Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton denied any involvement in setting the schedule for presidential debates, after Donald Trump criticized the decision to hold two debates alongside NFL games and suggested she was behind it.
“There’s a nonpartisan independent commission that sets up debates,” Clinton said at Grandpa’s Cheese Barn in Ashland, Ohio.
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She said that the schedule for the debates was set up last fall and her campaign was not involved.
Trump speculated on Twitter that Clinton had rigged the debates to hold them opposite NFL games so that fewer people would watch them.
When asked her opinion on whether Trump will skip the debates, Clinton said that “I’m gonna be there.”
