Biden and Trump to Meet for June, September Debates (Connecting the Dots: CNN, ABC, The Commission on Presidential Debates, Joe Biden, Federal Election Commission & Soros Funding)
RFK
Jr. says the two are colluding to avoid discussing eight years of ‘mutual
failure.’
The
Epoch Times
The
earliest televised presidential debate in history will take place on June 27 on
CNN, a May 15 statement from the outlet confirmed. The announcement came hours
after former President Donald Trump accepted an invitation from President Joe
Biden earlier in the day for two debates in June and September.
The
debate will be held at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, in a key battleground state
for the November election. Notably, no audience will be present at the debate
“to ensure candidates may maximize the time allotted in the debate.”
President
Biden posted on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he had
accepted CNN’s invitation.
“Over
to you, Donald,“ he wrote. ”As you said: anywhere, anytime, any place.”
President
Trump posted on Truth Social that it was his “great honor to accept the CNN Debate against
Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST PRESIDENT in the History of the United
States and a true Threat to Democracy.”
President
Trump said he would also accept an ABC News debate against President Biden on
Sept. 10. Shortly after, President Biden posted on X that he also accepted this
debate.
“I’ve
also received and accepted an invitation to a debate hosted by ABC on Tuesday,
September 10th,” President Biden said in the post on X. “Trump says he’ll
arrange his own transportation. I’ll bring my plane, too. I plan on keeping it
for another four years.”
For
the CNN debate, the outlet said in the statement that the debate’s moderators
and additional details will be announced at a later date.
The
Biden campaign sent
a letter to the Commission on Presidential
Debates on May 15 saying
the president would not take part in the commission’s planned debates,
preferring earlier debates before the early voting period in many states.
Candidates
Agree to Requirements
The
Biden campaign’s letter to the commission on May 15 called for the debates to
be one-on-one, but President Trump said he would prefer a large audience,
although the campaign has agreed to the CNN debate with no audience.
The
outlet stated, “To qualify for participation, candidates must fulfill the
requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of the
United States; file a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal
Election Commission;
a candidate’s name must appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach
the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency prior to the eligibility
deadline; agree to accept the rules and format of the debate; and receive at
least 15 [percent] in four separate national polls of registered or likely
voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting.”
The
proposals did not include any mention of independent presidential candidate Robert
F. Kennedy Jr.,
who has, in some polls, received at least 15 percent of the vote but has not
yet qualified on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270
electoral votes required to secure the presidency.
The
Kennedy campaign referred The Epoch Times to a post on X by the candidate,
which criticized both candidates for keeping him out of the debate.
“Presidents
Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that
70 [percent] say they do not want,” Mr. Kennedy said in the post. “They are
trying to exclude me from their debate because they are afraid I would win.
Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy.
Forty-three percent of Americans identify as independents. If Americans are
ever going to escape the hammerlock of the two-party system, now is the time to
do it. These are the two most unpopular candidates in living memory.”
Mr.
Kennedy said that by excluding him, they are seeking to “avoid discussion of
their eight years of mutual failure including deficits, wars, lockdowns,
chronic disease, and inflation.”
CNN
added that polls that “meet CNN editorial standards” include their own and
those from ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School,
Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, NPR/PBS
NewsHour/Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal, and
The Washington Post.
Candidates
must meet the requirements between March 13 and seven days before the debate,
according to the outlet.
Trump
Campaign Calls for More Debates
In
a memorandum addressed to the Biden campaign headquarters, the Trump campaign
escalated its calls for a series of debates leading up to the 2024 presidential
election.
The
letter, dated May 15 and signed by Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles on behalf of
Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., expressed satisfaction that President
Biden had agreed to engage in a debate with President Trump.
“Today
is a good day for America’s voters, now that Joe Biden has FINALLY accepted
President Trump’s debate challenge,” the memo reads.
The
Trump campaign is advocating additional debates, suggesting that there should
be one debate per month from June through September, in addition to the vice
presidential debate. The campaign said the rationale behind this proposal is
the belief that American voters deserve more opportunities to hear directly
from the candidates, especially in light of current national issues.
“With
the soaring inflation of Bidenomics costing America’s hardworking families at
the grocery store and at the gas pump, with our border being totally overrun,
with chaos at home, chaos across the world, chaos on our college campuses, we
should have one debate per month,” the memo reads.
“We
believe the American people deserve more than what the Biden administration has
to offer.”
President
Trump also posted on Truth Social on May 15 that he accepted another debate
against President Biden on Fox News on Oct. 2, with hosts Bret Baier and Martha
MacCallum as moderators.
However,
it appears that the Biden campaign has, as of the afternoon of May 15, rejected
the offer for any additional debates.
