The first of two scheduled Presidential debates agreed to by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will take place on Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. (ET). The debate will air on CNN with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash the moderators. Jake Tapper is the host of The Lead and Dana Bash is the host of Inside Politics and both anchor CNN’s State of the Union. Forbes reports the first debate will take place at CNN Studios in Atlanta. Georgia. Battleground state Georgia will be one of the more hotly contested states this election year. There will also be no live audience during the debate.
The second Presidential debate is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10 on ABC News, with the location and yet to be announced. The two moderators are expected to be ABC World News Tonight anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.
There will be some changes from previous televised Presidential debates. First, the two debates will not be run by the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Both candidates had declined to partake in debates hosted by the CPD. Up until now, the CPD has hosted every Presidential debate since the commission was founded in 1987.
In another first, June 27 will be, by far, the earliest date of any Presidential debate, ahead of either the Republican or Democrat political conventions that officially nominate the national ticket. In the past, Presidential debates have occurred in late September or October, weeks prior to Election Day. Furthermore, the first debate will occur weeks prior to the sentencing of Donald Trump, who, last month, was found guilty on all 34 counts in a hush money trial.
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