I think Trump may implode in the Republican Presidential candidate debates

[Quixote1818]

You know the other Republicans will go for the jugular on all his corruption and idiotic statements. He didn't have a record back in 2015/16 when running for the GOP nomination but he does now and when fellow Republicans start hitting him with this stuff, I think they may take him down because he will freak out and just implode like he did with Biden but maybe even worse. All this pro-Russian stuff is going to be brought up relentlessly for one thing plus Jan 6th.

Or will the GOP not allow anyone to run against him?

[tinrobot]

1. I strongly suspect he simply won't debate.

They're already making noises about skipping the main debates, why stop there?

[Patterson]

2. I think I heard he said he wouldn't debate.

[brooklynite]

3. What debates?

The Republican Party has indicated that they will likely skip ALL debates

[WarGamer]

4. They said they have a list of "demands" for future debates.

And at the loss of ratings... the networks will adapt.

Basically... they want milquetoast debate hosts that won't interrupt or correct them, lol.

[Quixote1818]

5. Can you link to that? I have only seen that the GOP nominee won't debate unless there are changes

Snip: WASHINGTON – The Republican Party told the presidential debate commission Thursday that its White House nominee won't participate in 2024 unless organizers make major changes.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/13/gop-presidential-commission-no-2024-debates-without-changes/6512644001/

I haven't seen anything about them not debating for the nomination.

[brush]

6. Primary debates too? That won't go over well with DeSantis...

Cruz, Hawley and the rest of the pack. They'll make a stink.

[ZonkerHarris]

7. You misspelled "go for the jugular" it's spelled "kiss his ass"

[rampartc]

8. if trump runs there will be no republican primaries.

so no need for debates.

it is not a matter of the party "allowing" competition, but there would be no money for a candidate that will not get past new hampshire.

as for debates, who wants to have their wife insulted while trump brags about his huge penis for a national audience? trump's voters know who he is, and they love him.

[uponit7771]

13. +1,

[Demovictory9]

9. doesn't matter. Magas will say he won

[anarch]

10. doubtful he would participate in any debates

but if he did, and if some challenger or other "went for the jugular" with some well thought out argument and clear evidence of the orange fucker's unsuitability, corruption and incompetence, etc., he could just say "yeah well you are a doo-doo head" and his followers would go nuts and say he won the debate hands down.

[Deminpenn]

11. Trump's biggest problem is that his act is stale

and boring. Have believed all along that many Trump rally-goers went mostly for "the show". Now the show is just a boring recitation of Trump's own grievances that no longer jibe with his audiences' grievances. Jmho, but he's on the verge of being yesterday's news.

[uponit7771]

12. GOOD !! They will lose MINIMUM 20% of their base voters will stay home if their Lord, Savior

... and Whore for Putin is not involved.