Tim Ryan, former Ohio Democratic representative, says Trump is avoiding debate because ‘he is scared’

Tim Ryan, former Ohio Democratic representative, says Trump is avoiding debate because ‘he is scared’

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Someone tried to kill Trump at a rally. He still does rallies. Someone tried to kill Trump on a golf course. He still golfs.

    Trump would rather be shot at again than have to face Harris on the debate stage. You quickly find out that bullies are actually cowards once you see someone stand up to them and punch them in the face.

  • FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    As a candidate, you should be ready to debate any place, any time and with zero notice. Because real life is hardly fair and never works on a timeline of your choosing.

    Heck, we should be forcing random debates much like random drug tests. Wake them up early morning on a random wednesday and force them to do a debate. Let’s see who can really be coherent under pressure.

  • ryan213@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    Can’t they just move it up to like 3PM or something while the other seniors are having dinner??

    • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Hey, that’s an offensive stereotype about seniors. I work in elder care, specifically in food service, and I can assure you they don’t have dinner at 3:00pm. Dinner is at 4:30pm.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    The campaign should make a totally over-the-top AI video of Trump in a chicken suit running away from CNN HQ (or Taylor Swift in the US Flag outfit she was wearing in the bogus Trump AI endorsement). Make it totally clear that it is a fake AI stunt, yet spam it to all the social media anyway. Throw in Vance lounging on a La-z-boy for good measure.

    Calling these fascists out on their real racist policies doesn’t see to work as well as simply making fun of them. They can’t stand it when people mock them.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      They released a video of him trying to weasel out of the debate last time around with a chicken clucking sound. On TruthSocial as well as Twitter.

  • nelly_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    In case anybody is curious about the claim that October 23 is too late, I updated the Wikipedia page listing the past debates to include the date.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates

    In general, the first debate takes place in late September or early October, and the final debate occurs in mid to late October with two or three debates being the norm. The first debate occurring in June is new this year as the debates normally start after the nominations are complete.

    So, unsurprisingly, Trump’s argument has no historical basis and complaining that the debate is too close to the election is nonsense.

  • _bcron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    For real, they need to schedule it earlier in the day before his adderall wears off and he turns into a wall-eyed stammering zombie

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      We need to go back how it was before it was televised…

      Now you can just ramble for 90 seconds, and everyone moves on.

      Back in the day there was no time limit. Moderators asked a question, and just kept asking it till the candidate answered or admitted they had no clue how to answer. The debate might take an hour. It might take 12.

      It’s crazy we’re still letting the limitations of broadcast television take precedence.

  • nemonic187@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Lol. The guy got a cease and desist order from The Tom Petty estate for illegally using the song Won’t Back Down, yet here he is doing the exact opposite. That’s some 5D chess moves.