Posted on 05/24/2024 6:46:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday the latest request President Joe Biden’s team is apparently making ahead of the candidates’ head-to-head match up on the debate stage.
After Trump’s campaign continuously pushed Biden to debate, the president proposed the candidates debate twice, though there were a list of non-negotiables the Biden team wanted to make the event happen. Among Biden’s proposed standards were no live audience, a select variety of networks to host and only two candidates on stage.
Now there appear to be more. Trump told John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on 77 WABC AM that the Biden campaign is requesting that the candidates sit at a table for the entirety of the debate.
“I hear now we’re sitting at tables. I don’t want to sit at a table,” Trump said.
“I said, ‘No, let’s stand.’ But they want to sit at a table,” Trump continued. “So we’ll be sitting at a table as opposed to doing it the way you should be, in my opinion, in a debate.”
“But I agree to their requests because I want to debate him,” Trump told Catsimatidis and Cosby.
“I want him to tell us why he did that in Afghanistan, why it was the worst, most embarrassing day in history where we gave back — think of it — we gave them 85 billion dollars worth of equipment. 13 people killed, 45 people just so badly hurt —of our people — and hundreds of people killed overall. And we left hostages behind. I call them hostages. We left a lot of Americans behind,” the former president continued.
In addition to no live audience, Biden’s campaign proposed that the debates only be held by networks that hosted the 2016 Republican primary debates and the 2020 Democratic primary debates in 2020, The NYT reported. Those networks include CNN, ABC News, Telemundo and CBS News.
Another contention the campaign had was that they wanted the forum limited to Trump and Biden on stage. The rule would exclude Robert F. Kennedy, who had the potential to reach the 15% polling threshold set by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Kennedy did announced after the news of the CNN debate that he would “meet the criteria” before the deadline to participate in CNN’s forum.
Since, Biden and Trump have both accepted two debates: one on June 27 broadcasted on CNN and the other Sept. 10 on ABC News. Trump has accepted a proposal for a vice presidential debate on Fox News, though the Biden campaign has not. Instead, the Biden campaign accepted CBS News’ vice presidential debate proposal.
New Biden debate rule: Biden does not have to answer any questions. The moderators will answer for him.
Am surprised that "Low-Energy Joe" didn't insist on being allowed to debate while reclining on a hospital bed, with an I.V. drip in his arm.
Regards,
Taterhead doesn’t have the stamina to stand for that long.
I’m surprised they’re not wheeling him up to AF-1 in a golf cart.
The physical breakdown is paralleling the mental one.
It is about time for Trump to give Tucker another one on one interview. Americans need real news they are starving for real news.
Tapioca can be served at the table. Who can possibly be against tapioca?
Me for one.
It’s like eating lumpy paste..................
It isn't enough for Valerie Jarrett to talk to him in just one earpiece, he needs it in stereo.
I hated that stuff!............. GIMME GRITS OR GIMME DEATH!.................
Biden sitting down may not be the best strategy for him, it will make him even more lethargic. Although, if I recall correctly, the Biden Ryan debate was a sit down. I’ll have to check. That debate should be studied by the Trump team as Biden offered nothing substantive, just made fun of Ryan the whole time.
In a head-to-air bubble match up
They probably expected Trump to decline with so many different conditions,
Biden team wants a rigged deal in hopes Trump will call it off their fear flag hoisted.
Made me think of an old Bill Cosby comedy routine where the Americans were busy making plans with the British for demands on both sides before they fought. The British were asked to wear red & march in a straight line.
Everything will be stacked against Trump. The moderators job will be to assist Biden on the tough questions, or when Trump goes after him for his failures. I wonder if they will even let Trump speak freely.
Big media is moderating, so expecting this to be a joke of a "debate".
Who sets up the tables?
Where will Biden's 'impromptu' responses be ?
Biden’s chair can have a built-in potty.
The September debate on ABC will be moderated by Judge Merchan.
The gag-order will still be in effect.
Biden will be wearing a super small earpiece that can’t be seen inside his ear canal.
He will be given the questions in advance.
Watch for him to fiddle with his ear during the debate............
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