John Danforth, member of debate commission, rebukes Trump and says his attacks are 'just wrong'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A member of the Commission on Presidential Debates said President Donald Trump's attacks on the commission are "just wrong," a rare rebuke coming from a member of an organization that strives to stay neutral.

Trump has repeatedly attacked debate moderators and the commission, falsely claiming during an interview on "Dumb Fux & Friends" on Tuesday that his matchup with former Vice President Joe Biden this week is "so set up," even though the debate topics and moderator were agreed to by both campaigns weeks ago.

"The president's apparent strategy is to challenge the validity of the election should he lose," John Danforth, a Republican and former US senator from Missouri who has been on the commission since 1994, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Tuesday. "We saw this strategy initially in his claims that mail-in ballots are the tools for massive election fraud. Now we see it as well in his assertion that the debates have been rigged by the commission to favor former Vice President Joe Biden."

Danforth noted that like other members of the commission he has maintained a "strict vow of silence" regarding personal feelings about the campaign, but now that the President and his supporters "have attacked the commission's integrity, I feel compelled to respond."

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[Timewas]

1. Any debate

That involves t-rump would favor any genaric opponent by default

[Hugin]

4. Tangerine Idi Amin even lost to the moderator of a largely soft-ball town hall.

Yoiks!

[jonstl08]

2. Always liked him

My old home state Senator. May have disagreed on policy and did not vote for him but respected him. Unlike Missouri's 2 GOP senators now.

[greenjar_01]

7. Yes, when we could have solid debates on policy

Danforth was formidable, but you could recognize his concern for his state and country.

He is no doubt appalled by that lowlife Trump.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. So obnoxious that a 30-year bipartisan tradition...

can be so viciously attacked. Just shameful.

But, then again, it is what we have come to expect from the current occupant of our White House.

Vote OUT the Dumpster and all of his enablers.

[VA_Jill]

5. Just FYI

Danforth is a Republican. He is also an ordained Episcopal priest.

[UTUSN]

6. Hadn't heard that name (DANFORTH) in a decade or two - OG get-along collaborator type Repuke

The kind who tries to build bridges, which means giving the bad guys cover.