{"id":2247104,"date":"2024-05-17T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-requests-chance-to-host-vice-presidential-debate-at-virginia-hbcu\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:35:14","slug":"fox-news-requests-chance-to-host-vice-presidential-debate-at-virginia-hbcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-requests-chance-to-host-vice-presidential-debate-at-virginia-hbcu\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News seeks opportunity to host VP debate at Virginia HBCU"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ffox-news-requests-chance-to-host-vice-presidential-debate-at-virginia-hbcu%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=2247104&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>Fox News has sought to host \u200ca vice presidential \u2064debate \u200cat\u2064 Virginia State University, an \u200dHBCU. Former\u200c President Trump accepted \u200dthe request on behalf\u200b of his future VP pick. \u200bThe debate date is yet to be confirmed. Trump\u2062 urged Vice \u2064President \u2062Harris to agree to the debate, \u200daiming to make history \u2062by having the first HBCU host\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">presidential debate<\/a>. Fox News has requested to host \u2062a vice presidential debate \u200dat Virginia\u2063 State University, \u200can HBCU. Former President Trump accepted \u2064the \u200brequest \u200con behalf of his future \u2062VP \u2063pick. The\u200d date\u200c for the debate is pending\u200d confirmation. Trump encouraged Vice President Harris\u2063 to accept, highlighting the \u2063historic opportunity\u200c for the first HBCU to host \u2062a presidential debate.  <\/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>Fox News has requested the opportunity to host a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice presidential<\/a> debate at Virginia State University, an HBCU, after President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> ignored the proposal for a presidential debate on the network for Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Anchor Bret Baier said former President Donald Trump has accepted the request on behalf of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-considers-bipartisan-electoral-count-act-reforms-to-prevent-repeat-of-jan-6\/\" title=\"Senate Considers Bipartisan Electoral Count Act Reforms to Prevent Repeat of Jan 6\">future vice president<\/a>, who has yet to be announced, but Biden\u2019s campaign has not accepted yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the future Vice President of the United States, who I have not yet chosen, we hereby accept the Fox Vice Presidential debate, hopefully at Virginia State University,\u201d Trump said to Baier. \u201cThe first Historically Black College or University to host a debate. Date to be determined. I urge Vice President Kamala Harris to agree to this. Make America Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox News has requested the opportunity to host a Vice Presidential debate. Former President Trump has accepted on behalf of his future VP pick. .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> reached out to Virginia State University to host, which was selected by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/debates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@debates<\/a> as first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HBCU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HBCU<\/a> to host a debate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Q5nEGggI0\">pic.twitter.com\/5Q5nEGggI0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bret Baier (@BretBaier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BretBaier\/status\/1791565398166417845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The invitation could be in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/05\/16\/kamala-harris-debate-cbs\/73714124007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conflict<\/a> with news Harris already accepted a debate invite from CBS on similar dates to those proposed by Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reached out to the university to host the debate on either July 23, Aug. 13, or after both parties\u2019 conventions. If accepted, it would feature Harris and whoever Trump has chosen to be his vice president \u2014 those rumored to be in contention include Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and J.D. Vance (R-OH), Govs. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Kristi Noem (R-SD), and Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Byron Donalds (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News said the moderators for the proposed debate would be Baier and Martha MacCallum. The network is not currently scheduled to hold a presidential debate, though Trump accepted an invite from the network. Debates that have been accepted by both presidential candidates will be hosted by CNN and ABC News. <\/p>\n<p>The CNN debate is scheduled to take place on June 27, and the ABC debate is scheduled for Sept. 10. Third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1790862504647606553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> he \u201cwill meet the criteria to participate in the CNN debate before the June 20 deadline,\u201d though there has been no confirmation on whether he will participate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News requests to host the VP debate at Virginia State University, an HBCU, after President Biden&#8217;s refusal for a presidential debate on Oct. 1. 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