Ms.
Dillon commented on behalf of the Biden–Harris campaign after President Trump’s
call for additional debates, going as far as criticizing the former president’s
“varying degrees of comprehension and basic grammar” in an emailed statement.
“Donald
Trump has a long history of playing games with debates: complaining about the
rules, breaking those rules, pulling out at the last minute, or not showing up
at all – which he’s done repeatedly in all three cycles he’s run for
president,” she said. “President Biden made his terms clear for two one-on-one
debates, and Donald Trump accepted those terms. No more games. No more chaos,
no more debate about debates. We’ll see Donald Trump on June 27th in Atlanta –
if he shows up.”
Connecting
the Dots:
Federal
Election Commission (FEC) & CNN
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is
the President for the Joe Biden Administration, a
regent at the Smithsonian Institution and spent Thanksgiving
with David
Rubenstein.
David M.
Rubenstein spent Thanksgiving with Joe Biden, a benefactor at
the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a regent at the Smithsonian
Institution and the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Walter Isaacson
is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Shirley Ann Jackson is a trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a regent at the Smithsonian
Institution.
Trevor Potter was a fellow
at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a chairman for
the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Commission
on Presidential Debates & Kennedy
Alan K. Simpson is
a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates and a co-chair
for the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
National
Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by
the Economic Policy Institute.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Economic Policy Institute and Refugees International.
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
John C. Danforth is
a director at Refugees International and a director at the Commission
on Presidential Debates.
John I. Jenkins is
a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates and was a
director at the Millennium Promise.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Millennium Promise and the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund.
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Caroline B.
Kennedy was a director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a director at the Commission
on Presidential Debates and is Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s cousin.
Caroline
Kennedy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy[1][2] (born November 27, 1957)[3] is an
American author, attorney, and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador
to Australia since 2022. Kennedy previously served in the Obama administration
as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017.[4] She is a
member of the Kennedy family, and the only surviving child of US president John
F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
CNN
& The Commission on Presidential Debates
Walter Isaacson was
the chairman & CEO for CNN and is the president & CEO for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the
founder of CNN.
Shirley M.
Tilghman is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank) and a board of director for the Commission on Presidential Debates.
ABC,
The Commission on Presidential Debates & The Federal Election Commission
(FEC)
Robert A. Iger was
a president & COO for ABC Inc. and is the chairman & CEO
for the Walt Disney Company.
Sheryl K.
Sandberg was a director at the Walt Disney Company and a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
John S. Chen was
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a special
adviser for Silver Lake, and a director at the Walt Disney
Company.
Silver
Lake Kraftwerk Fund is a fund for Silver Lake.
Soros Fund
Management is a partner with the Silver Lake Kraftwerk Fund.
Jonathan Soros was the deputy
chairman for the Soros Fund Management and the vice chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is George
Soros’s son.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros is the founder of Soros
Fund Management, Jonathan Soros’s father and was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Walt Disney
Company is a subsidiary of ABC Inc.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a lobby firm for the Walt
Disney Company.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP, a trustee at Howard University, an honorary trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and was the president of
the Economic Club of Washington.
H.
Patrick Swygert was the president of Howard University
and a director at the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
David M.
Rubenstein is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the president of the Economic Club of Washington,
a regent at the Smithsonian Institution and spent Thanksgiving
with Joe Biden.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is
a regent at the Smithsonian Institution the President for the Joe
Biden Administration and spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein.
Shirley Ann
Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.
Trevor Potter was
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a chairman
for the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Sheryl K.
Sandberg was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a director at the Walt Disney Company.
Walt Disney
Company is a subsidiary of ABC Inc.
Resources:
Past Research
Federal Election Commission (FEC) (Past Research on the FEC)
MONDAY,
DECEMBER 28, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/12/federal-election-commission-fec.html
Disney
Boss Says No Political Bias at ABC News and ESPN, Complaints ‘Completely
Exaggerated’ (Past Research on ABC)
FRIDAY,
MARCH 10, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/03/disney-boss-says-no-political-bias-at.html
Commission on Presidential Debates (Past Research on the Commission on Presidential Debates)
MONDAY,
JUNE 2, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/commission-on-presidential-debates.html
Smithsonian
Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900′s (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 10, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of.html
Charleston:
CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons Against the Right (Past Research on CNN)
SATURDAY,
JUNE 20, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-cnns-sick-pattern-of-using.html
Disney
Boss Says No Political Bias at ABC News and ESPN, Complaints ‘Completely
Exaggerated’ (Past Research on ABC)
FRIDAY,
MARCH 10, 2017
