizations signed an open letter to the presumptive nominees urging them to attend the debates, arguing for its "rich tradition in our American democracy" and that the "exceptionally high" stakes require debates to be held. Signatories include ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News, and Fox News, among others.[11]

If either major party nominee chooses not to attend a general election debate, it would be the second consecutive time its happened, the first being the 2020 debates, when President Trump refused to attend the second debate with Biden because it would have been virtual rather than in person following Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis.[12] It previously occurred in 1980, when President Jimmy Carter refused to attend the first debate with Ronald Reagan due to the presence of independent candidate John B. Anderson.

Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, campaign managers for Trump, had pushed for more debates to be held by the CPD, in addition to holding them earlier than the planned September date, though the commission refused to accede.[13] Throughout his 2024 campaign, Trump confirmed his intention to cooperate with the CPD repeatedly and challenged Biden to debate "anywhere, anytime, anyplace".[14]

The CPD announced the schedule for its four debates on November 20, 2023. All debates would have started at 9 p.m. ET and would have run for 90 minutes uninterrupted. In order to qualify for the CPD-sponsored debates, presidential candidates would have needed to meet the following criteria: (vice presidential candidates would have qualified by being the running mate of a qualifying presidential candidate)[15]

On June 24, 2024, the CPD announced that it was releasing the sites it had selected for its 2024 debates from their contracts, adding that "CPD stands ready to sponsor 2024 debates should circumstances change."[16]

Biden–Trump alternative debates

On May 15, 2024, the Biden campaign announced that it would not participate in the CPD-hosted debates and instead invited Trump to participate in two alternative debates to take place in June and September, each hosted in a TV news studio without an audience.[17] [18] Jen O'Malley Dillon, the Biden campaign manager, laid out three reasons for sidelining the CPD, indicating that the debates were not completed until early voting started, that the debates had become "a spectacle" and that the CPD could not "enforce its own rules".[19] Frank Fahrenkopf, the head of the CPD, pushed back against the claims in an interview with Politico, indicating that the September 16 debate date was the best date, as the "key date" to secure ballot access for independents is September 6. Fahrenkopf also noted that the general election debates are "not like the primary debates" and that Trump himself had not followed the debate rules during the 2020 general election debate moderated by Chris Wallace.[20] Biden and Trump accepted an offer from CNN to hold the first of these debates on June 27 and from ABC to hold the second on September 10.[21]

Trump indicated the same day that he had accepted a Fox News debate to be hosted on October 2, 2024, though the Biden campaign dismissed the prospect of a third debate.[22] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused the two candidates of colluding to exclude him from televised debates "because they are afraid I would win"; both CNN and ABC had decided on eligibility criteria that were similar to those that had been used by the CPD, with Kennedy not appearing on a sufficient number of state ballots at that time.[23] The Biden campaign had unsuccessfully proposed that third-party candidates be excluded from the debates.[21] A May poll taken by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies/Harris indicated that 71% of the people surveyed were in favor of allowing a third-party candidate to debate.[24] Kennedy's campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, maintaining that neither Biden nor Trump meet the ballot access threshold as they have not been nominated by their parties.[25]

Trump announced on May 17 that he would be willing to hold another debate with Biden that would be hosted by NBC News and Telemundo.[26]

On July 9, Trump challenged Biden to a debate with no moderators that would be done that week, as well as an 18-hole golf match.[27]

Debate list

2024 United States presidential election debates
 Date and timeHostLocationModeratorsParticipants
Key: Participant. Invitee. Absent. Withdrawn. Not Applicable.
President
Joe Biden
of Delaware		Vice President
Kamala Harris
of California		Former President
Donald Trump
of Florida
1June 27, 2024
9:00 p.m. EDT		CNNAtlanta, GeorgiaJake Tapper
Dana Bash[28] 		PN/AP
2September 10, 2024
9:00 p.m. EDT[29] 		ABC NewsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania[30] David Muir
Linsey Davis[31] 		WII
–CanceledCanceledCanceledCanceled
–CanceledCanceledCanceledCanceled
–CanceledCanceledCanceledCanceled
2024 United States vice presidential election debate
 Date and timeHostLocationModeratorParticipants
Key: Participant. Invitee. Absent. Not Applicable.
Vice President
Kamala Harris
of California		Governor
Tim Walz
of Minnesota		Senator
JD Vance
of Ohio
–CanceledCanceledCanceledCanceled
1October 1, 2024[32] CBS News[33] New York City, New YorkMargaret Brennan
Norah O'Donnell		N/AII

June 27 presidential debate (Atlanta)

Presidential debate
Duration:90 minutes[34]
Venue:Techwood Turner Campus, Studio D[35]
Location:Atlanta, Georgia
Participants:Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-8wJkmwBY
Moderator:Jake Tapper and Dana Bash of CNN
Transcript:https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/read-biden-trump-debate-rush-transcript/index.html

The first debate, which was the only one in which Biden participated before he dropped out, was held on Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. EDT in CNN's studios at the Techwood Turner campus in Atlanta, Georgia.

