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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:04 AM Oct 2020

Breaking : Trump rejects virtual debate...he ran away






Donald Trump says he won't be participating in a virtual debate.

"I am not going to do a virtual debate," Trump tells Fox Business. "I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate."



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This is terrible excuse from him, its safe, clear. Why won't he do it?

Biden has said YES, if Trump doesn't turn up, then empty screen him.

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Breaking : Trump rejects virtual debate...he ran away (Original Post) sunonmars Oct 2020 OP
Bwahaha! Run, coward! soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
Hope you took it to the bank malaise Oct 2020 #2
You rock!! peachpie2 Oct 2020 #13
orange baby cries boo hoo hoo Maru Kitteh Oct 2020 #3
He fears the mute button more than almost anything. PubliusEnigma Oct 2020 #4
Thats what he just said "They can cut you off when they want" sunonmars Oct 2020 #6
He's not afraid. He is going to throw a tantrum because he can't do what he wants King_Klonopin Oct 2020 #25
He needs it more chriscan64 Oct 2020 #5
He's not healthy enough for it Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #7
Footage from the interview Roland99 Oct 2020 #8
He WILL change his mind when he realizes he's giving up free time bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #9
Hey Fucker trump.. you Always Waste Everyone's Cha Oct 2020 #10
Too sick or too cowardly ? C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #11
Is this the Town Hall one? Cha Oct 2020 #12
Yes malaise Oct 2020 #15
Mahalo, malaise.. Cha Oct 2020 #22
The little bully choked! MoonRiver Oct 2020 #14
Then Joe Biden should do the town hall on his own peggysue2 Oct 2020 #16
Yes! Perfect.. no one needs trump there but Cha Oct 2020 #23
God Forbid that El Presidente would waste any of his valuable time Buns_of_Fire Oct 2020 #17
Run Donald Run .. Run away as fast as you can and hide behind Le Roi de Pot Oct 2020 #18
The only way Trump can make himself look good LuvNewcastle Oct 2020 #19
Good. Then he won't be wasting our time either. babylonsister Oct 2020 #20
So, The IOKIYAR Commission gave Superspreaderman a mulligan? Hugin Oct 2020 #21
He won't show, if he can't infect Joe. Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2020 #24
Brave Sir Donald ran away misanthrope Oct 2020 #26
He bravely ran away, away! Brave, brave Sir Donald! smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #28
He's fleeing the interview Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #27
Stick With The ABC Town Hall OhioTim Oct 2020 #29
"I can't give my 'rona to Sleepy Joe? Fuck that noise!" jmowreader Oct 2020 #30
Virtual debate would make muting him easier n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2020 #31

King_Klonopin

(1,306 posts)
25. He's not afraid. He is going to throw a tantrum because he can't do what he wants
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 02:19 AM
Oct 2020

1) Interrupt and be as obnoxious as possible whenever he feels like it
(cuz this makes him feel like a macho, dominant, alpha, he-man)

2) Menace and harass Joe Biden, like he did Hillary Clinton, by
wandering all over the stage and invading Biden's personal space.

You can't bully people effectively on ZOOM.

Johnny2X2X

(19,074 posts)
7. He's not healthy enough for it
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:11 AM
Oct 2020

He’s a week in and we haven’t seen him talk for more than a minute or two since.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
9. He WILL change his mind when he realizes he's giving up free time
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:15 AM
Oct 2020

in front of a camera. If he still doesn't appear, then he's in worse shape than he's letting on right now.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
22. Mahalo, malaise..
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:30 AM
Oct 2020


I guess trump is pissed & "not gonna do it" 'cause he can't stomp around trying to infect people with his toxic COVID Stupor Spreading, big ugly mouth.

peggysue2

(10,836 posts)
16. Then Joe Biden should do the town hall on his own
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:23 AM
Oct 2020

It's a good format for him and it's national exposure to drill down on the issues in the last days of the campaign.

Trump can sit home and pout.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
23. Yes! Perfect.. no one needs trump there but
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:33 AM
Oct 2020

trump & he said "No". lol YAY.

Like someone said.. the big bully will back down.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,183 posts)
17. God Forbid that El Presidente would waste any of his valuable time
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:23 AM
Oct 2020

when he could be watching Fox or Twitting or stuffing Big Macs into his blowhole.

LuvNewcastle

(16,847 posts)
19. The only way Trump can make himself look good
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:24 AM
Oct 2020

is by making his opponent look bad. If he can badger Biden and talk over him and make him nervous, Trump will come off looking stronger and smarter to most of the ignorant public. Trump has no ideas and knows nothing, so his answers to the questions are going to be severely lacking next to Biden's. His performance, if he debates, will be seen as even worse than last time.

babylonsister

(171,075 posts)
20. Good. Then he won't be wasting our time either.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:26 AM
Oct 2020

Works for me; I don't need to hear him spew any more than I already have.

Hugin

(33,167 posts)
21. So, The IOKIYAR Commission gave Superspreaderman a mulligan?
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:30 AM
Oct 2020

Typical.

I'm of two minds about this. Every time Trump opened his mouth at the first debate he 'shed' about 0.5% in the polls. Now, Joe Biden won't be exposed to the 'rona through that route.

At least it wasn't the Dems who pulled out.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
24. He won't show, if he can't infect Joe.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:39 AM
Oct 2020

He knows that infecting Joe with coronavirus is the only possible benefit he can get out of debating him.

In addition, he's terrified of debating Joe, if he can't interrupt and talk over Joe, and the Moderator. He knows that a virtual debate would end any and all possibility of anything even close to him being fairly elected. Beat so bad he couldn't pull off his plan to cheat

In a virtual debate, Joe would whup his worthless ass so thoroughly that it would prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, to even his most dedicated worshipers, that he is nothing but a weak, stupid, mean little lying schoolyard bully.

He's chicken!.

misanthrope

(7,419 posts)
26. Brave Sir Donald ran away
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 02:32 AM
Oct 2020

When danger reared its ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled
Yes Brave Sir Donald turned about
And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat
Bravest of the brave Sir Donald

OhioTim

(259 posts)
29. Stick With The ABC Town Hall
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:57 AM
Oct 2020

Don't let Trump off the hook. He needs the debate so bad. Stick it to him and watch him squirm. Don't give in Biden Team. Shut him out and run your own town hall.

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