Cough, cough, sniffle. “This is Jay Jones.” Cough, sneeze, groan. “I won’t be able to make the debate tonight. I’m sick.” Cough, grunt, groan.
The ‘moderators’ will cover for him.
The fact that he hasn't dropped out yet means he thinks he has nothing to lose by going Kamikaze tonight. Or maybe he plans on making a ton of money by placing a substantial amount on "YES" at the Kalshi betting market which shows that right now at 12% for Jones to drop out and will go much lower by election day.
Live, from Joe Biden’s basement
BTW, on a somewhat related side note... Someone has noticed that on Kalshi the betting market for YES Democrat has been kept artificially high by $10,000 wagers being placed there recently which doesn’t make much sense since Spanberger’s disastrous debate performance last week. It is being speculated that the Democrats are trying to keep her position on Kalshi higher than it should be in an astroturf effort to convince people her campaign is doing well since who, in their right mind would go YES on Spanberger just to win about $800 while risking the loss of $10,000? The risk/reward factor there definitely does NOT add up.