Prelude

In April 2024, ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News prepared a letter to the Biden and Trump campaigns, after concerns that the Biden campaign would fault the Commission on Presidential Debates for failing to enforce its rules against Trump and over uncertainty regarding Trump's presence. Trump did not appear at a scheduled debate in November 2020 or debates for the Republican primaries.[36] The networks issued their statement with the Associated Press, C-SPAN, NewsNation, NPR, PBS NewsHour, USA Today, and Noticias Univision.[37] On May 15, Biden and Trump agreed to debate on June 27 with CNN and on September 10 with ABC News.[38] The arrangement did not include the Commission on Presidential Debates, a non-profit corporation that had sponsored debates for every presidential election since 1988.[39]

In the months prior to the debate, Trump said Biden is the "worst debater I have ever faced; he can't put two sentences together" and criticized his performance in the latest State of the Union address. However, in the days before the debate, Trump starkly shifted his rhetoric regarding Biden's debating skills in an attempt to increase expectations for Biden, saying "I'm not underestimating him... I assume he's going to be somebody that will be a worthy debater."[40]

Qualifications

Though Trump told Scripps News he would have no objection to independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appearance in the debate, the Biden campaign wrote in a memo that Kennedy should be excluded.[41] As part of the requirements, the Kennedy campaign needed to garner at least fifteen percent support in four approved polls by June 20 and appear on a sufficient number of ballots to be capable of winning the election; the Kennedy campaign's strategy of delaying appearances on ballots to prevent legal challenges from mounting conflicted with CNN's requirements.[42] On May 29, Kennedy filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the Biden and Trump campaigns colluded to prevent him from appearing at the debate.[43]

In order to qualify for the June 27 CNN debate, presidential candidates had to meet the following criteria:[44]

Qualified candidates for the first debate
CandidateMet polling criterion[45] Met EV criteriaMet both criteria/
invited		Refs
Biden

[46]
Trump

Oliver

Kennedy

[47] [48] [49] [50]
Stein

[51]
West

Preparations

The Biden campaign hired Ron Klain, Biden's former chief of staff, to assist him in debating Trump; Klain helped Biden during the 2020 presidential debates.[52] White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed collected material on policy contrasts with Trump. Biden engaged in preparations at Camp David, arriving there on the night of June 20 and remained there nearly until the debate.[53]

According to political advisor Marc Lotter, Trump "views his rallies as debate prep" and engaged with limited debate preparation. The Trump campaign did not appoint a Biden stand-in for Trump to debate. At a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, Trump suggested Biden would be a formidable opponent, alleging Biden would be on cocaine and that the moderators would assist him.[54]

Format

The first debate was available on multiple platforms, including CNN, as well as "CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Max and CNN.com"[55] and was simulcast on CBS News, ABC News, Fox News, NewsNation, PBS, C-SPAN, MSNBC and NBC,[56] as well as The Washington Posts website,[57] and The New York Timess website.[58] In contrast to previous debates, CNN decided that most reporters covering the event would not be allowed into the studio while the debate was occurring and would need to watch footage from McCamish Pavilion.[59] The move was criticized by the White House Correspondents' Association, with its president Kelly O'Donnell stating that the lack of press access "diminishes a core principle of presidential coverage".[60]

The debate ran for 90 minutes,[61] with no audience members present. Trump's and Biden's microphones were only turned on when it was their turn to speak (in response to the events of the September 29, 2020, presidential debate).[62] Debate rules written by CNN allocated two minutes for answering the question posed by the moderators, Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, and one minute for rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals.[63] The primary issues of the debate were immigration, the economy and inflation, abortion, foreign policy and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, legal issues of the participants, Social Security, the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the participants' ages.[64]

