>The September 4 debate was not originally in the cards. Traditionally, a presidential cycle has two debates between the presidential candidates, as well as one debate between the potential vice presidents.
I know this is what happened last time, but unless you don’t count the audience questions debate as a debate aren’t there traditionally three?
Izzo on
Not a meltdown. The shitbag acts like this every day.
tamsui_tosspot on
>(Trump mixed up the stations of the last two debates, but got the dates correct.)
To him they were unimportant details because he always intended to bail on the last two after getting his Fox News fix.
Ornery-Ticket834 on
Just more of his endless lying. Who cares. Why would anyone in their right mind go on Fox to debate him?
therationaltroll on
Underestimate Trump in a debate at your own peril. His ability to talk over you, spout lies, and compose endless non sequitur arguments are second to none
Parking-Emphasis590 on
“Harris’s camp had not initially signed on to the Fox debate, and it’s currently unclear whether she’s actually rejected the date outright”
TFG just announces ‘debate’ for the 4th, never directly contacting Harris, and then she simply doesn’t acknowledge it. Ever. She only mentions it as a retreat to his safe space (Fox) to save him.
Is this a power move?
Fire_Fist-Ace on
Unless they’re willing to turn his mic off any debate against him is going to be shit rambling
awwgeeznick on
Did she agree to his terms of having no fact checks and having a crowd at the fox debate ?
epicredditdude1 on
This is important to remember because Trump is doing his best to twist the narrative here.
Neither Biden nor Harris ever agreed to the Fox News debate. He sprung this on Harris in early August, and the Harris campaign responded:
So, basically Trump pulled a last minute stunt saying he agreed to a Fox News debate that was never in the books, and is now framing it as Harris “backing out” of the Fox News debate that both she and Biden ever agreed to in the first place.
jardani581 on
oh its accordion hands again
Cyanopicacooki on
>Comrade Kamala Harris
That’s rich coming from Tovarish Trump.
Significant-Self5907 on
You know … if Harris wears high enough heels, she could be taller than Trump. It’s a bitch to stand in heels for two hours, but it would be a beautiful image.
CoastingUphill on
Look at that weirdo playing his invisible accordion.
Daisako on
He was obviously looking to strong arm her into a fox news one in the calendar first that will be heavily one sided and then drop out of the rest of the debates.
kittenTakeover on
With the amount of disinformation they spread Fox shouldn’t even be on the air, nevermind hosting a presidential debate. We don’t need media platforms, that are required to pay out nearly a billion dollars for lying to their viewers, running presidential coverage.
466923142 on
Trump can’t cope when a woman says “No”.
billballbills on
The Harris campaign can give a fairly straight forward rationale from a PR perspective. Just point out that Fox was successfully sued for nearly a billion dollars for spreading false information about the 2020 election and as a result, has no business hosting a presidential debate.
IllIllllIIIIlIlIlIlI on
You can’t blame Kamala for not wanting to do a debate on a network currently paying out a $700 million settlement because they lied so much to help Trump.
It’s the largest defamation settlement a news organization has had to pay in the history of the United States. You lose respect and prestige after something like that.
Listening_Heads on
I want each candidate to be given 5 questions and they have 1 hour to hand write their answers. Topics are border, inflation, foreign policy, gun violence, opioid epidemic. No help, no spell check, no credit for unanswered questions therefore no rambling. Let me see that each candidate can write at least a 5th grade level and they can answer questions the same way we expect our children to.
X_Treme_Doo_Doo on
He wanted to debate her in his little Fox clubhouse. He would make that the only debate which is why he made it the first one. He had zero plans to go beyond that had she agreed.
Slime ball!!
rebelintellectual on
I would love to get some live blood pressure reading of Trump. The grifter must be at 200/120.
TaroInternationalist on
It’s so weird that millions of people in the world’s most powerful nation want a convicted felon who melts down at the slightest thing to be their President. What happens if the leader of a foreign country “offends” him especially a female leader? Is he going to invade??
taco_studies_major on
It’s funny how we can all see through Trump’s BS at this point. Trump clearly wants a favorable debate setting for him, with MAGA supporters and sean hannity front and center. Then he would back off the rest of the debates and declare himself the winner. Typical Trump behavior.
RobertoPaulson on
His plan was to get softball questions at Fox, while they use bullshit and propaganda try to make Harris look bad. Then he declares he won the debate by so much that he doesn’t need to do any others, which he then pulls out of. Thats why they tried to cram it in before the others.
CrotchoMan on
If you’ve paid nearly $800,000,000 in the last 5 years for lying about the results of a presidential election, you don’t get to host important debates. Nickelodeon is a more legitimate news source than Fox News. Fox News has less than 0 credibility.
Squirrel_Chucks on
>“Rather than the debate on September 4th, I have agreed to do a Tele-Town Hall, anchored by Sean Hannity, for Fox,” Trump continued. “It will take place in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Details to follow!”
Translation: I know I said I’d do the event even if she wasn’t there but…that sounds like too much work for me. If I do a video call then I can golf at my club beforehand, and that’s more important.
ByWillAlone on
The fox debate would not have been fact checked and would not have been enforced with strict moderation.
We all know that if Harris showed up to the fox debate that trump would later weasel out of the fact-checked and more strictly moderated ABC debate claiming there was no need for further debates.
He desperately wants out of the ABC debate that he already agreed to.
Harris was obviously smart enough to see right through the trump bullshit.
BecomingJudasnMyMind on
You mean Harris is aware that fox would lob softball questions at Trump and pick apart every single little word Harris uttered at the same time?
