I think I got whiplash from trying to follow this today.
Here you try, courtesy of CNN:
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not participate in the second presidential debate with Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates said the event will be held virtually in the wake of the President’s positive coronavirus diagnosis.
“I am not going to do a virtual debate,” Trump said on Fox Business of the event scheduled for October 15. “I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate.”
Trump’s comment threw the future of presidential debates into question and set off a back-and-forth between the Biden and Trump campaigns. Biden’s spokeswoman swiftly said that they would have agreed to a virtual format for next Thursday’s contest, but because the President had seemingly bailed, they urged the commission to make the debate scheduled on October 22 a town hall debate format.
Hours later, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said they would be willing to push the October 15 debate back a week and then move the third debate to October 29, just days before the November 3 election.
But Biden’s campaign rejected their proposal, with campaign spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield saying in response, “Donald Trump doesn’t make the debate schedule; the Debate Commission does.”
“Trump’s erratic behavior does not allow him to rewrite the calendar, and pick new dates of his choosing. We look forward to participating in the final debate, scheduled for October 22, which already is tied for the latest debate date in 40 years. Donald Trump can show up, or he can decline again. That’s his choice,” Bedingfield said.
So assuming that Trump survives until October 22nd, and the jury is still out on that, then we might, possibly, potentially have another presidential debate.
Will it be in person? We don’t know.
Will it be virtual? Not if Trump can help it.
Will it be worth watching? Oh yeah.
Especially if they invite Mike Pence’s fly to the debate.
After all, he was the highlight of the last one.
No matter what happens with the debates, we will never forget how Sarah blamed rape victims by charging them for their own rape kits.
“I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate.”
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And we don’t want to waste our time watching you !!!
signed the American public
What’cha so scared of, donnie boy?
He won’t be able to interrupt Biden or go over time. That’s why he wants it live. Virtual and they can mute him or cut him of
This is all on trump
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Police in armed standoff with suspect involved in Michigan governor kidnapping plot
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/police-in-armed-standoff-with-suspect-involved-in-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot/
This is because the republican legislature refuses to ban weapons from the capital and trump ranting to liberate Michigan, well we don’t want to be liberated by these traitors thank you very much. they are against the government but want their 2nd Amendment rights. Hope they rot in prison.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/i-keep-a-bulletproof-vest-below-my-desk-michigan-lawmaker-says-thats-just-how-it-is-in-my-workplace/
Let me guess, trump thinks these are very good people right, guess they won’t be able to vote for him, they will be in prison
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Here are the times Trump egged on extremists who were targeting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/here-are-the-times-trump-egged-on-extremists-who-were-targeting-michigan-gov-whitmer-gretchen/
LOL, little donnie really blew it this time with his little temper tantrum
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NEW: ABC News will host a town hall with @JoeBiden moderated by @GStephanopoulos on October 15th. The primetime event will take place in Philadelphia where the former vice president will answer questions from voters.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s debate with Democrat Kamala Harris attracted 57.9 million TV viewers, the second-highest audience ever for a matchup between vice presidential candidates, according to Nielsen data released on Thursday.
The viewership figure for the Wednesday evening faceoff in Salt Lake City included people watching across 18 networks. The tally came in 56% higher than four years ago, when 37 million people tuned in to see Pence debate Democrat Tim Kaine.
During the policy-heavy 90-minute event, Pence and Harris clashed over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Vice presidential debates typically draw smaller audiences than presidential clashes. President Donald Trump’s Sept. 29 debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden pulled in 73 million viewers, making it the second-biggest event on U.S. television this year, after the Super Bowl.
The TV viewing record for a vice presidential debate was set in 2008, when Biden debated Republican Sarah Palin. That telecast drew 69.9 million viewers.
https://news.trust.org/item/20201008211537-c5loz
Sarah ruined mccains life. Gave him cancer and killed him. God she’s so horrible. Then she tried killing giffords.
Sarah is so horrible.
VP Debate Between Kamala Harris & Mike Pence Is Second Most Watched Ever – Update
2nd UPDATE, 2:44 PM: The final numbers are in for the only vice-presidential debate of 2020 and they are almost record breaking.
