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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpeaker Pelosi says don't dignify Donald with a presidential debate
Erica Werner @ericawerner 16mPelosi says she doesnt think there should be any presidential debates. I wouldnt legitimize a conversation with him, nor a debate she says of Trump
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bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Everyone knows what Trump and Biden stand for. All debates would do is give Trump a 2 hour national audience in prime time to slander Biden and turn things into a circus.
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)Trump will reflexively respond "I didn't want to debate first"
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Cant look like we fear trump.
Hes the scared little shit looking for excuses to back out
Let him
bigtree
(86,005 posts)Cha
(297,574 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)There comes a time when you stop giving in to toddlers, and realize that they won't behave or comprehend as adults.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)ooky
(8,928 posts)I see no point in sitting for that.
Instead of engaging with a pig, I think we should hold a series of virtual town halls instead.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)violations of CDC guidelines. i would not put it past them to try and infect Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.
PSPS
(13,614 posts)"People are calling for the presidential debates to be canceled, but if that happens, how will I decide who to vote for?"
- Conan O'Brien
Cha
(297,574 posts)RockCreek
(739 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)They will always vote for the shit-flinging orangutan
RockCreek
(739 posts)Biden needs to acknowledge that to himself, and follow her advice on this.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)kysrsoze
(6,023 posts)They'd be calling Biden a coward or drug addict who's afraid to get tested. Has everyone forgotten what a complete asshole Biden is running against? You don't run from a bully - you confront the bully.
0rganism
(23,967 posts)and he should probably wear a KN95 mask while he does so
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Pelosi understands paradoxical messaging. She's not always right, but she's right this time.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)Why give Trump a talking point about Biden being afraid to debate? I don't think Trump wants to debate anyway but we should force him to back out not Biden.
MoMof6
(16 posts)We cannot give the impression that Biden is afraid to debate.
Whether we like it or not there is a growing perception among voters that Biden has dementia issues. Our nominee must fight this head on, and the best way is to have a free debate against Trump.
If Joe hits it out of the park he will win the Presidency. If he stumbles in any way he is finished. E
Hekate
(90,779 posts)...is a lost cause, cultists, and unreachable.
Trump doesnt want a debate he wants a show. He knows how to put on shows. Hes already saying that he and Biden should do a drug test before their debate.
BootinUp
(47,183 posts)Is get people talking about what a waste of time it is to engage with the Orange liar. Point to Pelosi.
JI7
(89,262 posts)and not really advice to Biden.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Making it a town hall, for instance.
You don't play chess with a pigeon...
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Pelosi is baiting Trump. He will reflexively oppose Pelosi and demand that debates be held.
Pelosi is sealing the deal by delivering a paradoxical statement to Trump. She is locking Trump into debating Biden.
Trump cannot NOW back out because he will have done what Pelosi predicted. He MUST oppose Pelosi.
But Trump won't understand the game, and he'll react and demand that Biden encounter him. He's, of course, on a fool's mission. Biden is waiting to pounce.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...but I do agree this locks him in, somewhat.
In It to Win It
(8,280 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)Theres nothing to be afraid of in debating Trump, unless you say you wont debate him, in which case the overriding question becomes, What are you afraid of?
Cha
(297,574 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)It feeds into the Republican narrative that Biden is hiding and wants to run out the clock. She does have the ability to hit the mark re. Trump. This was an airball.
Cha
(297,574 posts)thinks of trump.
The fucking maggats lie their damn heads off.. like trump wanted a "drug test bc he's accused Biden of being on Drugs against his debate with Sanders. "Because he did so WELL".
Chuuku Davis
(565 posts)Do voters want a debate?
MichMan
(11,961 posts)Don't recall ever in my lifetime when there weren't any and I was born when Ike was president
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Hillarys problem in 2016 is that she didnt actively confront Trump on stage when Trump pulled his antics. Some people like to say dont wrestle with a pig, NO!!!, some times you not only have to wrestle with a pig, but also punch it in the nose. When Trump was walking around behind Hillary, she should have said the the audience excuse me, then turn to Trump and say Go sit back on your seat, it is my turn to give my policies, then she should have pointed to his seat. For Biden, when Trump starts his antics during a debate, Joe must stop talking and humiliate Trump on the spot, show Trump up as being a weak attempted bully.
LiberalFighter
(51,056 posts)What would be the feeling of people if Biden cold-cocked Trump?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If he does that to Biden, Joe must humiliate him on the spot.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)She knows Trump does not want to debate.
By saying Biden should not legitimize him with a debate, the chances are that he will come out and demand a debate, even though he doesn't want one.
Please Brer Fox, don't throw me in that briar patch..
tblue37
(65,483 posts)as he did with Paul Ryan.
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EndlessWire
(6,562 posts)I enjoy SNL and their versions of the 2016 presidential debates. That's how I ran into this YouTube presentation of that third debate between Hillary and Donald. This is the "Nasty Woman" debate.
If you long for another presidential debate between rocks-for-brains Donald and some normal human being, just substitute this debate in its place, and be happy. I vote for no debate as well.
We coulda had Hillary. She wasn't perfect, but sh*t, Donald??? What were they thinking?
irisblue
(33,020 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)bluestarone
(17,025 posts)I also could see RUMP holding a debate with an empty chair too. That would be bad i think!
aka-chmeee
(1,132 posts)BULLSHIT beacon and Loud gong triggered every time he lies.
JanMichael
(24,890 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)I suspect she knows he doesn't want to debate and he's going to try to get out of them. She's egging him on, goading him into debating.
Wanderlust988
(509 posts)That's where he excels. But now with the pandemic, will they even have a town hall format?
I think 3 debates are too much. One debate is sufficient.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Never play chess with a pigeon.
The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.
Then shits all over the board.
Then struts around like it won.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)We have already heard enough of his bullshit.
Xolodno
(6,398 posts)He already lost on the gambit to have more debates. Now he throws in the drug test to have Biden decline and not submit to such a sleazy demand. With Trump, its a shit load of debates (like Suzanne Collins wanting to debate in every county in Maine) or none at all so he can throw whatever shit he can against the wall and hope it sticks.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)dickthegrouch
(3,183 posts)Make him hold a bible for the second time in his life, put a federal cop in the auditorium and arrest him at the first lie.