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Trump Calls For First Presidential Debate To Be Moved Up Due To Early, Mail-In Voting

"A lot of ballots will already be cast by that time."

Joseph Curl
Trump Calls For First Presidential Debate To Be Moved Up Due To Early, Mail-In Voting
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for the first presidential debate to be moved up because it’s scheduled 35 days before the election and said early voting in many states means many Americans will cast ballots before the face-to-face contests between the two candidates even begin.

“The one problem I have, the debate’s very late. It’s at the end of September and a lot of ballots will already be cast by that time,” Trump said in a “Fox & Friends” interview. “Why are they putting the first debate so late? The first debate should be before the first – at least before the first ballots go out. And they have it a month later, almost a month later. It’s ridiculous.”

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