Posted on 05/26/2016 4:28:00 PM PDT by Dave346
ABC, CBS and Fox News have expressed interest in hosting a debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Sources with knowledge of the situation told Variety that CBS News and Fox News have been in contact with the campaigns about a possible debate. A Fox News spokesperson confirmed that the network has been involved in talks. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for ABC News told Variety, “I can tell you we’re always interested in more opportunities to hear from the candidates.”
The idea of a debate between Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Sanders, who trails frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination, emerged during Trump’s appearance Wednesday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Kimmel allowed the Sanders campaign to plant a question in the interview, asking Trump whether he would be willing to debate Sanders before the June 7 California primary. Trump responded that he “would love to do that,” if the two candidates could use the event to raise money for charity.
Sanders later wrote on Twitter, “Game on. I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7 primary.”
Speaking at a press conference Thursday morning, Trump said that his campaign had already fielded calls from several networks about the possibility of hosting a debate. He added, “I’d love to debate Bernie. He’s a dream.”
Trump has said that he would hope to raise $10-15 million for an unnamed charity from a debate.
An NBC News spokesperson declined to comment when asked whether that organization had been in talks the campaigns regarding a debate. A CNN spokesperson did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Fox News originally floated the idea of a Trump-sanders debate in March. The New York Times reported at the time that the cable network had nearly drawn the two candidates together for what ended up being a town-hall event with Sanders and Clinton moderated by Bret Baier.
Absolutely... make it a love fest... A fun night... ARgue with honor not with anger....
Donate all the money to women’s charities...
Bingo, both of you. Check my post above.
imho we need more hillary meme art!
* hillary in her womyn-cave watching Trump on TV
* hillary as the monty python black knight
* hillary tied to the front of a mad max vehicle with trump campaign stickers
* hillary as a walking dead walker
* hillary, bill and chelsea behind bars
* hillary, bill, and chelsea behind bars with webb
* hillary as a zot god on a viking ship
* hillary as a pig on an animal farm
PS retouchers, release your inner Hillaries! :-)
Actually I bet Trump and Sanders could pull it off without moderators (and show everyone else how it is done).
LOL, no value? Millions of voters from both parties will watch it. The value is worth hundreds of millions of dollars in free air time.
Hillary will be smashed early on if she has a “Drink When I Hear My Name” game...
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NeverHillary!
I like it!
Trump mentioned Venezuela today in his Billings, MT rally?
Woops, #NeverHillary!
keyboard spew alert
Sanders just might be Trump’s VP.
As Rush would say, “Don’t doubt me”.
Trump needs to win the election. Forget the role of VP after the election - it is largely ceremonial and pointless. As long as Trump stays alive (and that’s a BIG if) Sanders would never be VP. In even four years, Sanders will be too old to run again.
Both would achieve a dearly held objective - keeping Hillary out of the White House.
I can think of no one else who could deliver more votes as VP than Bernie Sanders.
“Since Hillary backed out of the promised debate with Bernie BEFORE the California primary, it would paint Hillary as a coward”
That is exactly what will happen. It will make Hillary look like the coward she is. Hehehehe.
“Trump can use the air time to ignore Sanders in his responses and pummel Hillary in effigy”
That is exactly what he will do. Give a quick answer to Bernie and then veer off and pummel Hillary. This would be in front of a “yuge” audience.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Sorry, meant to say: As long as Trump stays alive (and that’s a BIG if) Sanders would never be President.
That comment could endear Trump to HUGE numbers of Bernie voters come election time.
Whatever network gets it, the “moderators” will be heavily stacked anti Trump.
“That comment could endear Trump to HUGE numbers of Bernie voters come election time.”
He can also point out - as he has in his own rallies, that he and Bernie share similar views on free trade and taking big money out of politics. He would get his message out to the Bernie fans directly, then who would be more inclined to vote for Trump if / when Bernie loses to The Witch.
I agree. What a waste of time that could be spent building Trumps Administration and heads of departments. Lots of work to be done.
an aside, Giuliani was on with Bill O’Reilly a few minutes ago, and said he thinks the odds are 70/30 that Shrillary will be indicted! He said the IG’s report helps to make a clear case and that it will be really hard for FBI/DOJ to stop short of indictment..... burn the witch!
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