The CPD announced early Thursday that "the second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which the candidates would participate from separate remote locations." The positive test came a little more than 48 hours after the first debate between Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Trump told Fox Business Netowrk's Maria Bartiromo earlier Thursday that he will not "waste my time" in a virtual debate, and called the idea of sitting "at a computer" to debate his 2020 challenger "ridiculous." Fahrenkopf told MacCallum, however, that the president may have misunderstood the conditions of the updated virtual setting. "I think the president wasn’t properly briefed as to what we’re talking about when we’re talking about a virtual debate," he said.

Source: Fox News October 09, 2020 02:26 UTC