Lafayette College will not host the Vice Presidential debate after the Commission on Presidential Debate canceled all commission-sponsored debates on June 24. The Harris-Walz Presidential Campaign has chosen instead to participate in debates hosted by CNN, ABC News and CBS News, following the lead of former Presidential Candidate Joe Biden.
“Lafayette respects the decision of the CPD and appreciates that it has enjoyed national and international media attention over the last several months as a result of the CPD’s having chosen the College as its VP debate location,” the Lafayette Vice Presidential Debate website reads.
“It is unfair to ask the four campuses to continue to prepare for their debates, as they have been doing since their November 2023 selection,” said Antonia Hernandez and Frank Fahrenkopf, the co-chairs of the CPD, in a news release.
“We are grateful to the sites, and we are sorry to come to this decision,” the release continued.
The college “still plans to host a variety of civic and artistic events that were slated to occur on campus around the time of the VP debate,” according to a Lafayette Today announcement emailed on June 25.
This article was updated on Aug. 29.
