RFK Jr. will not qualify for CNN debate with Trump and Biden, CNN says

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not qualify for CNN debate with former President Trump and Joe Biden, CNN said on Thursday. 

The debate takes place on June 27.

It is the 2024 first general election debate to take place.

The deadline to qualify for the CNN debate ended shortly after midnight Eastern time. Biden and Trump met the "constitutional, ballot qualification and polling thresholds," according to CNN.