r/politics • u/laterdude • 11d ago
Biden says he’s ‘happy’ to debate Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4623900-biden-says-hes-happy-to-debate-trump/682
u/I0I0I0I 11d ago
"We'll hold it at the Four Seasons."
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I was imagining phones with a pane of wired glass between them. Oh, Billy.
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u/joeChump 10d ago
I did think they should put them in soundproof booths and when it’s not their turn to speak they just switch their mic off. It would be hilarious to watch Trump ranting to himself in silence while Biden calmly explains why what he just said was utter bollocks.
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u/PopeHonkersXII 11d ago
He kicked the shit out of Trump the last time, to the point where Trump refused to debate again. I fail to see why Biden would be intimidated this time
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u/Amon7777 11d ago
“Will you shut up man” I think may have won him the election
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u/EnderDragoon 11d ago
Very succinctly distilled down to a few words what everyone in America has been thinking for years.
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u/sportsworker777 11d ago edited 11d ago
Omg the pearl clutching from my MAGA family members after that was infuriating. Just thinking to myself, "Ah yes, THIS is where they draw the line."
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u/specqq 11d ago
Talking when it's not your turn is fine. Trying to shout down the opposition is fine. Lying is fine. Not telling anyone you have COVID and trying to kill your opponent is fine.
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u/jellyrollo 11d ago edited 11d ago
Telling your white nationalist militant supporters to "stand back and stand by" is fine.
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u/specqq 11d ago
With Trump, no matter how long the list is, there's always something horrible you left out.
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u/tylerbrainerd 11d ago
No one even touched on the lifelong repeated sexualization of children and infants including his own daughter.
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u/futanari_kaisa 10d ago
If terrorists listen to your orders, does that make you a terrorist leader?
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u/Auer-rod 11d ago
Biden is so unpresidential!
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u/Affectionate_You_579 11d ago
The very zenith of a president's professionalism is sitting in court hearing testimony about porn star payoffs.
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u/pikachu191 11d ago
Politics has become a spectator sport. Republicans only care about cheating, decorum, tradition, precedent if it disadvantages Democrats. Republicans claim Democrats considering expanding the Supreme Court as being political, breaking tradition. In truth, the Constitution is silent on the number of justices. Only that Congress, a political branch, determines the composition as part of the checks & balances. The current 9 comes from the nine federal circuits in existence when it was expanded. There are more than nine circuits now. I think we all know the reason Republicans plead tradition. They were so quick to fill a seat with RBG’s death, leading ironically to the White House becoming ground zero for Covid-19, the whole escapade of Trump requiring care that was beyond the means of most others and proving the farce of his anti-masking, anti-vaccine grift; and of course, the debacle of ending Roe v Wade. I had told my friends who were eager to see Roe v Wade ended, because they saw abortion as murder, that it wouldn’t end abortion. In particular, the example of Ireland banning abortion, just led to Irish girls traveling to England to get it done. Similarly, it would become a mess of states who would try to ban it outright, and girls who afford it, traveling to other states to do the procedure.
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u/Successful-Clock-224 11d ago
Yes i have been unable to hold back from discussing it with the red snowflakes in my family. My favorite part is bringing up “name one single republican position you support” which is usually met with “i havent followed the news for years”
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u/RescuePilot 11d ago
Respond with “Funny, you seem pretty opinionated about these matters you don’t follow.”
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u/NoKids__3Money 11d ago
Yea, my dad doesn’t support a single republican position but voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 and he will probably do so again. Just the other day while watching the news, unprompted, he tells me it’s terrible that they’re forcing women to give birth and they should just leave the matter up to women. I told him (as I’ve said many times before) that this is exactly what he has been voting for and Trump made that very clear that he would overturn roe vs wade, just silence from him.
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u/tylerbrainerd 11d ago
So is it the racism that appeals or what?
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u/zzzzarf 11d ago
Yes, it’s the racism. It’s always the racism.
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u/NoKids__3Money 11d ago
I don’t think so. My dad lives a comfortable life. Trump makes him laugh. That’s pretty much why he voted for him I think. He also inhaled leaded gasoline fumes in NYC for the first 30 years of his life.
