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Next Trump-Biden debate now uncertain as rival camps argue

President Donald Trump says he will skip next week’s debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden if it's virtual

By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
Published: October 8, 2020, 3:20pm

WASHINGTON — The fate of final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the campaigns offered dueling proposals for moving forward with faceoffs that have been upended by the president’s coronavirus infection.

It was unclear when or how the next debates would proceed, or whether voters would even get to see the two men running for the White House on the same stage again before Election Day.

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