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University of Michigan Withdraws from Hosting Debate
June 22, 2020 at 9:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/22/university-of-michigan-withdraws-from-hosting-debate/
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The University of Michigan is withdrawing from hosting a presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, sources told the Detroit Free Press.
U-M is making the move because of concerns of bringing the campaigns, media and supporters of both candidates to Ann Arbor and campus during a pandemic.
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University of Michigan Withdraws from Hosting Debate (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2020
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jimlup
(7,968 posts)1. Good move!
Go Blue!
Nevilledog
(51,080 posts)2. They know.
Everything trump touches dies.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)3. Who would want to host a political event at this time?
I see lots of downside, almost no upside.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)4. There is no need to do an in person debate anyway
They can be on TV via Zoom
Without dumb Donald playing to a crowd he sounds even dumber and uninformed and rambling