Trump slams debate commission, raising questions about his participation

The Hill ^ | 12 16 2019 | Brett Samuels

[yesthatjallen]

President Trump on Monday hammered the Commission on Presidential Debates, raising questions about his participation in debates next year with the eventual Democratic presidential nominee.

The president, in a trio of tweets, said he looked forward to debating "whoever the lucky person is who stumbles across the finish line" in the Democratic primary.

But he chastised the nonprofit commission responsible for organizing the presidential debates and suggested he might avoid them. That group has scheduled three general election debates next year.

"As President, the debates are up to me, and there are many options, including doing them directly & avoiding the nasty politics of this very biased Commission," Trump tweeted. "I will make a decision at an appropriate time but in the meantime, the Commission on Presidential Debates is NOT authorized to speak for me (or R’s)!"

The president claimed that the commission, which describes itself as nonpartisan, is "stacked with Trump Haters & Never Trumpers." Trump pointed to an incident in a 2016 presidential debate in which the commission acknowledged technical issues with his microphone.

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[a fool in paradise]

And moderator “fact checking” of Republicans during a debate.

[TheNext]

Here are my Presidential Debate questions.

1) Are you a Communist Dirtbag?

2) Are you a Democrat?

If any answer is yes, they are a Communist Dirtbag.

[tomkat]

LOL !
That all sounds just about right   :-))

[GOPJ]

White Liberal "Elites" who murder conservative children signal each other by scratching their heads. Look for the signals... it could save your child's life... (very similar to the OK sign the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Let each campaign nominate a list of moderators and like 2 teams of lawyers selecting a jury, eliminate names until there is some agreement.

A pretty good plan, but it still leaves the reality that any moderator talks down to the future POTUS. And that should not be acceptable to the American people.

I prefer that the “moderator” function be performed by a chess timer controlling whose mic is live when.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Place each candidate in a sound proof room with a TV feed.

Ask them EXACTLY the same questions ^{which are softballs for the Democrat and hardballs for the Republican.}

Give them 3 minutes to answer ^{because the moderator is the one who gets to say which issues are important.} .

If they go ver time cut them off

Don’t let them hear what the other says.

[Responsibility2nd]

The only presidential debate I want to see is between President Trump and slow Joe Biden. The president would have to walk a very fine line and avoid totally annihilating and humiliating the poor brain damaged ex vice president. After all, it is bad form to pick on the retarded kid.