President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to events on June 27 with CNN and Sept. 10 with ABC News. They're opting out of a plan from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel claims that the commission "refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fair debates."
![Rrepublican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Republicans "are going to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased [Commission on Presidential Debates] in order to make their case to the American people."](/sites/default/files/styles/three_two_702x468/public/npr_story_images/2022/04/14/gettyimages-1229557060-773dfb9e5aeb9e9a273bda42f351e64bd685f46a.jpg?h=3a51b6cd&itok=vJHwsmFR)