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riversedge

(81,542 posts)
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:24 PM Dec 2019

Looks like bone spurs will keep him [#Trump] out of the 2020 debates, too....







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Jennifer Rubin @JRubinBlogger
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@maggieNYT
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@anniekarni
No, he is skipping it because he is afraid to debate and look foolish.



Andrew T. Lessman
@andrew_lessman
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Plus he is rapidly deteriorating mentally and physically



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uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
1. What should happen is the M$M goes on with the debate only for the dem candidate and put Red Don on
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:25 PM
Dec 2019

Trial.

K&R, I and many others on this board no doubt predicted Red Don wouldn't debate next year. What

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,982 posts)
2. More time for the Democratic nominee..
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:28 PM
Dec 2019

Trumps absence will be taken as COWARDICE. To be called a coward is a big thing.

Skya Rhen

(2,724 posts)
3. Trump is already laying down the groundwork to avoid debating next year. Too much dirt/facts to be
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:29 PM
Dec 2019

directed toward him. He feels he shouldn't have to answer to anyone, so I really can't see him on any debate stage.

Dagstead Bumwood

(6,674 posts)
5. So, does Pence follow suit and refuse to debate as well?
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:31 PM
Dec 2019

Provided he's still on the ticket, of course. Or, would he have to carry the crazy water for both of them?

RainCaster

(13,888 posts)
6. Would it matter?
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:34 PM
Dec 2019

That MF would still get voted down, even if his votes exceed the Cheeto Molester.

Dagstead Bumwood

(6,674 posts)
8. Probably Mother's call, anyway.
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:36 PM
Dec 2019

Will there be any tempting seductresses moderating? Can't have Mike around that sort of hanky-panky.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
13. Wonder who might replace Pence? Ivanka or Nikki?
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 09:41 PM
Dec 2019

Wonder who might replace Pence? Ivanka or Nikki?

BannonsLiver

(20,857 posts)
7. I've said for months there wouldn't be any 2020 GE debates
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:36 PM
Dec 2019

The media will normalize it by reducing it to just another scintillating aspect of the “horse race.”

Chuck Todd will talk about how unconventional and smart it all is.

Ilsa

(64,569 posts)
15. I remember that.
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 09:54 PM
Dec 2019

I don't remember who said it, but I'll happily give you the credit! It was an excellent call, reflecting your understanding of trump's inadequacies, ignorance, and cowardice.

OnDoutside

(20,868 posts)
11. He's bullshitting, he can't resist Prime Time TV.He's just putting pressure on the Debate Commission
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:44 PM
Dec 2019

The Genealogist

(4,739 posts)
12. Aww...does da mean ol debate committee gives Donnie-Wonnie Woo-Woos a sad?
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:45 PM
Dec 2019

Does it hurt ums fee-fees that they don't just declare you the winner without even holding the debate?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. What a fucking coward!
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 09:45 PM
Dec 2019

Everyone knows that his refusal to appear is because he knows he will get trounced. He is a little snowflake, scardy-cat, afraid of people who actually know what is going on in this country and the world. In other words, he realizes that he is too stupid to debate any Democrat in public.

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