Republican former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will not debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, hours after Fox News invited the two presidential contenders to participate in a possible second debate on either Oct. 24 or Oct. 27.
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Did fox just offer him the friendliest possible venue for a massive media event, days before the election, and he turned it down?
I presumed the plan was to either let the harris campaign say no to fox so trump could call her a coward, or get a friendly venue to hammer whatever comey-esque hillary's emails nonsense russia cooks up this time.
Does trump turning this down seem like yet another own goal to anyone else? Or have I been underestimating how much the debate hurt him?
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lol, what a coward. Won't even do a debate on a platform that goes all out to suck his dick.
"THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH," Trump said on his Truth Social platform. "SO THERE IS NOTHING TO DEBATE."
Trotting out the classics, huh? Big "If we did less testing, we'd have less COVID cases" energy.
Trump said it was very late in the process now to have a debate.
The second Presidential Debate in 2020 took place on Oct. 22nd. This invitation from Fox News is for Oct. 24th or 27th. And the original CNN debate was scheduled for Oct. 23rd so fuck right off with that excuse, coward.
And taxes when the audits are finished... He's so helpless.
Harris could beat him on Fox, OAN, NewsMax or RT. She could do it anywhere and he knows it. He is a coward. If he had any backbone he would suggest another network.
Could she beat him in a box? Would she beat him with a fox? Could she beat him here or there? She would beat him anywhere!
She could beat him the air,
She could beat him just on hair!
She could beat him day and night,
It wouldn’t even be a fight!
She’ll also catch him on the lam,
And we’ll eat green eggs and ham!
Yes.
In the arena of the screen so bright,
Harris stands ready,
a formidable sight.
On Fox or OAN,
she’s sure to prevail,
NewsMax and RT,
she’ll tip the scale.
He trembles in shadows,
a coward at heart,
Knowing her strength sets him worlds apart.
If courage were his,
he'd seek a new stage,
But silence remains,
locked in his cage.