{"id":2245020,"date":"2024-05-15T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-turns-to-cnn-for-first-presidential-debate-a-network-trump-loves-to-hate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T11:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:31:50","slug":"biden-turns-to-cnn-for-first-presidential-debate-a-network-trump-loves-to-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-turns-to-cnn-for-first-presidential-debate-a-network-trump-loves-to-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Chooses CNN for First Debate, Trump&#8217;s Favored Foe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-turns-to-cnn-for-first-presidential-debate-a-network-trump-loves-to-hate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President\u200d Joe Biden agreed to debate with CNN in June. This decision\u200d came after he challenged former President Donald Trump to join him on stage. Biden&#8217;s tweet\u2064 accepting the invitation for a debate on June \u206427th highlighted Trump&#8217;s previous\u2062 statement of\u200d willingness to \u2064debate anywhere, anytime, and any place. Biden&#8217;s acceptance \u200bsets the \u200cstage for a potentially heated exchange. President Joe Biden has agreed to debate with CNN \u200bin June following his challenge\u200d to\u2064 former President\u200b Donald Trump. \u200bBiden&#8217;s acceptance of the debate\u2064 on June 27th references Trump&#8217;s willingness to\u2062 debate\u200c anywhere. This \u2062sets the \u2063stage for what could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-edits-exchange-with-fla-gov-desantis-reporter\/\" title=\"\u201960 Minutes\u2019 edits exchange with Fla. Gov. DeSantis, reporter\">fiery exchange<\/a> between the \u2064two.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> accepted an invitation from <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a> to debate in June, the first organization to be publicly announced as a potential debate host after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-poll-trump-backed-david-perdue-takes-commanding-lead-over-georgia-gov-brian-kemp-in-primary\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Poll: Trump-Backed David Perdue Takes Commanding Lead Over Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in Primary\">president challenged<\/a> former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to join him on stage Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve received and accepted an invitation from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\">@CNN<\/a> for a debate on June 27th. Over to you, Donald,\u201d Biden said in a post to X. \u201cAs you said: anywhere, any time, any place.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve received and accepted an invitation from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> for a debate on June 27th. Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1790747680173363660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden challenged Trump to two debates in a video earlier in the morning, quipping that he hears the former president is \u201cfree on Wednesdays\u201d because of breaks in Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a> in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and CNN have had a tense relationship since the 2016 election, when the cable news network was criticized for broadcasting the former president\u2019s rallies without interrupted. Trump has complained that CNN is biased, disparaging it as \u201cthe Clinton News Network, a reference to then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton,\u201d and \u201cfake news.\u201d Prior to his town hall with anchor Kaitlan Collins in May 2023, his last appearance on the network was an interview with Jake Tapper in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then, he hasn\u2019t shown up for a debate,\u201d Biden said. \u201cNow, he is acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal. I\u2019ll even do it twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon, chairwoman of Biden\u2019s campaign, also informed the Commission on Presidential Debates that they would not be taking part in their events and proposed alternate one-on-one debates in June and September instead. O\u2019Malley Dillon suggested that the debates should be hosted by moderate networks, requiring that it \u201cshould be hosted by any organization\u201d that hosted a 2016 GOP primary debate that Trump participated in and a 2020 primary debate in which Biden participated.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump campaign for a response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, President Biden agreed to debate on June 27th, CNN being the first host contender following his public invitation challenge to ex-President Trump. 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