Can’t say I blame her for passing on that hatchet job.
rjd2point0 on
I’m 100% sure that he keeps mentioning mentally ill people coming into the country because he somehow thinks seeking asylum means they should be in a mental asylum. Pretty ironic really.
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>The September 4 debate was not originally in the cards. Traditionally, a presidential cycle has two debates between the presidential candidates, as well as one debate between the potential vice presidents.
I know this is what happened last time, but unless you don’t count the audience questions debate as a debate aren’t there traditionally three?
Not a meltdown. The shitbag acts like this every day.
>(Trump mixed up the stations of the last two debates, but got the dates correct.)
To him they were unimportant details because he always intended to bail on the last two after getting his Fox News fix.
Just more of his endless lying. Who cares. Why would anyone in their right mind go on Fox to debate him?
Underestimate Trump in a debate at your own peril. His ability to talk over you, spout lies, and compose endless non sequitur arguments are second to none
“Harris’s camp had not initially signed on to the Fox debate, and it’s currently unclear whether she’s actually rejected the date outright”
TFG just announces ‘debate’ for the 4th, never directly contacting Harris, and then she simply doesn’t acknowledge it. Ever. She only mentions it as a retreat to his safe space (Fox) to save him.
Is this a power move?
Unless they’re willing to turn his mic off any debate against him is going to be shit rambling
Did she agree to his terms of having no fact checks and having a crowd at the fox debate ?
This is important to remember because Trump is doing his best to twist the narrative here.
Neither Biden nor Harris ever agreed to the Fox News debate. He sprung this on Harris in early August, and the Harris campaign responded:
“He needs to stop playing games and show up to the (ABC) debate he already committed to on Sept. 10,” (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-kamala-harris-debate-fox-news-abc-news/)
So, basically Trump pulled a last minute stunt saying he agreed to a Fox News debate that was never in the books, and is now framing it as Harris “backing out” of the Fox News debate that both she and Biden ever agreed to in the first place.
oh its accordion hands again
>Comrade Kamala Harris
That’s rich coming from Tovarish Trump.
You know … if Harris wears high enough heels, she could be taller than Trump. It’s a bitch to stand in heels for two hours, but it would be a beautiful image.
Look at that weirdo playing his invisible accordion.
He was obviously looking to strong arm her into a fox news one in the calendar first that will be heavily one sided and then drop out of the rest of the debates.
With the amount of disinformation they spread Fox shouldn’t even be on the air, nevermind hosting a presidential debate. We don’t need media platforms, that are required to pay out nearly a billion dollars for lying to their viewers, running presidential coverage.
Trump can’t cope when a woman says “No”.
The Harris campaign can give a fairly straight forward rationale from a PR perspective. Just point out that Fox was successfully sued for nearly a billion dollars for spreading false information about the 2020 election and as a result, has no business hosting a presidential debate.
You can’t blame Kamala for not wanting to do a debate on a network currently paying out a $700 million settlement because they lied so much to help Trump.
It’s the largest defamation settlement a news organization has had to pay in the history of the United States. You lose respect and prestige after something like that.
I want each candidate to be given 5 questions and they have 1 hour to hand write their answers. Topics are border, inflation, foreign policy, gun violence, opioid epidemic. No help, no spell check, no credit for unanswered questions therefore no rambling. Let me see that each candidate can write at least a 5th grade level and they can answer questions the same way we expect our children to.
He wanted to debate her in his little Fox clubhouse. He would make that the only debate which is why he made it the first one. He had zero plans to go beyond that had she agreed.
Slime ball!!
I would love to get some live blood pressure reading of Trump. The grifter must be at 200/120.
It’s so weird that millions of people in the world’s most powerful nation want a convicted felon who melts down at the slightest thing to be their President. What happens if the leader of a foreign country “offends” him especially a female leader? Is he going to invade??
It’s funny how we can all see through Trump’s BS at this point. Trump clearly wants a favorable debate setting for him, with MAGA supporters and sean hannity front and center. Then he would back off the rest of the debates and declare himself the winner. Typical Trump behavior.
His plan was to get softball questions at Fox, while they use bullshit and propaganda try to make Harris look bad. Then he declares he won the debate by so much that he doesn’t need to do any others, which he then pulls out of. Thats why they tried to cram it in before the others.
If you’ve paid nearly $800,000,000 in the last 5 years for lying about the results of a presidential election, you don’t get to host important debates. Nickelodeon is a more legitimate news source than Fox News. Fox News has less than 0 credibility.
>“Rather than the debate on September 4th, I have agreed to do a Tele-Town Hall, anchored by Sean Hannity, for Fox,” Trump continued. “It will take place in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Details to follow!”
Translation: I know I said I’d do the event even if she wasn’t there but…that sounds like too much work for me. If I do a video call then I can golf at my club beforehand, and that’s more important.
The fox debate would not have been fact checked and would not have been enforced with strict moderation.
We all know that if Harris showed up to the fox debate that trump would later weasel out of the fact-checked and more strictly moderated ABC debate claiming there was no need for further debates.
He desperately wants out of the ABC debate that he already agreed to.
Harris was obviously smart enough to see right through the trump bullshit.
You mean Harris is aware that fox would lob softball questions at Trump and pick apart every single little word Harris uttered at the same time?
Can’t say I blame her for passing on that hatchet job.
I’m 100% sure that he keeps mentioning mentally ill people coming into the country because he somehow thinks seeking asylum means they should be in a mental asylum. Pretty ironic really.