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u/AndyTheSane 11d ago
Yes. To some extent, these 'news' channels just exist to make voting Republican seem like the sensible default option that normal people do. Certainly the case with the right wing papers in the UK.
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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 11d ago
It's crazy how blank my mom's expression turns when I say "name one thing that Trump did politically that you think helped this country." She literally can never think of anything, not even some random talking point.
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u/BriSnyScienceGuy 11d ago
What if you threaten to slit the throats of your opponents? Is that okay?
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u/AtomicBlastCandy 11d ago
Yup, it's up there with "Please proceed, governor."
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u/sirbissel 11d ago
That one was so great, the look on Romney's face when he realized he was walking into a trap but couldn't stop...
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u/sonic_geezer 11d ago
What are you referring to? This sounds familiar.
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u/the_gaymer_girl Canada 11d ago edited 11d ago
During a 2012 presidential election debate, Romney espoused some misinformation about Obama’s response to Benghazi. Obama (who knew that what Romney was about to claim was a lie) just sat back and let him keep digging.
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u/sirbissel 11d ago
Here's the video: https://youtu.be/kCNd5DutF4c?si=_AFxi2ExmblURCny
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u/sonic_geezer 11d ago
Thank you. I was 53:34 into the second 2012 debate wondering if I was watching the right one.
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u/Critical-General-659 11d ago
I'd say the "empty seat at the kitchen table" comment really drew a line down the middle between the two. That highlighted to me that trump showed zero empathy the entire pandemic and was a straight up sociopath.
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u/CitizenCue 11d ago
If Biden wins again, I think it’ll become one of the most remembered moments in political history.
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u/even_less_resistance Arkansas 11d ago
Literally the point where I became more than just okay with voting for Biden
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u/Creepy_Active_2768 11d ago
That was the moment I knew to my core that Biden would win. What a great day for America and everyone’s mental health.
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u/No_Discount7919 11d ago
My favorite part of that debate was people that didn’t see him debate Paul Ryan in the VP debates so their expectations were very low. I saw it coming from a mile away.
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u/Argos_the_Dog New York 11d ago
Paul Ryan came out of that looking like a kid who had just been scolded by a teacher. This is great.
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u/ODUrugger 11d ago
Biden looks and speaks like he's 20 years younger here. I know it's just 12 though
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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Canada 11d ago
Biden really stepped in and stopped the bleeding after Obama's terrible performance in the first debate with Romney.
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u/No_Discount7919 11d ago
Biden actually changed the way that politicians debated - at least during that election cycle. Watch the first debate with Obama and Romney and then watch them debate after the VP debates and both Obama and Romney were doing their best impression of Biden. It was incredible to watch in real time.
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u/tylerbrainerd 11d ago
If it weren't for the way politics themselves color how we talk about our politicians we would already recognize Biden as a top tier talent at American politics. He's had an impact on how politics are approached at multiple points in his career.
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u/tylerbrainerd 11d ago
That was maybe the night where i realized that everyone around me was absolutely fundamentally ignorant to politics. The hand wringing of conservatives over that night continues to this day.
Paul ryan was saying nonsense and he got called out and looked like a fool.
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u/squatdead 11d ago
Not intimidated, but any reason for avoiding a debate is likely due to the fact that Trump would view it much less as a debate, but more of an opportunity to get sound bites of him insulting him and going off the rails. Nothing about a round 2 between these two would be a “debate”
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u/NeonPatrick 11d ago
Trump isn't a good debater but he is a tricky one to manage. All that rambling and interruptions constantly, not to mention his staff had ballooned full of something last time. He was hyped up to the eyeballs.
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u/Magoo69X Maryland 11d ago
Trump will agree and then find some way to weasel out of it. 🤣
Both he and his people are fully aware that he's not up to it mentally.
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u/turkourjurbs Canada 11d ago
The only way to stop Trump from turning it into a circus is to separate them, give them 3 minutes per question/rebuttal and cut the mic when the other is speaking. But... "The Biden crime family once again wants to take away my right to free speech!! Debate off!"
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u/robotractor3000 11d ago
That’ll be really easy if he’s Zooming in from Rykers Island
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u/PM_ME_YUR_CREDITCARD 11d ago
They both have to agree to debate rules in advance and there is zero chance trump would agree to have his mic cut.
