“It is controlled through any political party or external organization, and supports or opposes applicants, political applicants or parties,” Stepien said, opening the CPD website.
“The last time I checked, the definition of nonpartisan is to be biased or partisan, especially towards a specific candidate or political group,” Stepien said. “These characterizations can simply be extra of the truth. “
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Stepien then criticized the leadership of CPD President Frank Fahrenkopf, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, and mentioned an interview he gave to Nantucket magazine this summer.
“What I learned in 2016, which was a year, is that other Americans aren’t necessarily going to vote for what they think is the smartest person,” Fahrenkopf said.
During the interview, he also said that “Trump has unwavering supporters and they will come” to vote.
“They’ve done it in the past and I think they’ll do it again. But there’s so much aversion to this president,” Fahrenkopf said. “You’ve noticed that some of the polls ask, “Are you going to vote against Trump or Biden?”And more people say they’re going to vote against Trump, they don’t really like him. So I think they have a very high stake. “
Stepien also criticized fellow co-chair Dorothy Ridings, a former DNC civilist, and Kenneth Wollack, former president of the Democratic National Institute and board member Jane Harman, who had donated to Democrats over the years.
“This is America, everyone is on the loose and they vote for the candidate of their choice,” Stepien said, “but an organization that is not a apartisan deserves not to pretend to be. “
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“Joe Biden is a creature of this city. He worked with the city’s merchants and traders, and that’s precisely who runs this commission,” Stepien said. “Democrats serving as CPD leaders are obviously members of Joe Biden, they Democrats donate to Democrats.
The campaign comes amid a swing between the commission and the Trump and Biden campaigns.
The commission said Wednesday that it plans to add an “additional structure” to the format after Tuesday night’s debate in Cleveland, Ohio, which included repeated interruptions and that applicants launched accusations and insults.
“The Presidential Debate Commission sponsors televised debates to gain advantages from the American electorate,” the CPD said on Wednesday. “Last night’s debate made it clear that it was necessary to add an additional design to the format of the remaining discussions to make a more orderly discussion of the topics. “
The committee added that “carefully the adjustments it will make and announce these measures shortly. “
Sources close to the committee’s negotiations with the crusades told Fox News that Biden’s crusade debate negotiator Brady Williamson had asked in particular that a “dumb button” be allowed for long-term presidential debates.
One source said Williamson’s request on Wednesday morning, a few hours after the first confrontation, indicated that the request was addressed to at least two dozen witnesses.
Shortly after the meeting, the source said, the committee issued a statement, saying that it is now “carefully considering” the adjustments in the format of the remaining discussions. The CPD is sponsoring two more debates for Trump and Biden, one on October 15 in Miami. Florida, and the other on October 22 in Nashville, Tennessee. A vice-presidential debate is scheduled for October 7.
Trump’s deputy crusader for presidential operations, Max Miller, who was the leading negotiator on the president’s team, also said Thursday that in addition to suggesting a “dumb button,” Williamson, on behalf of the Biden Crusade, informed the committee that applicants will be required to make opening and ending statements and reduce the open communication time of the debate.
But Williamson, in a brief telephone interview with Fox News on Tuesday, denied applying.
“It’s probably a rumor, but it’s not true,” Williamson told Fox News.
When asked if he had a joking mute button, Williamson replied, “No. “
But Trump’s crusade responded Thursday by saying that the crusade “cannot deny” the request made.
“Biden’s crusade knows his type had poor functionality and that’s why they now come to the commission to review and replace the rules,” Trump Crusade communications director Tim Murtaugh told Fox News. .
Murtaugh added: “They deserve to ask for a mute button for Joe Biden, because he is the biggest risk to him. “
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Meanwhile, the Biden crusade also denied that Williamson asked for a silence button while the Trump-president crusade.
“There is as much done in this as the weak lies that the Trump crusade said before the first debate; before Donald Trump denounced his own record of the pandemic as a failure, he told violent white supremacists to ‘be prepared’, and he shuddered, Biden crusade spokesman Andrew BatesArray told Fox News.
In mockery of Trump’s crusade, Bates said, “From an equivalent point of gravity, we perceived that Trump’s crusade insisted that Donald Trump be 4 inches higher for the next debate, and that he answered exclusively questions from active 4Chan users – none of them can simply relate to the coronavirus. “
According to a Fox News analysis, Trump interrupted Biden’s times, moderator Chris Wallace 74 times for a total of 145 times; Biden, meanwhile, interrupted Trump 49 times and Wallace 18 times for a total of 67 times, according to analysis.