Josh Marshall: honestly this plexiglass barrier is a total joke.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[madaboutharry]

1. It is ridiculous.

Who came up with this?

The Biden campaign should refuse this version of a “barrier.”

[jimfields33]

11. South Carolina senate debaters did

Obviously with Lindsey everything he touches is a big fail.

[madaboutharry]

13. Jaime Harrison had an awesome barrier.

Sen. Harris needs to get one like he had.

[StTimofEdenRoc]

16. Nope, Bring their own instead.

[lagomorph777]

18. Like the little dividers between urinals so you don't stare at the other guy's dick.

Shameful. And shame on Kamala if she lets them pull off this assassination attempt.

Fuck the Plague Posse. She needs to show some strength and refuse to play along with this murder plot.

[Tones2345]

2. Just like Trump's wall...

Apparently Nothing can go around it.

[RockCreek]

3. I hate to say this

But agreeing to this set-up could make them seem " weak".

[lagomorph777]

19. +1000 Giving the Plague Posse the upper hand.

Pull out and call it what it is: an assassination attempt.

[MontanaMama]

4. Pence doesn't want the perception that he's a spreader.

He’s very good at his act of being chuckly deferential well meaning gentleman but make no mistake, he would absolutely infect Harris if he has the chance.

ETA: The Pence people will use the tried and true method of trying to make the girl candid look hysterical about Covid.

[JI7]

5. So are the debate organizers and that looks wayyy too close together

[underpants]

6. Well Josh got that completely wrong. It's like a blinking light that says VIRUS FAILURE

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It will be constant and unavoidable. Pence might as well have a cloud hovering over his head

[BannonsLiver]

14. +1

Marshall sucks

[Baitball Blogger]

15. +1

[cbdo2007]

7. This is great. It highlights that he is dangerous and Harris needs to be sure to bring it up...

and call them out for lying about testing, not quarantining, and infecting others.

[BusyBeingBest]

8. It's a sneeze guard. She's safe from him ah-chooing directly

into her face, but that's about it.

[lagomorph777]

20. Because those particles don't go airborne, right?

This is a blatant assassination attempt.

[BusyBeingBest]

25. I would not debate. They're ahead and they have an excuse--

the entire King Kovid administration seems to be infected. Why run the risk of infection or debate mistake?

[lagomorph777]

26. There is no excuse to participate in this assassination attempt.

Biden is far ahead. He doesn't need this debate. Trump does. Fuck Trump and his Plague Posse.

[BusyBeingBest]

28. That's pretty much how I see it. I think he knew he was infected at Biden's debate.

They deliberately exposed Biden to the virus. Trump also desperately needs Biden or Harris to blow it, have a bad soundbite, and they're giving him that opportunity with every debate that they now have a PERFECT EXCUSE to skip. When you're ahead, play it safe.

[KatyaR]

9. The poor moderator....

she doesn't stand a chance without some sort of protection.

Those barriers are a joke.

[lagomorph777]

22. Urinal dividers

Disgraceful.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Are they going to do testing before this debate starts?

And if need be, will they delay the start if Pence and his minions try to pull the "arrive too late" thing?

[MoonRiver]

12. I can't wait until they frog march the Chump family out for taking out their masks.

[abqtommy]

17. I hope that Kamala will exercise her right to refuse to participate in this debate.

[lagomorph777]

23. +1000

[octoberlib]

21. They're not far enough apart. They shouldn't even be in the same room

[Cosmo Blues]

24. Plexiglass is fine

I disregard the people who think this is ineffective and the people who don't think it's macho enough, sounds like something the deficient Republican party would play politics with and the reason we have the most deaths in the world

[lagomorph777]

27. Those tiny urinal dividers will have ZERO effect.

This is a blatant assassination attempt.

[Cosmo Blues]

29. This was the debate Commission

Not the Republican Party, I can see that they would try to kill both Biden and Harris. Now that you've seen that they were never closer than 12 feet apart, + 2 plexiglass screens separating them when unmasked and talking you can see how this would suffice

[lagomorph777]

30. The Debate Commission knuckled under to Pence.

Pence did not want to be thwarted. He showed up with COVID pinkeye.

12 feet apart in a closed space with no masks and a probable positive Pence is not a risk I would expose myself to. Those little plastic decorations were utterly pointless and shameful.

[Cosmo Blues]

31. I'll go by science

And I was in healthcare practically all my life, I'm not going by my gut

[lagomorph777]

32. Me too. Science says this thing is airborne, and 12 feet is OK if both are masked.

[Cosmo Blues]

33. And the plexiglass

I Know Your Mind Is Made Up a Harris is dead who else do you want to be VP

[lagomorph777]

34. No; if she gets through unscathed I will be happy.

But her acceptance of that situation did surprise me. She needs to be more careful in the future.