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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Debate Moderator Wish List Is Stacked With Fox News Stars and Pushovers
The Trump campaign released a list of suggested moderators for this years presidential debates and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it is loaded with many of the presidents favorite right-wing pundits and Fox News personalities.
As the president pushes for more debates against former Vice President Joe Biden, his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday sent the presiding commission a letter requesting a fourth debate and an early September start to the events due to early mail-in voting.
Calling the current timetable an outdated dinosaur, Giuliani wrote that by the time the first debatecurrently scheduled for Sept. 29occurs, as many as eight million Americans in 16 states will have already started voting. Therefore, per Giuliani, even if the commission wont approve an additional debate, the campaign wants to move the final debate scheduled for Oct. 22 to the first week of September, before the first ballots are sent out.
The letter concluded with a list of 24 names the Trump campaign submitted for consideration as moderators since Biden has confirmed he is indeed available to leave his basement for the fall debate. (Team Trump has repeatedly implied that the vice president is looking to weasel out of the debates.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-debate-moderator-wish-list-214357170.html
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Daddy, what would happen if Sleepy Joe won?
I didnt see Ivanka on the list, which surprised me.
Mike Nelson
(9,967 posts)...what this is really conveying, to me, is Crooked Donald trying to back out of debating. He's setting up "conditions" that could/should not be met. The candidates should not be picking the questioners.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I'd love to see Rachel moderate.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I'd love to see Rachel moderate.
Tom Traubert
(117 posts)He is making outrageous and self serving demands because so he can either have moderators that will favor him, or Biden will decline to debate and Trump them will be able to push the Hiding Biden meme. Biden needs to stand strong and demand moderators that will be fair and rules that will be fairly and fully enforced.
mucifer
(23,565 posts)area51
(11,920 posts)#DementiaDonnie
#LameDuckTrump
#TrumpVirus
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,839 posts)Jim Acosta, Jake Tapper, Weijia Jiang, and Lawrence O'Donnell.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)jrthin
(4,837 posts)chriscan64
(1,789 posts)Why doesn't he just send a pre-approved list of voters while he's at it?
Liberal In Texas
(13,576 posts)as a moderator. He won't put up with crap and he'll have some interesting questions for the Siberian Candidate.
Jim__
(14,083 posts)Trump needs the debates; make him pay for them.