The first general election debate between the major candidates of the 2024 United States presidential election was sponsored by CNN and attended by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on June27, 2024. Biden withdrew from the race in July, and was replaced by Kamala Harris, while Trump became the official Republican nominee that same month. The second debate, which will be sponsored by ABC, is scheduled to be held on September10, 2024.
Four general election debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) were originally scheduled to be held between September16 and October9, 2024. Both Biden and Trump were against the CPD's debate format and schedule.[1][2] In May 2024, both campaigns agreed to bypass the CPD and hold the alternative debates, canceling the CPD debates. Biden performed poorly during the first debate, with many commentators and Democrats calling for him to drop out of the race; Biden ultimately withdrew his bid for re-election on July21. His withdrawal led to doubts over the September10 debate; Trump suggested in late July on Truth Social that the September10 ABC debate should instead be held by Fox News. On August8, Trump said he would debate Harris at the September10 debate. Though Trump proposed additional debates on September4 on Fox and September25 on NBC, the Harris campaign has not yet announced whether she would participate in the two additional debates.
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