Trump plans to participate in the next debate, his campaign spokesperson says

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Source: CNN

President Trump is planning to participate in the next presidential debate scheduled for Oct. 15, Trump Campaign Communications Director Tim Murtaugh tells CNN.

Asked by CNN on debate plans, Murtaugh said, “It is the President’s intention to debate.”

About the debate: The second general election presidential debate will be hosted in Miami, Florida, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, which hosted the first Democratic debates of the 2020 primary last year.

Unlike the first debate, the second presidential debate will take the form of a town hall where questions will be posed to the candidates from Miami-area residents, the commission said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-monday/h_4a43b554ee2390e2119961408d860ee0?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-10-05T20%3A41%3A26&utm_term=link

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This was just posted on CNN scroll down half page to see. We will see if this happens. I predict tRump will be back in the hospital before 2nd debate.

[Squinch]

1. Joe should pass. No question.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Joe has every right to make the strictest demands on the conditions

and only if trump is virus negative

[orangecrush]

8. There will be no debate.

Not after this debacle.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. Yes, almost certainly.

[NorthOf270]

36. He doesn't have to pass yet

Trump will be "unavailable" soon.

[Illumination]

49. Within a few days or weeks he'll most likely be back in the hospital...

[Illumination]

50. Or DEAD!...

[Illumination]

48. Right. It's very difficult to debate an IDIOT!

[LymphocyteLover]

2. Dumbass thinks he is 20 years old

he really needs to be resting if he wants to recover...

of course, possible he may not even make it to Oct 15th

[LymphocyteLover]

4. how much of this is the steroid talking?

I mean, seriously

[CanonRay]

16. 90% steroid, 10% him being an asshole

[ffr]

29. You're assuming a normal human. That's your mistake

tRump is tRump. He's not human. He's high on a cocktail of drugs and won't stop this shitshow until his heart explodes.

[LymphocyteLover]

37. True, god help us

[bucolic_frolic]

5. WHO wants to be exposed to the Super Spreader? Audience? Journalists? Cameramen? Joe?

This is unconditional insanity. Time for the 25th Amendment! The man is sick with a deadly illness, maybe not for him but for others, he belongs in a hospital. How stupid are these people?

[Polybius]

42. I don't believe that you can be contagious for anywhere near that long

I think he's likely already non-contagious, or near it.

[bucolic_frolic]

44. Will you test that idea?

[Polybius]

45. My close friend just did

Both of her parents had Covid, so she spent the week at her boyfriend's house. She went back the other day to her parent's house (who she lives with), roughly a week after they were diagnosed.

But as for your original question, no, I would not test it.

[orangecrush]

6. Joe should tell him

To fuck off.

[FirstLight]

7. ...that's still 10 days away...

If we are all lucky, fucker will be on a ventilator or ...

This is NOT over for him ...or us

[Auggie]

9. Biden is being set-up ...

Biden debates and he risks exposure. Biden declines and Trumps says he's weak.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. +10x

The key being their take on it today that Trump has more "experience" with COVID, therefore Joe Biden doesn't know anything about it.

These people are depraved. It will take an industrial cleaning crew and mass firings to rid the nation of this stain.

[Auggie]

23. Yeah -- the "experience" bullshit ...

I heard about that earlier today or yesterday

[tinymontgomery]

19. Biden needs to borrow the barrier

Biden needs to borrow the barrier Harrison used when debating Graham or
have his own constructed. Trump may try to make fun of Biden but I’m sure
Joe would have a great come back after his hospital issue.

[NYC Liberal]

46. The Commission needs to cancel it.

[Thekaspervote]

10. Maybe he'll drop dead on camera!!

[ashredux]

12. Hmmm.... it would get "great ratings"

[LymphocyteLover]

38. damn, I was drinking something when I read that

Sure would!

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Gosh! I was just hoping for a collapse.

[wnylib]

25. Inshallah

[NYC Liberal]

47. Dying on TV. He'd love that. Imagine the ratings!

[yankeepants]

11. He is on a steroid high right now. Probably feels like he did in the Epstein years. Uck.

[grantcart]

14. He has spokes people who haven't tested positive?

[world wide wally]

15. I think Biden has something to say about it too.

Just say no, Joe.

[AngryOldDem]

17. No. Just no.

He is obviously in the grip of a steroid-induced manic episode.

[William Seger]

21. It's just not possible, because it isn't just Trump

You have to assume that anyone in contact with that team is a potential spreader. Nobody should have anything to do with any of them at this point.

[Liberty Belle]

22. Townhall organizer should insist Trump do this via Zoom remotedly - no in person

Unless an independently administered test shows he is no longer contagious, since we can't trust him or the White House on this.

That's assuming he lives long enough and is actually able to travel.

[wnylib]

30. Even if he is no longer contagious,

what about his team and family?

What about the town hall audience members? As we have seen, someone can test negative and still be infectious with not enough build up to detect in the test. Or the test can give a false negative.

There should be NO in person debates this year.

[hkp11]

24. Biden should refuse the debates

no use in getting Covid-19 from this buffoon.

[yaesu]

27. and this is what the fascists want. Catch 22. nt

[wnylib]

31. Better to stay alive and healthy. It will not

cost Biden any votes.

[yaesu]

32. Yes, I like Bidens statement, if the scientists say its ok he will debate. nt

[TomCADem]

41. Just Do It By Zoom. Welcome to Our World.

This would be a reflection of the times. Trump has COVID. Why mess around?

[CTyankee]

51. Not everyone has zoom. We don't.

[TomCADem]

53. I Am Pretty Sure We Can Hook Up the WH With Zoom...

...then just have the networks televise the feed. Simple.

[CTyankee]

54. Yes. Hubby and I are old and out of touch. The WH fine...

[onetexan]

52. Yup, no more debates. Don't wana risk Biden coming down with covid at this all-important juncture.

[yaesu]

26. Him and his spawn are going to try their best to infect VP Biden I have no doubt. nt

[William Seger]

28. Trump's entire team should be avoided like the plague -- literally

[Jim__]

33. I seriously doubt Trump will be able to make it through a 90 minute debate in 10 days.

He'll blame his ultimate refusal on the insistence that during the debate he must follow rules of common decency.

[Dr. Jack]

34. I would say it's more likely he will be laying in a hospital bed

by the day of the next debate than he will be ready to stand on stage for 90 minutes and get grilled with questions. They are 100% lying about his condition and are just hoping that somehow a miracle will bail them out. This is absolutely a Hail Mary. There is no way Trump is on the road to recovery and he will, at best, probably be completely out of commission for the next several weeks.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. Gonna be hard to do when your staff is dead, in quarantine or hospitalized??

[Joinfortmill]

39. Covid will kill him by then

[louis-t]

40. I agree with your prediction and add

that I'm not sure he will be alive by then.

[dalton99a]

43. He wants to infect Biden.