Second presidential debate between Trump and Biden on Oct. 15 will be virtual

[Victoria33]

A "virtual" event means Joe can huddle in his basement or other bunker with his teleprompter, notes, earpiece and never have to speak for himself. And what's with the "participants" and moderator in Miami. What participants? The only participants are supposed to be the two candidates and the moderator.

@mountaineer

It is a town hall.  People will be in Miami asking questions of the candidates.

[XenaLee]

@mountaineer

It is a town hall.  People will be in Miami asking questions of the candidates.

And a town hall is NOT a debate.   Two totally different events.

[Victoria33]

And a town hall is NOT a debate.   Two totally different events.

@XenaLee

Yes.

[XenaLee]

@XenaLee

Yes.

But... they're trying to call it a debate (ergo, my point).

[Right_in_Virginia]

Cruz on Trump Not Wanting Virtual Debate: ‘I Think the President’s Right on This’
Breitbart, Oct 8, 2020

[...]
 
Cruz told FNC’s “Fox & Friends” that Trump is “right” to not want to participate in a virtual debate “charade.”
 
“I think the president’s right on this, and unfortunately, I think this is a pattern we’ve seen play out throughout the debates, where the moderators and the debate commission have behaved like arms of the Joe Biden campaign,” Cruz explained. “I think at the first debate … Chris Wallace did a terrible job moderating. Last night, I think Susan Page did a better job moderating. She didn’t interrupt as much but her questions were still, you know, it’s an interesting hypothetical to go back and look at the questions she asked, and ask how would the questions have read differently had they been written by the Joe Biden campaign? And that virtually every question out of her mouth was from the left, with all of the assumptions Joe Biden and the Democrats believe. There was really very little pushing on the other side.”

“This decision here to hold a virtual debate, that benefits Joe Biden, that lets his staff be in the room, that lets him receive assistance,” he added. “One of the real concerns a lot of people have is if Joe Biden is even up to it and if you insulate him and let him do the debate from the basement, that’s eliminating the debate aspect of it, and listen, I think the reason the commission did this is the Democrats right now think they’re winning. They believe Joe Biden’s winning."

"I think they’re very happy for Joe not to leave his basement for another minute between now and Election Day, and if the commission sticks to we’re going to do it virtually, I think the president is right to say I’m not going to participate in this charade.”


https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/08/cruz-on-trump-not-wanting-virtual-debate-i-think-the-presidents-right-on-this/

[aligncare]

Cruz nails it.

This announcement by PDC moving the goalposts is a cynical ploy to run interference and make Trump look bad.

Trump’s position in politics reminds me of Ginger Rogers. We marveled at Fred Astaire, but forgot that Ginger Rogers did the same dance moves, only she had to do them in heels, twice as fast and backwards.

[HuskyPatriot]

Leadership of Commission on Presidential Debates:

https://www.debates.org/about-cpd/commission-leadership/

The first name listed, Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1983 to 1989.  But it's a mixed bag as you can see....

[mountaineer]

It is a town hall.  People will be in Miami asking questions of the candidates.

Then it's not a debate.

[Fishrrman]

Mr. Trump made the right call in pulling out.

Have a REAL in person one-on-one debate.

Or... don't have any at all.