Donald Trump at a 2016 debate. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images In a series of tweets on Monday, Donald Trump appeared to be publicly laying the groundwork to skip next year’s general-election debates held by the bipartisan, nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates. The president said he’s eager to square off against the Democratic nominee and suggested a willingness to debate more than the three times that are currently scheduled.
“The problem is that the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates is stacked with Trump Haters & Never Trumpers,” he tweeted. He also claimed, falsely, that the group was “forced to publicly apologize” for microphone issues after a 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton. The 2016 issue Trump is referring to came during his first debate with Clinton in September of that year. Immediately after the debate, Trump complained about a “defective mic.” The Commission confirmed that Trump’s microphone had issues inside the debate hall, but it didn’t apologize.
The Commission has previously rejected Trump’s claim of bias and addressed his concerns, as reported by the New York Times, about the political leanings of moderators. In October, Frank Fahrenkopf, the Republican co-chair of the commission, said it’s aiming to find moderators who are not biased toward anyone. “We’re looking for that person who is as unbiased as possible, will do a fair job, and be a facilitator,” Fahrenkopf told Politico.
Trump suggested that he may try holding debates “directly.” It’s not clear what that means, but it sounds like the Democratic nominee may have to debate Trump at Mar-a-Lago with Sean Hannity moderating, or there may be no debates at all.
JuddApatow Just put a cut out of him on the stage..
JuddApatow He is a coward!
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JuddApatow No, really?
JuddApatow ‘May Be’ ? Of course he won’t. He is the theory of chaos. Stop reporting on every ridiculous thing he says.
JuddApatow Be serious. He's laying the groundwork to skip the next election and just be anointed dictator.
JuddApatow Trump is a coward!
JuddApatow No doy. He couldn't hold his own against a blade of grass.
JuddApatow He's afraid that whoever the Dem candidate is will sweep the floor with his multi-layered comb over.
JuddApatow Oh come on, he's just spouting off whatever nonsense pops into his head. Do you really think he feels obligated to lay groundwork for any decision, much less one that he doesn't want to do anyway?
JuddApatow That's OK. Saves us from listening to his disgusting whiny shrill 'voice.'
JuddApatow Snowflake.
Bad luck idiot Dems
Is he worried the demsxare going to invite all the women who’ve made sexual assault accusations against him and give them front row seats? Like he did to HRC? (Well, they were Bill’s accusers. She just focused and did the job.)
I'm okay with a one party presidential debate. Trump merely may opt out.
Good. I’ve heard enough of his asinine, self-involved yattering to last a dozen lifetimes.
Who cares? The people monitoring TV ratings?
The prospect of having to respond quickly and in public to sentences containing multi-syllable words is just too terrifying.
worked brilliantly for Boris fucking Johnson
Donny Dementia has a fifty year history of cowardice.
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