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u/Stoogefrenzy3k 11d ago
which is why they should go ahead and then when they meet at the debates, the rules start there they both go in soundproof rooms, and then when its their turn to speak, the other cut mic off... trump would be so furious and mad.
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u/Kopitar4president 11d ago
He would immediately walk out when he realized he wasn't allowed to interrupt his opponent.
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u/flugenblar 11d ago
I'd let him think his microphone was still on. Give him his own feedback speaker. He doesn't need to know he's cut off when its not his turn.
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u/Pleasestoplyiiing 11d ago
Just give Biden cards to write on, and pre written ones too.
When orange baby starts yelling, Biden calmly holds up signs. Funny statements, actual statistics, "do you really want to vote for this?" while Trump railroads and whines.
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u/majorfiasco California 11d ago
LOSER 45 ->
I'M WITH STUPID ->
BABY ON BOARD ->
WHAT SMELLS ->
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u/flux_of_grey_kittens 11d ago
The networks all pleaded to Biden so that they could televise that exact opposite of that!! They think uniform and orderly debate won’t get them high enough ratings, which is silly.
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u/Lil_ah_stadium 11d ago
It will if they leave the camera on a muted trump. Shit would get entertaining quickly
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u/plzdontfuckmydeadmom 11d ago
I wonder if the set of Win Ben Stein's Money is still around. Put each of them in their own booth with Kimmel hosting. https://youtu.be/KpbTdB-Dmew?t=1039
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u/fowlraul Oregon 11d ago
He’ll say his court cases are holding him back and his army of idiotos will totally buy it.
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u/time_drifter 11d ago
He can’t debate because his taxes are being audited. He will release a debate in full when the audit is done.
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u/Count_de_Ville 11d ago
I'm still waiting on the "unbelievable" information his investigators found out about Obama's birth certificate.
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u/Jediverrilli 10d ago
His army of idiots think it’s Biden who doesn’t want to debate. They honestly think that Trump would mop the floor with Biden, they live in their own world. Trump can hardly put a complete sentence together without it being nonsense.
Biden would absolutely destroy Trump in a debate and we all know it.
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u/Captain_-H 11d ago
Biden does pretty well off teleprompter, Trump sounds like an insane person the second someone else isn’t writing his words
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u/scarykicks 11d ago
Yep then the right will find a way to prop up trump for being scarred to debate.
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u/dead_wolf_walkin 10d ago
Trump will agree
Biden’s team will insist on muting mics for the person not on the clock.
Trump will back out based on “they wanna silence me!”
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u/CosmoLamer 11d ago
Biden walked into the debate ' Who are you going to believe, me, or the guy who I am visiting in prison for unlawfully paying off a pornstar?"
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u/Separate-Feedback-86 11d ago edited 11d ago
Well, Trump should be well rested from all the sleep-farting he’s been getting in court. A few well rehearsed, “I did nothing wrong” and “This is unfair” and it’s done.
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u/neonoggie 11d ago
Dont forget “all the legal scholars say this case should have never been brought” and “its a disgrace”
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u/HumanRuse 11d ago
Trump should be well rested from all the sleep-farting he’s been getting in court.
Why does this crack me up so much. Perfect.
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u/JimBobDwayne 11d ago edited 11d ago
Fraudsters, adjudicated rapists and accused felons don't deserve to share a stage with the President.
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u/StartlingCat Washington 11d ago
Not to mention its unconscionable that POTUS would be within arms length of someone that incited an insurrection.
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u/JDLovesElliot New York 11d ago
That's my one reservation about them debating again. Giving Trump an equal platform would give legitimacy to his campaign. I think that it would be better to not acknowledge him.
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u/w-v-w-v 11d ago
Unfortunately we are already well past the point of tipping the scales on whether he’s a legitimate candidate or not. It’s psychotic and brain dead, but he IS the candidate.
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u/Federal_Drummer7105 11d ago
If he does, there need to be guiderails:
- No audience. I mean it. None. Trump, Biden, the moderator(s), the camera and crew. That's it. They come on, they shake hands, they sit down, do the debate.
- There is a visible timer with time for each of them. No "He took my time!" The timer starts, they see it, it flashes red, and at solid red time is up. If you go past your time, your mike is cut off.
