Debate schedule: Trump team points to early voting as reason to bump up faceoffs with Biden

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Former President Donald Trump’s team is demanding earlier and more frequent debates against President Joe Biden this election cycle, claiming many people have been voting earlier in recent election cycles.

Trump co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita said the three debate dates proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates come too late in the election cycle because millions of voters would have already cast their ballots by mail.

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