Biden proposes June and September faceoffs with Trump, ditching debate commission

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "Trump and the Republican National Committee have also expressed interest in bypassing the commission, which has convened presidential debates since the 1988 election.
43% : "Let's set it up right now," Trump told Biden in a social media video on May 9.
42% : Biden hinted at his decision to leave the commission system and directly negotiate debates with Trump during an April 26 interview with SiriusXM host Howard Stern.
35% : Three former aides later said that Trump had tested positive for covid days before that meeting with Biden, though he only made his condition public afterward.
26% : Trump suggested debating in D.C. - perhaps at the White House - or in New York.
19% : The Republican National Committee announced in 2022 that the party would leave the commission's debate system altogether, calling the body "biased" because it had started the 2020 debates after voting had begun, its board members had been critical of Trump and it had failed to consult the campaign on some format issues.
17% : "Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then he hasn't shown up for a debate.
14% : President Biden said Wednesday that he will not participate in the decades-old tradition of three fall meetings organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, instead calling on his Republican rival Donald Trump to join him for two televised presidential debates in June and September.

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