Just hours after Donald Trump and Joe Biden agreed to debate on CNN in June, the cable news network announced that anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the debate. announced.
The debate will be held in Atlanta on June 27th at 9pm and will be broadcast live on CNN. This is the first of at least two agreed presidential debates, the second of which is scheduled to be hosted by ABC on September 10th.
Mr. Tapper and Mr. Bash are both experienced debate moderators, having previously hosted the Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa in January, which turned into an intense scene, with Trump vying for the party's nomination. He refused to attend.
tapper host head He appeared weekly on CNN and became known for his incisive questions about his subjects, especially politicians. He is also the host of CNN's popular public affairs show. union status, airs on Sundays. Bash hosts CNN inside politics and regularly contributes elsewhere on the network.
Throughout his time in office and in office, President Trump has regularly lashed out at CNN when negative articles about him are published. Accusations of CNN journalists, including Mr. Bash and Mr. Tapper himself, have become part of Mr. Trump's modus operandi, and he will do more of the same when he faces them in six weeks.
But Trump won't be able to feed off the crowd's energy during the June debate, as CNN announced the event would be held without spectators.
But Biden and Trump have previously indicated they would not participate in the Commission on Presidential Debates' proposed schedule, so holding a debate appears to be a positive for the 2024 campaign.