Nielsen is reporting that 59 million people watched the 9 – 10:30 PM ET meeting between Sen. Kamala Harris and incumbent Mike Pence. That’s the second most watched VP debate since the Executive sidekick sit-down started in 1976.
The most watched VP debate ever remains the 2008 meet-up between then Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 70 million viewers. That event on October 2, 2008 was broadcast on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Telemundo, TF, CNN, FOXN, MSNBC, CNBC, and BBC America.
Last night’s Harris vs. Pence showdown aired live on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, BET, BET HER, CNN, Fox Business Network, FNC, MSNBC, Newsmax, Newsy, VICE and WGNA, and was tape delayed on CNNe*
https://deadline.com/2020/10/vice-presidential-debate-rating-steady-kamala-harris-mike-pence-susan-page-donald-trump-joe-biden-1234593583/
Trump wants to debate Biden in person despite COVID — campaign cites note from White House doctor
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-wants-to-debate-biden-in-person-despite-campaign-cites-note-from-white-house-doctor/
https://mobile.twitter.com/KellyO/status/1314355250611052545
Trump rejects virtual debate, as more Americans disapprove of his coronavirus leadership
https://news.trust.org/item/20201008223011-hjc68
LOL, boy donnie really shot himself in the foot with this one, finally someone told him to go to hell.
Like his doctor has any shred of credibility left
Anyone who has associated with Trump will realize the consequence is their credibility will be compromised to destroyed.
Trump announced Saturday rally in Florida and said ‘I feel so good’ — and then his ‘hoarse’ voice gave out: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-announced-saturday-rally-in-florida-and-said-i-feel-so-good-and-then-his-hoarse-voice-gave-out-report/
Finally something shut him up, too bad it doesn’t crash his twitter account.
Now he has another excuse to skip the debate, lost his voice ( along with his mind)
I wonder who will be willing to board Air Force One with him. My greater concern is that Trump supporters who get Covid will emulate Trump’s behavior denying they are contagious which would increase the spread of this virus.
Two new polls find Alaskans poised to institute the first top-four election system in America
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/10/7/1984391/-Two-new-polls-find-Alaskans-poised-to-institute-the-first-top-four-election-system-in-America
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hannity-call-reactions_n_5f7fe475c5b664e5babb77bb
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-voice-hannity-interview_n_5f7fd6c5c5b664e5babb672a
Rasp~Putin Rasp~Putin…
And I think it’s off again.
https://news.yahoo.com/next-presidential-debate-remote-due-113947583.html
“A White House memo released Thursday night announced Trump had completed his course of therapy for COVID-19 “as prescribed by his team of physicians.” White House physician Dr. Sean Conley cleared Trump to return to public life on Saturday, 10 days since his diagnosis, saying, “I fully anticipate the President’s safe return to public engagements at that time”
In their third statement on the topic today, Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien cited the letter from Dr. Conley, insisting the second presidential debate should be held in person and there is no reason to “shift the debate to a virtual setting, postpone it, or otherwise alter it in any away” ”
Holy Shit! They’re getting Quack Conley involve in this. Well, there goes whatever credibility he might have had left. Shredded.
“White House officials and Trump’s physician have not said when the president’s last negative test was.”
That’s because they don’t want anyone to know when he was first positive or if he is still positive. They’re afraid people will find out it was earlier and he was positive during the debates or that he’s lying now and still positive when he goes out to his rallies.
“The Biden town hall, hosted by ABC News and moderated by anchor George Stephanopoulos, is not affiliated with the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonpartisan panel that sponsors presidential debates.
Co-chairman Frank Fahrenkopf said the commission would not host the virtual debate with Biden alone.
“No, we wouldn’t have it,” he said. “You can’t do that under the federal election laws and FEC (Federal Election Commission) rules. You’ve got to balance. You couldn’t have one person going through the debate and the other one not.””
So, the “debate” won’t happen but the network would fill that time slot with a Biden Town Hall on his own. Now this is stupid on Trump’s part because he is ceding that time to Biden.