This is technically a reasonable requirement, but the whole "debate" system is hilariously screwed up, worthless, and outdated. This half of the uniparty controlling debates and setting rules for this tired format is only legitimizing the stupid thing for the general - where they get some corporate media stooge asking questions that the media and government have determined you are allowed to think about. "What are you going to do about climate change?" "muh gun debate", "debt ceiling?"