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Trump should swiftly reject the schedule of 2020 debates
Washington Post ^ | October 15, 2019 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 10/16/2019 1:20:31 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Last week, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the schedule of 2020 presidential debates. President Trump should quickly dismiss that schedule as unacceptable and announce that if any debates will be held at all in 2020, it will be only after extensive, direct negotiations between him and the eventual nominee of the Democratic Party and their respective designated representatives.

And those negotiations should begin from a premise that the Republicans will no longer play by the biased rules of a deeply unbalanced Manhattan-Beltway media elite. Explicitly articulating this declaration of intent now, along with the possibility that, as in 1968 and 1972, there won’t be any debates, would do both the public and the elite media a great service.

The Manhattan-Beltway media elite seems to the center-right of the country at large to be overwhelmingly committed to the defeat of Trump. Essentially half of the United States expects the four debates will, in fact, be four ambushes by the combined forces of the Democratic nominee and the elite media operating in tandem, though not in explicit coordination. Look at the Gallup numbers: The media’s credibility is shattered beyond repair. The self-proclaimed refs are not trusted by more than half of the public. That’s undeniable anymore.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2020election; debates; defundnpr; defundpbs; districtofcolumbia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; hughhewitt; jeffbezos; mediawingofthednc; npr; partisanmediashills; pbs; presstitutes; smearmachine; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 10/16/2019 1:20:31 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Was Hewitt a never Trumper ???


2 posted on 10/16/2019 1:21:20 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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He was VERY anti Trump during the 2016 election


3 posted on 10/16/2019 1:22:14 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Hojczyk

He certainly wasnt pro trump


4 posted on 10/16/2019 1:22:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The ab PMove is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Hojczyk

He’s the only president/nominee who has the guts to demand this. If they don’t like it, too bad.


5 posted on 10/16/2019 1:22:30 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Hojczyk

I guess he was, but there’s certainly nothing wrong with this commentary.

Tickets to tide the Trump Train are always on sale, and it’s great to see skeptics like Greg Gutfeld, Kurt Schlichter, and Mark Levin now on board.


6 posted on 10/16/2019 1:23:57 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Hojczyk
Candy Crowley did her job for Barack Obama and then retired.
7 posted on 10/16/2019 1:24:44 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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“...though not in explicit coordination.”

Just what the hell was it when Donna Brazil gave Hillary debate questions ahead of time?


8 posted on 10/16/2019 1:25:59 PM PDT by abb
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Or let the schedule remain as the Commission sets it. Then, 18 hours before debate time, Trump should announce a big fat rally in the same city or state.


9 posted on 10/16/2019 1:26:02 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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Tell them to stick their debates where the sun doesn’t shine. Participating benefits Trump not at all.


10 posted on 10/16/2019 1:27:40 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Hojczyk

No cnn. No times or post. No nbc. How about no moderators


11 posted on 10/16/2019 1:29:57 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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In the beginning, I believe so. Trump should take charge of the Presidential debates.


12 posted on 10/16/2019 1:30:02 PM PDT by Lopeover (We Are #TRUMPSTRONG)
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To: Hojczyk

Hewitt backed Romney in 2008 and 2012, and certainly was not a Trump fan in 2016.


13 posted on 10/16/2019 1:30:43 PM PDT by PhxRising
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Trump should just proclaim he will only debate via twitter.
Winning.
Let the Left just birth another cow.
‘A cow a day keeps the dems at bay’.
(losing)
14 posted on 10/16/2019 1:31:35 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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What I’d love to see is a debate between the Never-Trumper journalists and the Trumper journalists.

That’s something I would pay to see!

Wouldn’t just love to see Bill Kristol, George Will, and the Egghead Bushie (what’s his name?) get taken to the cleaners?


15 posted on 10/16/2019 1:32:53 PM PDT by poconopundit (Will Kamel Harass pay reparations? Her ancestors were black Slave Owners in Jamaica.)
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The candidates need to have “open” debates. Each gets 5 minutes and it goes back and forth on 10 subjects of importance i.e. no climate change BS, impeachment etc waste of time crap.


16 posted on 10/16/2019 1:35:30 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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There is no reason for President Trump to participate in any of the "debates". These events are run by his avowed enemies for the explicit purpose of making the Democrat opponent look like the winner on a reality television show.

The Democrats make all the rules to this game and the outcome is fixed in advance. It is foolish to play by rules which opponents do not need to follow.

As with the press conferences in the White House, this sort of event should simply be discontinued.

17 posted on 10/16/2019 1:36:05 PM PDT by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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The media should be no part of hosting any debate.

The can be invited to televise them, but they should not be any part of deciding their schedule, where they are held, who moderates them or anything else. Trump should make it clear the purpose to the debates are not FOR the media, and we do not accept that they are in any way unbiased presenters.

Let the media come and report what they want, if they want to telecast them in full, without any editing. Beyond that, the TV media is not invited.


18 posted on 10/16/2019 1:37:26 PM PDT by Wuli
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Based on the history of the past four or five years Trump is going to accept whatever they give him, and then proceeded to beat the shit out of them.

That four-letter word seemed to be the only appropriate description of what he’s going to do to them.


19 posted on 10/16/2019 1:38:28 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Wuli
The media should be no part of hosting any debate. The can be invited to televise them, but they should not be any part of deciding their schedule, where they are held, who moderates them or anything else. Trump should make it clear the purpose to the debates are not FOR the media, and we do not accept that they are in any way unbiased presenters. Let the media come and report what they want, if they want to telecast them in full, without any editing. Beyond that, the TV media is not invited.

Totally agree, and the moderators need to be proven non-biased.

20 posted on 10/16/2019 1:39:56 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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