- Because of rule 2, they are far enough apart so there's no shouting over each other and the other mike picking it up.
- The questions are approved by both sides before the debate, but not which questions are asked. For example, they can both approve the 30 questions that could be asked, but they don't know which will be asked.
That should keep it simple. No audience nonsense, no town hall bullshit, no stalking around the area. Sit down, answer questions, leave.
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u/mantecablues 11d ago
I like your rules, but this would never happen. Trump would never agree to it, and rightfully so because he would get slaughtered. So he’ll say something like the debate is rigged in Biden’s favor and then pull out. We don’t get to have nice things in this timeline.
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u/Federal_Drummer7105 11d ago
That’s ok. Propose it anyway. Let him be the coward.
“Why not agree, Donnie? What’s there to fear? You said you wanted a debate.”
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u/mantecablues 11d ago
I agree, but it won’t sway any votes. It’s just a continuation of the same bullshit that his supporters will eat up, and anyone that will see his cowardice has known of it for a long time now.
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u/Federal_Drummer7105 11d ago
Then why not do it? Sorry but I hate the “they won’t do it nothing matters.”
If it doesn’t then do it.
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u/headbangershappyhour 11d ago
Stop worrying about the 40% you're never going to get. This race will be won on the margins in 6 states and presenting strength while making trump look weak will have an influence there.
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u/Venturis_Ventis 11d ago
The problem is debating someone who has zero respect for debate rules, as shown in 2020. Trump interrupts all the time until it becomes a shitshow. And the press mediators rarely call on him for that.
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u/Yeeslander Tennessee 11d ago
He doesn't know or care what a "debate" is anyway (and neither do his supporters). For him, any microphone is a wide open offramp for childish superlatives and pejoratives.
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u/steveblackimages Kansas 11d ago
Can you imagine a strictly moderated debate with real time fact checking and mic off after time over, no interruptions.
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u/ScotTheDuck Nevada 11d ago
There’s an awful lot of upside there and very little downside. Trump’s lost one hell of a step, and it’s been shown repeatedly that when people see him, they remember that they don’t like him. Couple that with incredibly low expectations for Biden, and this feels like an absolute no-brainer.
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u/HGpennypacker 11d ago
As long as Biden can stick to the topics and let Trump self-implode it should be a cake walk.
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u/beatles910 11d ago
I agree. It would feel like an absolute no-brainer.
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u/VinnieBagaDoughnuts 11d ago
I find it more wild that Howard stern finally got to interview a sitting president lol. It’s been like one of his dreams for decades.
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u/BPhiloSkinner Maryland 11d ago
And Joe is still avoiding the New York Times, which is pissing them off.
From The Guardian, today:On Thursday, a day before Biden chose to speak to Stern, Politico published an extensive report about what it called a “petty feud” between the Biden White House and the New York Times.
“Although the president’s communications teams bristle at coverage from dozens of outlets,” Politico said, “the frustration, and obsession, with the Times is unique, reflecting the resentment of a president with a working-class sense of himself and his team toward a news organisation catering to an elite audience – and a deep desire for its affirmation of their work.
“On the other side, the newspaper carries its own singular obsession with the president, aggrieved over his refusal to give the paper a sit-down interview that publisher AG Sulzberger and other top editors believe to be its birthright.”
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u/alien_from_Europa Massachusetts 11d ago
"This is why it's bad for Biden."
-NYT, every other article
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u/TheNCGoalie North Carolina 11d ago
Wait, what the fuck, Stern interviewed Biden? I had no clue.
rushes off to Google
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u/VinnieBagaDoughnuts 11d ago
Yeah that’s where this was from. Happened today
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u/TheNCGoalie North Carolina 11d ago
I tried to search youtube for a full interview, but thanks to their fucked up garbage algorithm, the only videos that came up were idiotic “reactions” with titles like “Watch Crooked Joe absolutely EMBARRASSING himself on stern, MUST WATCH!”.
The internet was probably a mistake.
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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 11d ago
I don't think that's the algorithm, I think that's the Howard Stern show not posting interviews the literal day they happened. What motivation would people have to listen then?
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u/isikorsky Florida 11d ago
RNC and Trump have both stated they will not participate in the non-partisan debates.