Debate

The moderators asked 20 questions, excluding the closing. Four questions centered on the economy, four on democracy, three on foreign policy, two on immigration, two on abortion, and one each for climate change, age, opioids, race, and tax reform. Biden walked with stiff, short strides as he was introduced onto the stage.[65] [66] [67] Moderator Jake Tapper began the debate with inflation figures.[68] Biden spoke in a hoarse, rapid whisper, attributing the state of the economy to Trump's presidency.[69] [67] Trump rebutted by claiming he built the "greatest economy in the history of our country" before the COVID-19 pandemic.[70] Trump claimed that Biden supported the job growth of illegal immigrants,[71] defending his ten percent tariff,[72] and criticized the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.[73] He argued that Biden began his term with successes from the Trump presidency, but chose to implement negative reform.[74] After a question regarding the national debt, Biden trailed off and appeared to lose his train of thought, saying: "Making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible for what I've been able to deal with ... the COVID ... Excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with ... look ... if we finally beat Medicare."[75] [76] While Trump was talking, Biden often had his mouth open with his eyes staring unblinking into the distance.[77] [78] On illegal border crossings, Biden said, "I'm going to continue to move until we get to total ban — on the total initiative relative to what we're going to do with more border patrol and more asylum officers." Trump responded, "I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don't think he knows what he said either."[79] [80] At one point, Trump and Biden briefly had an argument over golfing abilities during a question regarding their fitness as president due to age.[81]

Trump spoke more than Biden in the debate, with CNN reporting the former to have spoken 40 minutes and 12 seconds, and the latter 35 minutes and 41 seconds.[82] Trump went off topic about 50% of the time, while Biden went off topic about 30% of the time during the debate. During the debate, Trump and Biden both used personal attacks against each other.[83] Trump described Biden as "a very bad Palestinian", using the word "Palestinian" in a derogatory way, which Al Jazeera, The New Arab, and Mother Jones described as a form of anti-Palestinian racism.[84] NBC News found that Trump made 106 attacks during the debate, while Biden made 72.[85]

Fact-checking

The moderators did not fact check the candidates,[86] and The New York Times reported that Trump made many "misleading attacks" and false statements. Biden struggled to respond and appeared shaky, with The New York Times describing his performance as "meandering and mumbling".[87] Numerous news outlets also mentioned lies and falsehoods, and fact-checked the candidates.

Glenn Kessler, fact-checker for The Washington Post, summarized "35 of the most noteworthy claims that initially caught our interest", claims which he analyzed in depth.[88] FactCheck.org summarized its coverage of the many false and inaccurate claims made by the candidates, which were also analyzed.[89] The Associated Press also analyzed a number of false claims.[90]

Viewership

CNN reported that 47.9 million people watched the first debate, down from 73 million viewers during the first 2020 presidential debate. Nielsen Media Research later reported the number of viewers at 51.3 million;[91] this does not include individuals who watched the debate through social media, streaming services, or listened through radio.[92]

NetworkViewers
9,530,000
9,276,000
9,210,000
5,390,000
5,011,000
4,122,000
3,677,000
397,000
Broadcast networks Cable news networks

Reception and aftermath

Overview

Trump was declared the winner of the debate by columnists from The Hill,[93] CNN,[94] Politico,[95] The New York Times,[96] USA Today,[97] Business Insider,[98] and Vox.[99] Columnists from MSNBC,[100] The Cook Political Report,[101] The Guardian,[102] and the Los Angeles Times argued that while Trump did not win the debate, Biden "clearly lost".[103]

According to a CNN flash poll, 67% of text message respondents believed Trump won the debate, while 33% felt Biden won.[104] A YouGov poll conducted the following morning had 43% of respondents listing Trump as the debate winner, compared to 22% for Biden, while 35% were unsure.[105] A poll from Ipsos and FiveThirtyEight found that 60% believed Trump won, versus 21% that said Biden won. That poll found that, among the viewers, the debate did not significantly change support for either candidate, though Biden slightly lost support while Trump marginally gained support.[106] A poll by Morning Consult released on June 28 indicated that 60% of voters were in favor of replacing Biden.[107] Amy Walter, the editor of The Cook Political Report, said that while Biden's poor performance stunned "Democratic elite types", many voters had already "priced this in". According to Crowdtangle, "most of the top 10 most-liked posts on Instagram about the debate were either pretty neutral or emphasized how bad it was for both campaigns. … And on TikTok, there was also a universal vibe that both candidates, not just Biden, were less than ideal for the moment."

