WH breathing a (contaminated) sigh of relief as this gave them the perfect excuse to get out of another debate they know Plague Daddy wouldn't be able to make it through.
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Debate Commission Announces Second Presidential Debate Will Be Virtual (Update: Trump Refuses to Participate, Biden Will Hold Town Hall Instead)
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Kinda stupid if they are. Trump is trailing by a lot. A debate is a way to get in front of a lot of people and make headlines. A rally doesn't do that. Trump campaign can't afford to freeze the race how it is now.
No longer contagious doesn't matter. Trump and his family / administration already showed at the last debate that they give zero effs about any safety regulations / the safety of anyone around them. Going virtual is the smart thing to do because you know they will all just pull the same nonsense next time at a traditional debate.
I mean, the whole last week was basically a series of self-owns. If i was on his election-team, i'd probably in danger of alcohol abuse at this point.
I wouldn't trust his docs after those recent "reports" and interviews by them.
And i legit believe he would try to run up to Biden at least two or three times.
He's just a human piece of shit, no regard for human life and health and safety. Has the god damn coronavirus and is still wanting in person events, not giving a shit if he infects everybody there and probably wanting to infect the Biden family and team in hopes they do poorly and he can gloat over being better them.
Fuck off. I hope this country tells him to fuck off and him and his piece of shit family live the rest of their days in agony.
Fuck off. I hope this country tells him to fuck off and him and his piece of shit family live the rest of their days in agony.
Carter refused to participate in one of the debates in 1980.
The resulting election did not go well for him.
He'll debate. All this is is a headline tactic that he wants the media to run with. "Will he or won't he!?"
Biden just now said with this President, you never know what he's going to do from one minute to the next, which is why it's a complete failure of an administration. He said he's ready to debate, in person if Trump presents a negative test to the American people, or remote if need be.
Biden just now said with this President, you never know what he's going to do from one minute to the next, which is why it's a complete failure of an administration. He said he's ready to debate, in person if Trump presents a negative test to the American people, or remote if need be.
Haha, I came here to post this tweet.
Haberman with a good point. Republicans thought Pence did well last night and were eager to celebrate that, and here Trump comes in, demands focus on himself and steers any discussion about Pences' performance to a total losing issue for the campaign -- Trump bailing on a debate.
It's similar to yesterday Trump tweeted dozens, maybe hundreds, of times and didn't once say "Hey, watch Mike Pence debate Kamala Harris tonight on TV." In the dozens and dozens of tweets, not one reference to the VP debate.
There was a third candidate running in 1980 and Carter didn't go to the first debate because he thought it would help the third party candidate look good.
He was right, Reagan tore the guy to shreds.
Oh the concern isnt about him agreeing to muting but to the debate period?? Always have to consider all possibilities seriously with this president, smh.
Yes, but you have to remember, he's also an extremely stupid man.
I really don't want to discount some possibility of a bounce back, but each day in October has really felt like another step downward in the Trump campaign's death spiral. Especially given that people are already voting now. Even toying with the idea of skipping the debate looks like cowardice to voters, especially for a reason as silly as the debate being virtual. That can't resonate at all in a country where half of us have been in a Zoom meeting sometime in the past six months.
Quoting myself from the other thread (person asked if someone drops out do they just have empty chair?):
People have dropped out of debates before, but I'm not sure how many were agreed upon the ground rules ahead of time, and then one of the candidates drops out. It's definitely not common, especially since the "three debate" traditional structure has been normalized (which is kind of a recent thing)
"I'm ready to go, except the quarantine situation that you have for a little while after you get tested or whatever the procedure is"
Man, he's the President and he doesn't even know what the basic procedure is.
The Commission had better not backtrack on this. A virtual debate is the best decision. I predict Trump will change his mind as he sees new polls in a few days. And I hope they inform him it's too late, you will not be participating, Mr. President.
If Trump actually bails, I'm assuming that would give Joe the entire stage to himself for a couple hours?
He kinda crushed his last town hall. Wouldn't mind seeing more of that.
He kinda crushed his last town hall. Wouldn't mind seeing more of that.
I hope that he does not backtrack. Joe gets to be there on his own, the moderator asks an empty chair the question he would have asked Trump and just assumed the worst answer possible.
"Mr President, how do you feel about shitting in every Americans breakfast if you get reelected?"
"..."
"Ok, so you are definitely for shitting in Americans breakfast if reelected, thank you, and you Mr vice President, same question"
"I am definitely against that"
"What a good answer Mr vice President"
"Mr President, how do you feel about shitting in every Americans breakfast if you get reelected?"
"..."
"Ok, so you are definitely for shitting in Americans breakfast if reelected, thank you, and you Mr vice President, same question"
"I am definitely against that"
"What a good answer Mr vice President"
I would actually love it if Joe gets time to himself on stage and can spend some time talking about issues and answering questions without being interrupted by an asshole. I just hope he has something substantive to say, I think now more than ever people want to hear how their lives can be made materially better under Biden's leadership. He needs to absolutely eviscerate Trump on ending the stimulus negotiations.
If Trump doesn't show up then just let Biden talk and answer questions for the 90 minutes. Works for me!
Yeah, it's a golden opportunity for Biden and he seems to be quite good at the town halls from what I've seen. They can "empty chair" (As empty chair as you can get with online debates) Trump and point out that he didn't even have the courage to do an online session, directly talking with people, how can he expect to lead any more?
Trump's head is going to explode. I'm actually amazed that Fox And Friends had Pete on.
I can't believe they allow Pete on Fox News. It's actually amazing to see it.
Biden was accused of not wanting to debate and being weak/sick. Trump is now both of those things LOL
It's ALWAYS projection with Trump and the right wing. Always.
He also accused Biden of being on drugs to appear "normal". oh wait, you're now the one on drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.
Yeah that's not gonna make a bit of difference, let Mnuchin and a sick Miller yell shit at him while he's trying to debate while being sick himself sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Even better if Trump no-shows
If the venue/organization are still willing to put on the event without Trump, I find it hard to believe that Biden wouldn't do it. Seems like an easy win.
How is it dumb? He's lied about everything. How are we proving he's not contagious? You're gonna take his word or a doctor that speaks for him word for it?