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Will the Biden-Trump Debates Even Matter?

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Posted By: Moritz55, 5/18/2024 1:39:07 PM

It was the political equivalent of a surprise Taylor Swift album: At 8 a.m. on May 15, with no advance warning, President Biden challenged former president Donald Trump to a debate. Within the hour, Trump accepted. And within hours after that, Biden and Trump had committed to two debates over three months. The first, at CNN headquarters on June 27, will be held before either candidate accepts his party's nomination. ABC plans on hosting the second debate on September 10. The deal was worked out by lunch. And the details were settled as well. No live audience. No open mics while the other man is speaking. No Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: sunnyday 5/18/2024 3:15:01 PM (No. 1720333)
I t won't matter to me. I am voting for Trump. I will not be watching.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: kono 5/18/2024 3:37:14 PM (No. 1720339)
I doubt they will really matter, because I don't think they'll really happen. Some technicality will provide one side or the other the excuse to back out, claiming the other wasn't honoring their "agreement".
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Reply 3 - Posted by: bpl40 5/18/2024 3:42:52 PM (No. 1720344)
#2, it will NOT be one side or the other. Dollars to cents we know which one will chicken out on some Mickey Mouse excuse and then blame the other side. This head shake is just to get the subject off the table.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: red1066 5/18/2024 4:31:28 PM (No. 1720375)
The debates, if that's what they want to call them, will never take place, and if they do, it will used by the demosluts to remove Biteme from running at the convention.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: franq 5/18/2024 8:19:44 PM (No. 1720454)
No.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: 24tea@Mag 5/18/2024 11:52:07 PM (No. 1720515)
Or will they actually happen?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mifla 5/19/2024 4:26:41 AM (No. 1720552)
Given that, once again, the Dems control the debates, I hope they don't happen.
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