{"id":2246434,"date":"2024-05-16T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-slams-biden-for-backing-out-of-debate-at-hbcu-cant-defend-his-failing-policies\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:23:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:23:10","slug":"youngkin-slams-biden-for-backing-out-of-debate-at-hbcu-cant-defend-his-failing-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-slams-biden-for-backing-out-of-debate-at-hbcu-cant-defend-his-failing-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin criticizes Biden for canceling debate at HBCU, citing inability to defend failing policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fyoungkin-slams-biden-for-backing-out-of-debate-at-hbcu-cant-defend-his-failing-policies%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=2246434&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>Gov. Glenn Youngkin of\u2063 Virginia criticized President\u200c Joe Biden for withdrawing from \u2064a debate at Virginia State University, accusing him\u200d of neglecting students and his responsibilities. Biden\u200c opted for debates \u200dwith\u2063 Donald Trump over the\u2063 Commission on Presidential Debates&#8217; events. The canceled debate at VSU \u2064would have been \u200dhistoric, marking the first at\u200c an HBCU. Youngkin \u200bexpressed disappointment in Biden&#8217;s decision.  <\/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>Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) accused President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> of \u201cturning his back on students\u201d in backing out of a debate at <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Virginia State University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden announced that he would participate in two debates against his rival, former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, instead of those moderated by the Commission on Presidential Debates, including one at VSU on Oct. 1. It was meant to be the second of three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">presidential debates<\/a> in a series that the commission chose, including two other debates in Texas and Utah. VSU would have been the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-redecorates-white-house-office-with-civil-rights-era-art\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Redecorates White House Office with Civil Rights Era Art\">historically black university<\/a> to host such an event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden campaign is refusing to participate in a historic general election presidential debate at VSU a great university and HBCU. Joe Biden is turning his back on students, Virginians and the nation because he can\u2019t defend his failing policies,\u201d Youngkin wrote on X Thursday. \u201cHuge snub to VSU and the citizens of the Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden campaign is refusing to participate in a historic general election presidential debate at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VSU_1882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VSU_1882<\/a>, a great university and HBCU. Joe Biden is turning his back on students, Virginians and the nation because he can\u2019t defend his failing policies. Huge snub to VSU and the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1791206569578729841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-washington-d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-was-warned-but-refused-any-additional-help-before-january-6th-vote-on-stolen-election\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Was Warned but Refused Any Additional Help Before January 6th Vote on Stolen Election\">president announced<\/a> he would not participate in the commission\u2019s debates, his campaign chairwoman, Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/15\/2024-election-presidential-debates-biden-trump\/6b0eb9aa-12b5-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington Post\">reportedly<\/a> penned a letter listing gripes with the timing of the debates, among them noting that it was too late in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hispanic-voters-in-florida-who-fled-dictatorships-think-the-election-was-stolen-from-trump\/\" title=\"REPORT: Hispanic Voters In Florida Who Fled Dictatorships Think The Election Was Stolen From Trump\">election year<\/a> to hold debates. As a result, the commission issued its response at the beginning of this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CPD purposefully chose September 16 after a comprehensive study of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-speaks-for-white-liberals-black-leaders-entrepreneurs-slam-stacey-abrams-over-georgia-boycott\/\" title=\"\u2018She Speaks For White Liberals\u2019: Black Leaders, Entrepreneurs Slam Stacey Abrams Over Georgia Boycott\">early voting rules<\/a> in every state,\u201d it wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/debates.org\/2024\/05\/01\/cpd-statement\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a>. \u201cIn-person early voting in North Carolina does not begin until October 17. On September 16, the day of the first debate, Pennsylvania voters can receive, complete and return ballots at their county boards of elections. Every other state starts early voting later, as of the most recently published information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However the letter also accused the CPD of being \u201cunable or unwilling to enforce the rules,\u201d pointing to the 2020 elections, claiming Trump broke debate rules with no consequences and wasn\u2019t tested properly for COVID-19 before the debate, as he was positive during the event. Over 73 million viewers tuned into that debate.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Biden campaign, the CPD, and VSU for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) accuses President Joe Biden of &#8220;abandoning students&#8221; by withdrawing from a debate at Virginia State University. Biden opts for two debates with former President Donald Trump, bypassing the Commission on Presidential Debates, including the VSU event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2246435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MixCollage-24-Jan-2024-10-00-AM-6528-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MixCollage-24-Jan-2024-10-00-AM-6528-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}