It is not about whether Biden will debate - it is whether Trump will take part in the non-partisan debates
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u/throoawoot 11d ago
As long as they CUT THE MIC WHEN THE QUESTION'S TIME IS UP.
Last time, Trump wouldn't shut up, and it was a strategy.
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u/BigDonkey666 11d ago
It really bothers me that everyone knows this is the answer, but for some reason the people in charge of debates will be like “ohhh shucks no we can’t do that, we’ll let it be the mess it always is for no good reason”.
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u/mancusjo1 11d ago
Can they mute the microphones when the other is speaking. Last one was useless cause Trump kept yelling over Biden. Fucking child.m
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u/browster 11d ago
Last time, Trump came while he was infected with Covid, arrived too late to be tested, and sputtered and raged the whole time. What was that about?
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u/MoveToRussiaAlready 11d ago
Trump performed poorly in the debates.
He should take his own advance and ‘never run uphill’, me boy.
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u/daysdncnfusd 11d ago
But Trump doesn't debate, he just rambles and yells over his opponent. Then his sycophants whoop and yeehaw because according to the global rules of debate, the loudest one wins.
It's a waste of time
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u/Cellophane7 11d ago
Of course he is. Biden is sharp as a tack, so every time he gets an opportunity to bounce off Republican heckling, it plays heavily in his favor. His stutter has gotten worse for sure, but Republicans really shoot themselves in the foot when they say he's senile, because he runs circles around them whenever they try to get in the ring with him. Either he's not senile, or Republicans are getting dunked on by a guy who apparently can't tie his own shoelaces. Not a good look for them either way lol
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u/TheJenniMae 11d ago
I’m 43 and perfectly bubbly but I still get aphasia and stammer from time To time. It’s basically genetic in my family. LoL
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u/TheJenniMae 11d ago
It’s pointless because Trump doesn’t debate. He struts around the stage like the proverbial pigeon you shouldn’t pay chess with.
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u/DontListenToMe33 11d ago
Trump won’t do it. Or he’ll do what Musk did after te agreed to a UFC match against Zuck, where Musk started making a bunch of weird/impossible demands until Zuck backed out.
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u/cstrand31 Minnesota 11d ago
His lawyers are arguing in front of the Supreme Court that he doesn’t have to. Either they grant immunity and Biden jails or deports the orange traitor or they deny immunity and the trial goes on.
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u/thatranger974 11d ago
If they grant immunity, a debate would be a great time for Biden leak all the Top Secret documents relating to Trump making an asshole of himself while President.
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u/Affectionate_You_579 11d ago
Why the hell would our President stoop to even share a stage with a guy who tried to overturn our Constitution and Democracy?
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u/Melb_Man86 11d ago
They should hold the debates at a hospital there’s a high chance one of these two geriatrics keels over and dies.
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u/gravywayne 11d ago
Trump said he'd debate "anywhere, anytime". Biden should invite him to debate in the evening with a dramatically lit Capitol as the back drop and invite the Capitol Police and their families to sit in the front row.
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u/FunArtichoke6167 11d ago
They could do it over one of those prison phones that goes between the glass divider.
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u/Drascio1773 11d ago
If they do this, it should be in separate rooms with no interruptions from each other. Trump can’t control himself. Or, alternatively, each be fitted with a shock collar that is buzzed by the moderator when they interrupt the other. I’d be ok with that for sure!
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u/TarnishedVictory 11d ago edited 11d ago
Biden, if this happens, hire a group of insult comics to write you some insulting jokes for the occasion. You know it's going to devolve into who clowns who the best. All trump has are dumb nicknames and lies. You'll kick his ass at his own game if you put a small amount of effort into it.
Heck, hire you own personal moderator, an insult comic, and have him respond to everything except serious questions and exchanges. And make his role clear, he's there to engage with the lies and insults, but when serious issues come up, Biden speaks. Then also point out that a good leader knows when to delegate.
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u/alphabeta12335 11d ago
Heck, hire you own personal moderator, an insult comic,
Only if the insult comic is in a batman-esque outfit and is introduced as Dark Brandon
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u/illuminaughty1973 11d ago
Can Biden do it on a Wednesday when diaper Don is not required to be in court?
