Exclusive: Trump campaign seeks early September presidential debate

[demmiblue]

Source: Axios

The Trump campaign is asking the Commission on Presidential Debates to move up the first presidential debate to the first week in September to get ahead of an expected surge in early voting.

Driving the news: President Trump's personal attorney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, made the request in a letter dated Wednesday and obtained by Axios.

Giuliani has been leading the campaign's discussions with the debate commission, which also include asking the commission to add a fourth debate.

If the commission declines to add a fourth debate, the letter asks that the debate currently scheduled for Oct. 22 be moved up to the first week in September, before before the first ballots are sent on Sept. 4 in North Carolina.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-campaign-debate-september-0c85776c-0cb1-4741-8210-2adf46c9c6b8.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100

[calguy]

1. A sure sign they know they're in a world of hurt

The guy who is behind always wants more debated.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Good ..If he shows up, which I still seriously doubt, dotard will look such a fool that voters will

Rush to submit their ballot for Joe Biden!!

[jalan48]

3. Refuse to debate Trump and say it's because he lies all the time.

[Dan]

27. I agree, unless Trump makes a public promise that he won't lie during the debates.

[NonPC]

35. How to Stop the Lying

Change the format from in-person to Zoom etc. Have the moderator ask a question of Trump. Give him 2 minutes. Then cut the feed from Trump and provide 1 minute for fact checking. Give Joe 2 minutes. Cut the feed from Joe and provide 1 minute for fact checking. Go back and forth like this. Sure it is going to slow the debate. But since Trump is not operating in good faith, and will try to run over the opponent, then this has to happen. And let's get the best team of fact checkers possible. It will be entertaining to see how Trump does in this arrangement. Otherwise, it is a loud-mouth bully in a bar -- as in the 2016 debates.

[7wo7rees]

36. Great solution!

Can we add a small electrical current be sent from the fact-checkers to the debaters? Keep 'em honest!

[sfstaxprep]

4. Make Them Stick To What Was Agreed To

Tell Ghoulliani to go F&*K himself.

[The Mouth]

5. Both sides need to stick to what was agreed to

No more, no less.

[rurallib]

19. I hope there is a large team of fact checkers in those agreements

[The Mouth]

24. What's the point?

You can fact check Trump all day, it won't change a damned vote. The people who are going to vote for him will do so because he hates the people they hate and wants to hurt the people they want to hurt. The people who aren't going to vote for him just assume that everything he says is a lie.

[rurallib]

32. The point of the lies is not for Trump to gain voters , but to sow enough doubt

against Biden that some who may have come out and voted for Biden will not vote. It is another form of voter suppression. Therefore immediate fact checking should be a necessity.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Don't debate Trump

he runs roughshod over everything. Let Trump twist in the wind, just thumb your nose at him and let him tweet his anger.

[SergeStorms]

18. I agree...

with his ego-maniacal bluster and endless lies there's no good way to combat his "debate" style. Without someone fact-checking him every second he'll try to get away with murder, literally. Biden gains nothing by "debating" the Orange Jackass.

[Chakaconcarne]

7. This seems odd... why would that want to debate early? Why debate at all? Trump would get creamed.

Sounds like a set up.... Giuliani involved..... They'll get their Biden interrogation of Hunter.... or they'll get a bite and have 2 months to media spin some BS.

[George II]

8. What a numbskull Giuliani is - is he incapable of thinking? September 1-4 falls in the week....

....before Labor Day. Does he forget that's a HUGE week for vacations (whatever vacations people will be taking this year)?

[Mr.Bill]

9. Whatever they want,

say no.

[brush]

10. After that Axios interview that showcased his idiocy, I don't get...

why he would want more debates. His camp should be for excuses not to debate. And they probably are while they throw up this smokescreen.

[beachbumbob]

11. Biden should say no debates until trump stops his bullcrap

On undermining voting.

[rockfordfile]

16. no

Trump is where he's at because of undermining voting.

[Cozmo]

12. Somehow I was emailed a survey from trump campaign

These emails go right to Spam but I had to reply to this one. Interestingly enough, 1 of the questions asked if trump should debate Biden more often. Why these idiots think it would be a good idea, I'll never know.

[Kris Mac]

13. This is all a game to get Joe to say he wants to stick with the original plan....

So he can run more propaganda about how Joe is weak, blah, blah, blah.
They are desperate. Good.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Will Trump follow Biden all over the stage?

As he did Hillary?

[left-of-center2012]

15. They asked a few weeks ago too

Biden said no.

[AKing]

17. Any debate should be contingent on Trump releasing his taxes. If the shoe were on the other foot...

you best believe they would be demanding it of Biden.

[tavernier]

21. Perfect.

Only if you release your taxes.
Today.

[wishstar]

20. Maybe they plan to spring Senate subpoenas that week to throw Joe off balance

Whereas debates starting later would give more time for any upcoming Senate mischief to be debunked and exposed as garbage.

[andym]

22. Trump's delusional; he thinks he's going to bury Joe with a Gish gallop of false claims

and that Joe is too slow to keep up with Trump. He also thinks Joe is boring compared to himself. Trump is going to be in for a very rude awakening, as Paul Ryan was in 2012. Joe is good in one on one debates-- he did great against Bernie this year- and he knows that Trump is a conman who is ill-informed, probably not even at Sarah Palin's level of understanding.

[FloridaBlues]

23. Biden camp should refuse this and anything else trump wants

[BumRushDaShow]

25. "Rudy Giuliani, made the request"

Okay, who the hell on DU said his name 3 times?????

[WheelWalker]

26. Bwahahahaha!

[demmiblue]

28. Suggested debate moderators:

[SeattleVet]

30. What?? they left out OANN's Chanel Rion??

A glaring omission!

[SeattleVet]

29. An old Air Force buddy is a hardcore tRumpie.

After I posted something about tRump going off the rails a few weeks ago about the results of his dementia tests, he mentioned that the debates will be showcasing Joe Biden's lack of competency.

I told him I was looking forward to the debates, as we would all then be able to see a very stark comparison firmly showing which candidate was most able to provide the most complete, relevant, and lucid answers to the debate questions.

I got no further responses.

[COLGATE4]

31. Give them an elusive answer

Tell them to go furgle themselves

[belpejic]

33. No taxes, no debate

I read this somewhere and I think it's a great idea. Trump's just going to lie his ass off, and it's impossible to debate someone who shows up and participates in such bad faith. You can't discuss ideas when you're spending the whole time addressing the fact that your opponent is lying about everything he says. Just throw it back on him and put him on the defensive over one of his glaring weak spots and his unquestionable flouting of norms for presidential candidates.

[Raven123]

34. Ignore them. Time better spent reaching out to voters

[xmas74]

37. Sure

Zoom with mics muted while anyone else is speaking. Stick within exact time frames. Allow fact checkers to verbally state when the facts are not true. Hell, let the fact checkers cross ex the candidates.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Here's How Biden Camp Should Respond

"We'll get back to you. Even though there's a pandemic, Joe has a full schedule, because he actually works!"

[Cha]

39. Magats are already "doctoring" Biden in campaign

videos.. fuck 'em if they can't handle reality.

Who wants to debate that shite?