Winner; colspan = 4Debate winner
Outlet Trump Biden Other
CNN 67%33%
YouGov 43%22%35%
Ipsos/538 60%21%19%

Reporters in the spin room after the debate ignored Trump representatives as they asked Biden's team to explain the president's performance. The Trump campaign received only a few media requests the next morning—compared to the typical about two dozen, and far more after previous debates—as reporters continued focusing on Biden.[108] "No one was more shocked at Biden's performance than Donald Trump", an advisor told the Washington Post. The candidate reportedly told aides that he could not even look at Biden.[109] Following the debate, CNN reported criticism of Biden's performance by some Democrats, with one Democratic strategist dubbing it a "disaster" and another as "nothing good".[82] [110] Media sources described Biden's voice as "hoarse" and "raspy",[111] [112] and described him as frequently losing his train of thought and having meandering answers, with many citing his "We finally beat Medicare" response to a question on the national debt as emblematic of this.[113] [114] [115] Susan Glasser of The New Yorker described it as the worst televised presidential debate ever, edging out the first 2020 presidential debate between the two men, with Biden's weak performance overshadowing Trump's falsehoods.[116]

American writer and political consultant Tim Miller called Biden's performance the "worst performance in the history of televised presidential debates",[117] a sentiment also shared by Jeff Greenfield of Politico[95] and NewsNation chief political analyst Chris Stirewalt.[118] Journalist Jake Sherman reported that several congressional Democrats thought that Biden "didn't even clear the lowest bar", and that Biden was not even able to articulate what his policies are even if they agreed on them. Some Democrats were unsure whether he should continue his campaign and be the Democratic nominee.[119] CNN's chief national correspondent John King reported that there was "a deep, a wide, and a very aggressive panic" in the Democratic Party that started a few minutes into the debate. During the debate, unnamed elected officials, party strategists, and fundraisers were reported to have discussed replacing Biden as the party's candidate due to fears about him potentially hurting other Democrats' public perceptions, and deciding if prominent Democrats should make a public statement about asking Biden to step down.[120]

After being deemed ineligible, Kennedy counterprogrammed the debate with a campaign event from Los Angeles dubbed "The Real Debate", moderated by John Stossel, in which he provided his own responses to the questions that were posed to Biden and Trump during the actual debate. The event was live streamed on Rumble and X; on X, Kennedy's stream began with roughly 618,000 viewers, and peaked at over five million.[121] [122] [123]

The day after the debate, Biden admitted that his debate performance was weak,[124] [125] and his performance led to an increase in questions as to whether or not he should remain as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate.[126] [127] The editorial board of The New York Times called for Biden to exit the presidential race, stating there are other "Democratic leaders better equipped to present clear, compelling and energetic alternatives to a second Trump presidency" and that "the burden rests on the Democratic Party to put the interests of the nation above the ambitions of a single man".[128] In response to the debate, Time magazine published the cover for their forthcoming August 5 issue, featuring Biden walking off-cover, captioned simply with "Panic." The magazine wrote, "[it] is not a word too strong to describe sentiment that spreads throughout the Democratic Party from top to bottom during the debate."[129] The magazine also published an article written by Caroline Randall Williams calling on Biden to do "the historic thing" and step down. Williams noted many of Biden's historic achievements, writing that it would be his greatest to allow another candidate to run.[130] The Democratic Party announced it brought in $14 million on June 27 and throughout the early morning of June 28, with the 11p.m. to 12a.m. hour after the debate accounting for the "single best hour of fundraising since the campaign's launch in April 2023." The Trump campaign announced receiving $8 million on debate day.[131] Biden spoke about his debate performance on July 2 and claimed that his "foreign travel" beforehand caused it.[132]

Democratic Party response

About an hour into the debate, a Biden aide and others familiar with his situation claimed that Biden had a cold.[111] He had been administered a COVID-19 test during his stay at Camp David, which was negative.[133] Biden attended a debate watch party shortly after the debate, where it was reported that he energetically thanked his supporters, calling them the reason why America is as good as it is. A CBS host stated that his demeanor made it appear like "his cold has been cured".[117]

President Biden stated to reporters at a Waffle House after the debate: "I think we did well" and said he did not have any concerns about his performance or calls for him to drop out of the presidential race, stating that it was difficult to debate "a liar."[134] Biden was congratulated by his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, on his performance at a post-debate gathering. She told him on stage that he did "such a great job. You answered every question."[135] Biden's running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that while Biden "started off slow", he still managed to have a strong finish.[136] Biden-Harris 2024 campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon praised Biden's debate performance, saying that he presented a "positive and winning vision" for the future.[137]

