Posted on 08/03/2020 10:41:52 AM PDT by caww
"We want more debates," said Bill Stepien, Trump's newly promoted campaign chief, in a Fox & Friends interview on Monday. "We want debates starting sooner."....Sixteen states will have started voting by the time of the first debate on Sept. 29, Stepien said.
"We are already seeing the liberal Left, the liberal media, trying to create trapdoors for Joe Biden to escape his commitment and his obligation to debate Donald Trump on a debate stage in front of the American people," he added. "We want more debates."
Stepien said on Monday that the campaign would continue the "push" for more televised encounters so voters could "see their options right in front of them" before they cast their ballot.
"Listen, we are going to keep applying pressure to the Biden campaign," he said. "We take our cues from the American people. The American people in those 16 states that are going to be voting before Sept. 29, they are the ones who want to see candidates on the debate stage."
Some voters "expect, want, and deserve, a chance to see their options right in front of them on the debate stage, and we join them in that push," he added.
"The countdown clock may show 91 days left in the race, but in reality, the election starts a lot sooner than that," he said in a statement. "In many states, more than half of voters will cast their votes well before Election Day, and we have adjusted our strategy to reflect that."
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How are the idiot Dems even excusing not having debates?
The Rat convention is August 20 - 27. Until that time, is Empty Joe really the Rat nominee?
Excellent chess move! Your turn, Joe.
Classic response to the stupid NY Times opinion of scraping the debates.
I agree. This is excellent!
There will be NO DEBATES.
Question: has anyone seen Joe Biden on any day, after 8:00pm in the last 6 months?
Covid, I think.
Why would any democRat vote early knowing full well that Biden could be deleted at any time?
That's when he hits the gym with Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
You GOTTA be kidding me.
They can social distance on opposite sides of the stage.
This is ABSURD and Team Trump needs to talk about this 24/7...since the GOPers are totally mum.
Time to start calling for more debates, preferably on stage together. Like 5+ of them.
I like the strategy, but take it a step further, play up the debates like Ali played up his prize fights. Get Americans interested, let’s break all records for viewership.
Forcing up the timeline is smart on Trump’s part.
Either smoke Joe out of the basement campaign now and let people see what they’d be voting for or force the Dems to replace him now so that you can formulate a strategy for defeating the new nominee.
Good luck with that. Hidin Biden will not even show up for the three debates his team agreed to. Trump should offer to show up in his basement if he is too frail to go out and debate him there while he’s on the ventilator.
Of course they don’t want the debates early so the voters can’t change their minds once they see him attempt to speak because they’ve mailed in their ballots. Trust me...many would change their minds.
Just tell these brain dead idiots that if Byedone doesn’t debate then we’re cancelling the election. F em.
Yup, and erect a plastic barrier between the podiums akin to those barriers a lot of grocery store checkouts put up between the cashier and customer. Doesn't have to be fancy.
Outstanding.
Dems out maneuvered again after they take the bait..
And it is also good because Joe won’t be able to sniff anyone behind the barrier.
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