https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/-democrats-question-whether-…
Democratic lawmakers are leery about the prospect of President Biden debating former President Trump, fearing that putting the two on stage together would only elevate the likely GOP nominee.
Trump has skipped every Republican presidential primary debate thus far but says he’s eager to debate Biden.
He told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt before Christmas that he would “look forward” to facing Biden and suggested 10 debates.
Democratic lawmakers, however, are not relishing that scenario.
“I would think twice about it,” said Senate Democratic Whip **** Durbin (Ill.) about the prospect of Biden debating Trump.
“I’ve been physically present at one of [Trump’s] debates with Hillary Clinton, and I watched him do outrageous things and say outrageous things. It’s just an opportunity for him to display his extremism.”
@TranquilGrizzlyRepublican4mos4MO
Biden has already skipped plenty of debates, and will for the Dem primary. His entire 2020 campaign was spent in a cave somewhere
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
That is called Trump actively avoiding the several candidates that are actually running. The democrat party recognizes that Trump is a threat to the country, and as such, is aligning around Biden both because no one who qualifies to even be on the debate is running, and because it unified their votes.
@RebelScum76Constitution4mos4MO
A cave in Delaware packed with countless mishandled documents implicating him in horrible crimes...
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
Would skipping a debate with a former president show strength or weakness in the current president's character?
@RebelScum76Constitution4mos4MO
Weakness, senility, fear, spinelessness, and stupidity.
Trump would murder Biden and mop the floor with his bloody carcass on the debate stage, and the puppeteers know it. They don't want to handle the clean-up after Trump spills Biden's guts. They don't want to loose power. That's what this comes down to.
@RightWingChloeLibertarian4mos4MO
They don’t care. Just like The Left, Trump’s blind followers — not all his supporters, only the ones for whom he can do no wrong — are entirely unembarrassed by inconsistency, lies, hypocrisy. Even when they’re the victims of it.
I keep seeing people say variations of this but I can't figure out why they think Trump would want to do presidential debates any more than he wants to do primary debates, which is he doesn't.
Oh, sure, maybe if he's sure Biden won't, he might make some noise but he'd be glad.
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