The Commission was established in 1987 by Chairmen of the DNC and the RNC.

They completely control the choice of venue, the date, the format and the moderators.

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Senator Bob Dole @SenatorDole

The Commission on Presidential Debates is supposedly bipartisan w/ an equal number of Rs and Ds. I know all of the Republicans and most are friends of mine. I am concerned that none of them support @realDonaldTrump. A biased Debate Commission is unfair.

4:02 PM · Oct 9, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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3 Co-Chairs:

Frank Fahrenkopf, former chairman of the Republican National Committee

The nominally Republican Chairman of Presidential Debate Commission, Frank Fahrenkopf, is both a co-founder and current board member of the International Republican Institute (IRI), a top “Color Revolution” propaganda outfit. The IRI was run by Never Trump neoconservative John McCain for decades. It is closely linked to the thoroughly discredited Steele Dossier at the center of the Russia Hoax.

Darren J. Beattie

Revolver.news link to above excerpt

Dorothy Ridings, former League of Voters President

Kenneth Womack, former Democratic Institute President

10 Board of Directors:

John C. Danforth

Charles Gibson

John Griffen

Yvonne Hao

Jane Harman

Antonia Hernandez

Reverend John I. Jenkins

Newton N. Minow

Richard D. Parsons

Olympia Snowe

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Executive Director:

Janet H. Brown

Honorary Co-Chairs:

Jimmy Carter

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

Co-Chair Emeritus:

Paul G. Kirk, Jr.

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A little research into their backgrounds:

Co-Chairs:

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.- Republican, founder International Republican Institute

Dorothy S. Ridings - Political Party UNK... likely Democrat, former president of the League of Women Voters, former president and chief executive officer of the Council on Foundations, publisher and president of Knight-Ridder's Bradenton Herald, held editorial and reporting positions at the Kentucky Business Ledger, Washington Post, Charlotte Observer

Kenneth Wollack - Democrat, former president of the National Democratic Institute, served on the national staff of the McGovern presidential campaign in 1972, served on various task forces sponsored by the Brookings Institution, United States Institute of Peace, Council on Foreign Relations, Center for U.S. Global Engagement, Bipartisan Policy Center, Atlantic Council. chairman U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Program

Paul G. Kirk, Jr. - Democrat, former Senator from Massachusetts (appointed by small Deval Patrick), former Chair DNC

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Executive Director:

Janet H. Brown - Democrat, staff positions at the White House, Office of Management and Budget, United States Department of State, and United States Senate

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Board Members:

Olympia Snowe - Republican, former Senator from Maine

Richard D. Parsons - Republican, worked as an AG in the Gerald Ford Administration, CEO of multiple organizations in the entertainment, network television and banking industries, senior adviser of Providence Equity Partners LLC

Newton N. Minow - Democrat, lawyer and former Chair of the FCC, hired Barack Obama to his law firm where Big Mike was already working

Reverend John I. Jenkins - Democrat, Jesuit, President of Notre Dame Uuniversity, invited Barack Obama to give a commencement speech

Antonia Hernandez - Democrat, lawyer, President and CEO of the California Community Foundation, campaign team for for Senator Ted Kennedy in his 1980 presidential campaign, served as president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)

Jane Harman - Democrat, former US Rep for CA's 36th District, former ranking Democrat House Intelligence Committee and Homeland Security Committee's intelligence subcommitte, President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Yvonne Hao - Political Party UNK, Managing Director (technology investment firm) Cove Hill Partners, PillPack, Amazon, Bain Capital, Honeywell, McKinsey, board member of Gentherm

John Griffen — Political Party UNK... likely Republican, managing director of Allen & Co. LLC leading supplier of gun cases, hunting accessories and outdoor products, on the board of Cortera, Inc. and Business Talent Group LLC

Charles Gibson - Democrat, former anchor at ABC World News

John C. Danforth - Republican, former AG Missouri (appointed by Janet Reno), former Senator Missouri, Ambassador to Iraq