California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that moments where Biden stumbled upon his words were "significantly insignificant" due to American voters not supporting Trump policies on issues such as abortion, saying Biden won the debate "on substance". He said that the American people need to have Biden's back instead of turning on him "at this critical time" because of one performance.[137] Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman, who had a similarly weak debate performance in his 2022 election, told fellow Democrats to "Chill the fuck out", stating that he refused to join the "Democratic vultures on Biden's shoulder".[138] Several other prominent Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, rallied behind Biden, and resisted calls for him to step down due to one "bad debate."[139]

Other associates of Biden were more critical, with political advisor Kate Bedingfield stating that there was no way to interpret his debate performance as good, and political consultant David Axelrod saying that it seemed that Biden panicked early in the debate, which "confirmed people's fears".[140] Democratic strategist Van Jones said that Biden had failed a test to restore the confidence of the country, and that the reaction for many supporters was "not just panic, it's pain".[141] Former Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro called the results of the debate "completely predictable", and that Biden failed to clear a very low bar by seeming unprepared, lost, and not strong enough to resist Trump's attacks or lies.

Because of the debate's unusually early schedule, Congress was still in session. Reporters swarmed Democratic members, asking them to comment on Biden's performance. About half avoided commenting, Tom Suozzi of New York even boarding an elevator going in the wrong direction, and another allegedly faking a phone call. Others acknowledged that Biden performed poorly but still endorsed him. Jared Huffman of California and Greg Landsman of Ohio were among those who publicly said they were unsure whether Biden should be the nominee. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington both stated they believed that Biden would lose the election.[142] [143]

International response

Chinese journalist and former Global Times editor Hu Xijin said the debate was "very entertaining for many Chinese people".[144] The debate was a trending topic on microblogging website Weibo, where users noted Biden's age. Trump's tie was compared to the red scarves worn by young communist revolutionaries; Trump has been referred to as a "nation-builder" (建国) in China for ostensibly allowing China to ascend in global affairs.[145] Israeli newspaper Haaretz and British tabloid The Sun criticized Biden's performance, and statements made by German politician Norbert Röttgen and former British ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch also expressed concern.[144] Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski commented on X that Biden should now manage a succession plan.[146] Many European allies were extremely concerned with the debate, while Russian state media mocked Biden's performance.

Calls for President Biden to drop out

See also: Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election.

Democrats such as Julian Castro and Dean Phillips had hurt their careers for publicly saying that Biden was too old before the debate,[147] but immediately following the debate, some in the party began calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race. Democratic strategist James Carville and former 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate Andrew Yang were the first notable Democrats to make those calls.[148] [149] On July 2, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first Democrat in Congress to publicly call for Biden to step aside as the party's nominee.[150] He was joined by various Congressmembers in the following days. On July 7, four more House Democrats called for Biden to exit the race during a private call, including Adam Smith, Jerry Nadler, Mark Takano, and Joe Morelle.[151] Smith went on the record the following day and called for Biden to withdraw.[152]

Biden stated in an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos on July 5 that he would not end his candidacy.[153] The president again refused to drop out on July 8. That day Biden appeared on Morning Joe on MSNBC by telephone, advising the "elites in the party" against his nomination to "run against me. Announce for president. Challenge me at the convention". He sent a letter to Congressional Democrats before Morning Joe explaining his decision, stating that "The question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it's time for it to end".[154] In an attempt to show voters and Democratic politicians that he was capable of facing Donald Trump in the 2024 election, he held a solo press conference on July 11, 2024, following the NATO 2024 Washington summit.[155]

Biden suspended his re-election campaign on July 21, 2024, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.[156]

September 10 presidential debate (Philadelphia)

Presidential debate
Location:National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Participants:Donald Trump
Kamala Harris
Moderator:David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News

The second debate, agreed to by the Biden and Trump campaigns prior to Biden's withdrawal, is tentatively scheduled to be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. EDT.[29]

The suspension of Biden's re-election campaign cast doubt on whether the second debate would move forward as originally planned.[157] In late July, after Harris secured enough support to become the presumptive nominee, Trump said that he is willing to hold numerous debates with her, though he is not in favor of holding a debate on ABC.[158] Harris indicated on July 25 that she was willing to debate Trump at the ABC debate.[159] Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, remarked the same day that the Trump campaign would not commit to the debate until the Democratic nominee is formally nominated.[160]

