Jason Harvestdancer
Contributor
There were no rational points in your earlier post to counter, so your recent post is self-referential.
There were no rational points in your earlier post to counter, so your recent post is self-referential.
Somehow not only do I think it isn't quite equivalent, I think Trump would enjoy that.
Somehow not only do I think it isn't quite equivalent, I think Trump would enjoy that.
Desperate Donnie wants more debates.
Trump campaign makes pitch for fourth debate with Biden amid declining poll numbers - Wapo
Though maybe instead of debates, they should compete in taking mental cognition tests or perhaps racing down a gentle ramp and taking a drink of water.
... REALLY don't won't to sound like a certain other Australian poster, but Biden isn't exactly a shoe-in for mental cognition tests either.
And by certain other Australian poster, I mean bilby.
Well, now we know he's the Chosen One. BTW, if you were kicking back Adderall (and boosting your circulation) and hydroxychloroquine (can make you irritable -- oops, skip it -- with Trump, there's no way to measure this) on top of, probably, a Big Mac and fries for a carb explosion, you too could probably wrap your paw around that glass and show it what's what. Jesus Christ, are there really people drawing breath in my country who think Trump is the best anything?
President Donald Trump falsely claimed again on Thursday that his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, is using the coronavirus pandemic to try to get out of debating him.
"Now, he's already saying that he can't do debates because of Covid. Do you believe it? 'I can't do the debates because of Covid.' That was -- I just heard a little inkling of it two days ago. I said, 'Watch this one,'" Trump said during a Fox News town hall event in Wisconsin with host Sean Hannity.
Facts First: Trump's claim is entirely baseless. Biden has officially committed to participating in the three scheduled presidential debates -- and Biden has repeatedly said he is eager to debate Trump even if the pandemic forces them to hold the event online rather than in person.
Trump, conversely, has not officially committed to the scheduled debates. Instead, his campaign has been seeking changes to the debate schedule, and, according to the New York Times, wants an unusual role in selecting the moderators.
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Biden's campaign said in a Monday letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates that Biden will take part in the debates scheduled for September 29, October 15 and October 22.
"Our position is straightforward and clear: Joe Biden will accept the Commission's debates, on the Commission's dates, under the Commission's established format and the Commission's independent choice of moderators," Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon wrote. "Donald Trump and Mike Pence should do the same. That is what every candidate for President and Vice President have done in modern times, Democrat and Republican alike."
O'Malley Dillon specifically asked the commission to confirm that it has plans for alternate arrangements in case "COVID control measures threaten to impact the conduct of the debates as planned."
"There is no reason why Vice President Biden and President Trump cannot meet for debates with appropriate safety and social distancing measures (set by public health authorities) on the three dates the CPD has identified. Nothing should prevent the conduct of debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on these dates; again, we do not want to provide President Trump with any excuses for not debating," O'Malley Dillon wrote.
There was coronavirus-related debate news two days prior to Trump's Thursday comments, but it had nothing to do with Biden's stance. The commission announced Tuesday that the October 15 would be moved to Miami from Ann Arbor, Michigan; the University of Michigan said pandemic challenges made their hosting plans infeasible.
Biden himself has said in multiple appearances and interviews that he is eager to debate Trump even if the pandemic makes an in-person debate impossible.
"I can hardly wait to debate Donald Trump. Are you kidding?" Biden said at an April fundraiser, according to a pool report. He added, "Look, I'm ready to debate him. Zoom or Skype or Slack or Hangouts or in person, anytime, anywhere he wants."
Biden did say in late March that he thought there was no need for additional Democratic primary debates against Sen. Bernie Sanders, over whom he had an overwhelming delegate lead. (Sanders dropped out two weeks later.) Biden said, in explaining his stance at the time, that he was focusing on the pandemic crisis.
But contrary to Trump's insinuations and assertions in April, May and now June, Biden has never suggested he wants to avoid general election debates with Trump.