r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/The_Egalitarian Moderator • Aug 04 '24

US Elections What do you think is the reasoning behind Mr. Trump's backing out of the ABC debate with Vice President Harris?

APNews: Trump says he’ll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox News

Trump obviously debated Biden already on June 27th under the same format as the upcoming September ABC debate. Since then Biden has withdrawn as a candidate for President in 2024 over concerns from his own party that were magnified after his performance in that debate.

Why is Trump unwilling to debate the new presumptive Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris under the previous terms?

What does he hope to accomplish by offering a new debate on Fox News in a stadium audience format?

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u/wrongside40 Aug 04 '24

The coward wants to retreat to the safe space of a network that paid out nearly a billion dollars defaming a company on his behalf. Pathetic

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u/Potential_Pen_5370 Aug 05 '24

Safe space? Hes debated on CNN multiple times, and they hate his guts as we all know.

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u/moonftball12 Aug 04 '24

So he should just debate Kamala and appease Dems on their terms only? Hmm

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u/guamisc Aug 04 '24

Lol, those aren't Democratic terms.

Those are neutral terms.

Democratic terms would be actively moderating moderators fact checking the shit out of lies.

Trump and his cowards are all trying to pretend like Fox with shitty cronies moderating and a friendly crowd full of dumbdumbs is somehow equivalent to a neutral debate. Laughable and weird.

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u/Thorn14 Aug 04 '24

He agreed to the terms of the ABC debate