Meanings of commission on presidential debates in anglès

The Commission on Presidential Debates did not respond to a request for comment.

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, established in 1987, sponsors and runs these debates.

Neither Stewart's representatives nor the Commission on Presidential Debates returned calls for comment on Friday.

The Commission on Presidential Debates said that both campaigns had announced "alternate plans for that date."

The Commission on Presidential Debates has scheduled two more such presidential matchups and a vice presidential debate in October.

The Commission on Presidential Debates last week cancelled the scheduled Miami debate when Mr Trump objected to a virtual format.

But the Commission on Presidential Debates said the candidates would have to take part "from separate remote locations".

Wallace was in charge of selecting the six topics, and they were announced by the Commission on Presidential Debates last week.

The Commission on Presidential Debates, which organises the showdowns, scrapped the event planned for next Thursday, as the president battles coronavirus.

The Commission on Presidential Debates requires that participants have support of 15 percent of the U.S. electorate, as measured in opinion polls.

The Commission on Presidential Debates didn't immediately respond to a question on whether it would require the president to test negative before participating.

Cleveland Clinic served as Health Security Advisor to the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has instituted some basic guidelines to encourage social distancing.

The topic of the first debate was supposed to have been domestic policy, per the decree of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.

Instead, a member of the production crew who works for the Commission on Presidential Debates will be responsible for turning off Trump's microphone.

In an interview with Fox Business on Thursday Mr Trump described the decision by the Commission on Presidential Debates as "ridiculous".

A spokesman for the Commission on Presidential Debates, the non-partisan organization that has managed debates since 1988, did not immediately return a request for comment.