If Republicans believe Harris can’t defend her positions extemporaneously and would melt down in the face of any unscripted pressure, it would make sense for them to want her to submit to media interviews. But given their belief that the media is in the tank for Democrats, it would make even more sense for them to want Trump to debate her.
What’s more, a Trump campaign spokesperson
said as recently as four days ago, “President Trump would be happy to debate anytime, anyplace, anywhere.”
But even if none of this were true and Trump had signed a deal that applied to debating only Biden, why would Republicans want him to weasel out of it?
And it is perfectly clear that Trump is not trying to get himself onstage with Harris. His “offer” was to debate her on Fox News, with moderators he selected, in front of a packed “arena.” That is not a serious offer.
Calling for it to host the sole debate between the candidates is what you do if you’re pretending you want to debate and only want to give your supporters an excuse to believe you.
The strange thing is that conservative pundits are playing along with this transparent ruse. Trump is taunting Harris for being “low IQ.” His chorus of conservative pundits is making softer versions of the same argument without explaining why its man won’t get onstage and back up his talk.
Can’t get onstage with the teleprompter candidate!
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Poor Trump. He was hoping for a repeat of the Biden debate where he could bully an older guy. When the table is reversed and he becomes the "old guy", he is now running for cover.
What if the situation had been reversed? What if it was Kamala who refused to debate with the excuse that since the original debate agreement was between Biden and Trump, she would not be bound to it? What would Trump and his minions say?
I'll bet they would say the same thing we are saying - 'Kamala does not have the guts to debate Trump' and they would be right.