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Trump campaign says it still wants two more debates, after president rejects virtual format
Fox News ^ | October 08 2020 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 10/08/2020 12:02:13 PM PDT by knighthawk

The Trump campaign on Thursday said President Trump will participate in a debate on Oct. 22 in a town hall-format, while proposing the final presidential debate be pushed back a week, to Oct. 29.

The back-and-forth between the Trump and Biden campaigns and the Commission on Presidential Debates comes after the commission, early Thursday, said that "the second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which the candidates would participate from separate remote locations." Steve Scully of C-SPAN is still set to moderate the second presidential debate from Miami.

The president said he would not participate in a virtual format, calling it “ridiculous,” and the Biden campaign assumed that his unwillingness to take part in an online debate meant that there would only be one more presidential debate—instead of two—and that he was not willing to participate in the town hall format.

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KEYWORDS: 2020election; debate; election2020; fakedebates; landslide; stevescully; trump; trumplandslide; virtualdebate

1 posted on 10/08/2020 12:02:13 PM PDT by knighthawk
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CPD virtual town hall proposal? what justification??


2 posted on 10/08/2020 12:07:54 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: knighthawk

Simple. Hold the debate next week as originally planned.


3 posted on 10/08/2020 12:08:32 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: knighthawk

Art of the Deal

When Trump holds a rally that draws bigger ratings than Joe debating himself, fear and panic will ensue.


4 posted on 10/08/2020 12:11:24 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Reno89519

The Trump Campaign should show up to the venue as planned, and livestream him debating an empty chair.


5 posted on 10/08/2020 12:11:58 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Reno89519

I think he should say...I show up next week to debate as agreed even if no one is here. I’ll sit in a chair and talk to whoever shows up! I’ll leave an empty chair in case Joe wants to join me in a conversation.


6 posted on 10/08/2020 12:12:12 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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I think he should say...I show up next week to debate as agreed even if no one is here. I’ll sit in a chair and talk to whoever shows up! I’ll leave an empty chair in case Joe wants to join me in a conversation.

Yes!!!

7 posted on 10/08/2020 12:15:53 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: knighthawk
"...in which the candidates would participate from separate remote locations."

Is that the same format that the President rejected?

8 posted on 10/08/2020 12:19:21 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: mdmathis6

That is exactly what he should do..


9 posted on 10/08/2020 12:19:52 PM PDT by crz
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To: Reno89519

Trump should show up in Times Square and host a Rally/town hall at the exact time Biden is having his town hall.


10 posted on 10/08/2020 12:26:34 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: DoodleBob
The Trump Campaign should show up to the venue as planned, and livestream him debating an empty chair.

Oooooh, I like it, but the owners of the building would probably lock the doors.

11 posted on 10/08/2020 12:33:53 PM PDT by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one.)
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To: knighthawk

Somebody said his dream debate question is, “Who invented the light bulb?”


12 posted on 10/08/2020 12:34:08 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (I'm old enough to remember when you actually had to be able to do something to be hired to do it.)
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To: Reno89519

I agree, the Trump campaign should ignore the CPD, and announce plans to go forward with the in-person debate as originally planned.

When the CPD officially refuses to host the in-person debate, and withdraws its invitation, the Trump campaign should offer an alternative venue, and moderators of his choosing and extend a serious invitation to VP Biden.

When the Biden campaign declines the President’s invitation, the Trump campaign should graciously accept Biden’s forfeit of the match, and hold a huge rally instead.

No debating empty chairs or cardboard cutouts please - that is beneath the dignity of a President of the United States. If Biden refuses to debate him on his terms - simply accept the forfeit and move on.


13 posted on 10/08/2020 12:38:38 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: knighthawk

Good. I love the debates. And backing out of the next 2 looks week. No virtual. Just do the one on foreign policy as planned, live and not virtual, and then the town hall as planned.

It would be nice if the town hall weren’t all Dem plants and if the moderators weren’t all leftists. Guess that would be asking too much.

It would also be nice if 1/4 of the debates weren’t about climate change which even most Dems don’t care about and certainly the GOP doesn’t.


14 posted on 10/08/2020 12:46:13 PM PDT by olivia3boys
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The plexiglass on stage last night was useless, a joke. These folks are idiots.


15 posted on 10/08/2020 12:48:34 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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The plexiglass on stage last night was useless, a joke.

I dunno. I hear Kamala is a superspreader.


16 posted on 10/08/2020 1:00:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Reno89519; libertylover; mdmathis6
The Trump Campaign should show up to the venue as planned, and livestream him debating an empty chair.

Oooooh, I like it, but the owners of the building would probably lock the doors.

Trump should buy the building.

17 posted on 10/08/2020 1:43:45 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob
The Trump Campaign should show up to the venue as planned,
and livestream him debating an empty chair.


Yep, just like Eastwood did to Biden's former boss: Eastwood at the 2012 RNC
18 posted on 10/08/2020 1:59:02 PM PDT by BenghaziMemoriam
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