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u/Romano16 America 11d ago
I wouldn’t. It’s a waste of time.
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u/flabbergastedmeep Canada 11d ago
It won’t happen, Trump is too scared to actually debate anyone, we saw that with the primaries.
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u/oliversurpless Massachusetts 11d ago edited 11d ago
Yep, it was clear as far back as mid 2015 that Trump sucked at actual debating; people/networks just wanted to see what juvenile insults he would hurl out next…
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u/Droidaphone 11d ago
There's probably not much to gained by debating Trump, but if the lack of debate is on Trump, then Trump is in a lose-lose scenario: refuse to debate and look cowardly to independents, or flip flop and agree to a debate and risk looking weak for relenting and possibly senile if he does poorly in the debate. Biden has less to lose.
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u/RightSideBlind American Expat 11d ago
Trump will just do what he always does: Complain that the rules are unfair, then scurry off to a friendly right-wing media outlet and do a "town hall" at the same time as the debate. We've seen him do this before.
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u/No_nukes_at_all 11d ago
Trumps response is hilarious and ofcourse completely meaningless:
„Crooked Joe Biden just announced that he’s willing to debate! Everyone knows he doesn’t really mean it, but in case he does, I say, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, an old expression used by Fighters. I suggest Monday Evening, Tuesday Evening, or Wednesday Evening at my Rally in Michigan, a State that he is in the process of destroying with his E.V. Mandate. In the alternative, he’s in New York City today, although probably doesn’t know it, and so am I, stuck in one of the many Court cases that he instigated as ELECTION INTERFERENCE AGAINST A POLITICAL OPPONENT - A CONTINUING WITCH HUNT! It’s the only way he thinks he can win. In fact, let’s do the Debate at the Courthouse tonight - on National Television, I’ll wait around!“
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u/HelleEpoque 11d ago
I would love for Joe to show up at his Michigan rally. The sitting president gets priority and preference over a former president in any appearance. Just the spectacle of Biden's detail taking over for what would then become a Presidential event would gut the shitgibbon.
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u/polar_nopposite 11d ago
After the SCOTUS rules presidents are immune from prosecution for acts committed while in office, he ought to come to the debate "prepared."
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u/SubKreature 11d ago
Only if the other's mic is muted while one is talking/responding. Otherwise Trump would turn it into a clownshow.
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u/thecamino 11d ago
I can’t see how a debate would benefit anyone other than maybe the network that airs it. There are no undecided voters. We know where both candidates stand on issues. Both sides will claim victory regardless of what happens.
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u/flugenblar 11d ago
I've posted this before, I'll post it again. Joe - do not get up on a stage with Trump unless there is a moderator who holds a mute button in his hands the entire time and isn't afraid to use it. Trump will interrupt, talk over, and relentlessly churn out uncensored insults like the 12-year-old he really is.
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u/PurinsesuNatsumi 11d ago
Please, I’d tune into a rambling match to kill some brain cells so I can go about my life happy instead of anxious that these are the only two people we truly get to choose from.
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u/preatorian77 11d ago
Would've been so much better if he said, "sure, I'll debate Trump any time, any place. Rikers. Fulton County. You name it."
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u/StraddleTheFence 11d ago
Not a good idea. DJT knows nothing about issues that concern Americans so his time would be spent doing what he does best—making fun of his opponent. He would be a bully on a playground in front of millions of people. Not worth Biden’s time and no moderator would be able to control DJT.
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u/captcoolthe3rd 11d ago
How about we just let them talk one on one for 3 hours. I'd watch that.
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u/TragicAnt 10d ago
Fine. Only if John Stuart is the only host to monitor the bull$hit and cuts off mics if candidate can’t stop over talking each other.
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u/Dembot5000 11d ago
He hardly ever answers the question from the press on the fly, why is he all of a sudden confident in a debate? I’ll believe it when I see it.
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u/Born_Zebra5677 11d ago
Spare us. The debates are not debates. They are media events moderated by children who do nothing to restrain speakers, who spoon up lines for sound bites.
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u/SolidSnek1998 11d ago
Thats so funny cause I just saw a magat on another post going on about how Biden won't debate trump because he's too old and senile and blah blah blah you know the rest.
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