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C-SPAN to Simulcast CNN Presidential Debate
C-SPAN will simulcast the Thursday CNN presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. C-SPAN will do it live on C-SPAN2, C-SPAN Radio, C-SPAN.org and on the C-SPAN NOW app. Coverage on C-SPAN Networks will begin at 8 p.m. EST and include viewer calls and social media reaction before and after the debate.
Coverage will also include sights and sounds from the spin room and more. Greta Brawner will host C-SPAN’s primetime program.
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CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE — THURSDAY— LIVE ON C-SPAN2, C-SPAN.ORG AND C-SPAN NOW
8 p.m. — Debate preview
9 p.m. — Debate simulcast
10:40 p.m. — Debate reaction
Biden and Trump have agreed to debate each other twice ahead of the Nov. 5 election. CNN will host the first debate in Atlanta on June 27, which will be moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. ABC will host the second debate on Sept. 10, with David Muir and Linsey Davis serving as moderators.
This is the first time since 1988 that the Commission on Presidential Debates has been circumvented by the leading candidates of both parties.
While presidential debates are not required, the first presidential debate in the modern era was held between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. No debates took place in 1964, 1968 and 1972. Debates resumed in 1976 and continued in the 1980 and 1984 election cycles.
The Commission on Presidential Debates became the formal sponsor of presidential and vice presidential debates beginning in 1988.
A date for a vice presidential debate has not been set, though the Biden-Harris Campaign has proposed holding one after the Republican National Convention in late July.
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