On August 2, in a Truth Social post, Trump indicated that he had "terminated" his participation in the September 10 debate on ABC because "Biden will no longer be a participant" and instead he had "agreed with FoxNews" to a September 4 debate with a live audience.[161] Harris replied that she intended to show up on ABC on September 10 as originally agreed regardless of whether Trump came too.[162]

On August 8, Trump announced he would rejoin the September 10 debate,[163] though he made it contingent on Harris agreeing to two other proposed debates, stating that if Harris only agrees to the ABC debate, "I don’t know how that’s gonna work out. We’d like to do three debates."[164]

Kennedy did not qualify for the June debate.[50]

Qualifications

In order to qualify for the September 10 ABC debate, presidential candidates need to meet the following criteria:[165]

Qualified candidates for the second debate
CandidateMeets polling
criterion		Meets EV
criteria		Meets both
criteria		InvitedRefs
Harris

[166]
Trump

Oliver

Kennedy

Stein

West

Format

The debate will be hosted on ABC, ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.[167] ABC announced that the debate would be simulcast for airing on other networks.[55]

October 1 vice presidential debate (New York)

Vice presidential debate
Location:New York, New York[168]
Participants:JD Vance
Tim Walz
Moderator:Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell of CBS

After Biden's withdrawal on July 21, 2024, doubt was cast over the vice presidential debate, as Harris began her own campaign for the presidency. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance expressed annoyance at losing the opportunity to debate Harris,[169] but has since expressed interest in debating Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz. Walz spoke in favor of debating Vance the day after Walz was selected as the Democratic vice presidential nominee.[170]

CBS offered four dates on August 14 for a vice presidential debate: September 17, September 24, October 1 and 8.[171] Walz was the first to agree to an October 1 debate that same day, [172] with Vance agreeing to the date the following day.[173]

Other proposed debates

Proposed RFK Jr. vs Trump debate

On May 7, 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an open letter challenging former President Trump to debate him at the Libertarian National Convention, where both were already scheduled to speak from May 24–25, citing Trump's frequent and vocal claims that he would be willing to debate anywhere and Kennedy's own competitive polling with both major candidates. Trump did not respond to this challenge.[174]

Proposed Harris–Republican VP debate

A vice presidential debate in July was initially proposed, which would have taken place after the selection of a vice presidential candidate at the 2024 Republican National Convention.[175] The Biden campaign agreed to a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News to take place on either July 23 or August 13.[176] The Trump campaign confirmed with Politico that it is aware of the offer, but had not yet made a decision.[177] Trump stated on May 17 he agreed to a vice presidential debate on behalf of his future vice presidential pick. Bret Baier of Fox News stated in an interview with Martha MacCallum held on May 17 that Fox would be willing to host a vice presidential debate on July 23, August 13, or "following both party conventions".[26]

Proposed Harris–Vance debate

Following the selection of U.S. Senator JD Vance as the Republican vice presidential nominee, vice president Kamala Harris had left Vance a voicemail on July 15 to congratulate him on his nomination. They spoke the following day, though terms for the debate were still under discussion.[178] Vance rejected the call for a vice presidential debate, citing concerns over Biden's status as the presumptive Democratic nominee being in doubt following the first presidential debate.[179]

Proposed Harris–Trump debates

In July 2024, Fox News extended invitations to Harris and Trump for a debate that would take place on September 17 in Pennsylvania and would be moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.[180]

On August 2, Trump demanded that Harris meet him in Pennsylvania in front of a live audience for the second debate on September 4, with Fox News agreeing to host it.[181] Simultaneously, he stated that the planned September 10 debate (hosted by ABC News) would be "terminated" since Biden would no longer be a participant.[182]

In an August 8 press conference, Trump reiterated his desire to participate in the September 4 debate. Trump also agreed to an additional debate on September 25, which would be hosted by NBC News.[183] The Harris and Trump campaigns are holding "active discussions" with NBC over the potential September 25 debate.[184] Harris and Trump have verbally sparred over attending the debates.[185]

On August 15, the Harris campaign said that a second debate in October would be contingent on Trump "actually showing up" to the September 10 debate.[186]

Trump announced on August 20 that the proposed debate hosted by Fox News on September 4 will instead be a town hall with Sean Hannity.[187]

Proposed September Walz–Vance debate

Vance has indicated that he would be willing to debate Walz on September 18, with the debate to be hosted by CNN.[168]

See also

Notes and References

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