President Trump rejected a plan Thursday to remotely debate former Vice President Joe Biden on Oct. 15, throwing new confusion into the presidential race shortly after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that the event would be held virtually because of the pandemic.

“I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate, that’s not what debating is all about. You sit behind a computer and do a debate, it’s ridiculous,” he said on Fox Business.

Trump’s campaign said he would hold a rally instead that night. For now, he remains infectious with COVID-19 and staging a crowded public event could put others at risk since many of his supporters refuse to wear masks or socially distance.

Trump and Biden staged their first debate in person on a stage in Cleveland on Sept. 29, three days before the president came down with COVID-19 and was hospitalized for three days.

The second presidential debate would be held with Trump and Biden in separate locations “in order to protect the health and safety of all involved,” the commission said.

Biden accepted the conditions shortly after Trump turned them down.