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Trump suggests he could skip ABC News debate against Harris: ‘Stay tuned!’
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August 25, 2024 11:56 pm
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Former President Donald Trump suggested he may skip the Sept. 10 presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC News.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday night, Trump said to “Stay tuned” after he laid out the reasons why he may skip the debate, which included Harris turning down debating on other news networks and significant criticism of ABC News’s anchors.

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I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s(K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their so-called Panel of Trump Haters, and I ask, why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network? Will panelist Donna Brazil give the questions to the Marxist Candidate like she did for Crooked Hillary Clinton? Will Kamala’s  best friend, who heads up ABC, do likewise. Where is Liddle’ George Slopadopolus hanging out now? Will he be involved. They’ve got a lot of questions to answer!!! Why did Harris turn down Fox, NBC, CBS, and even CNN? Stay tuned!!

“I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s(K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their so-called Panel of Trump Haters, and I ask, why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?” he said.

“Why did Harris turn down Fox, NBC, CBS, and even CNN? Stay tuned!!!” he added.

The post comes as Trump and Harris are still slated to debate on Sept. 10 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It will be moderated by World News Tonight anchor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis.

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I think it's a wise decision on Trump's part.

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I think how big Trump's lead in the polls is will determine whether he debates Harris or not. If it's close he will debate her, if not why take the risk.

I think Trump will win in a landslide. He's not going to lose any of his 2020 voters. He is doing better among young voters. He is doing better among Hispanic voters. He is doing better among Black voters. He now has RFL Jr. supporting him. The only reason the Pubs are telling us it's close is to make sure we vote. The media and most polling firms are just doing what the Rats want. Harris's "joy" campaign is all about saving down ballot Rats. She's just not smart enough to know it.
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I think it's a wise decision on Trump's part.

I agree.  There is no way he gets a fair debate on ABC.    I think he's better off skipping or forcing Kamel-uh to do one more on Fox or Newsmax.
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I think how big Trump's lead in the polls is will determine whether he debates Harris or not. If it's close he will debate her, if not why take the risk.

I think Trump will win in a landslide. He's not going to lose any of his 2020 voters. He is doing better among young voters. He is doing better among Hispanic voters. He is doing better among Black voters. He now has RFL Jr. supporting him. The only reason the Pubs are telling us it's close is to make sure we vote. The media and most polling firms are just doing what the Rats want. Harris's "joy" campaign is all about saving down ballot Rats. She's just not smart enough to know it.

I like your analysis, except that Trump's had done a hell of a lot of alienation of Conservative voters this election cycle.  Weak GOTV of our side will spell doom for him. Just look at TBR to get that feel.
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Democrats have a slight lead and a major fundraising advantage.  Trump still needs several things to work in his favor if he’s going to win:

Focused attack on Kamala Harris’ record with few if any self-generated controversies to distract people
Early GOTV effort that rivals the democrats
A reasonable performance at the debate (unlikely with declared ABC moderators)
Bare minimum journalistic integrity — Kamala is forced to answer difficult questions
Or some type of black swan event

So he can start by forcing Linsey Davis out of the moderator position.  We saw the hatchet job Chris Wallace did last time, and there is no room for error. 

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I agree.  There is no way he gets a fair debate on ABC.    I think he's better off skipping or forcing Kamel-uh to do one more on Fox or Newsmax.

He needs to hold her feet to the fire. 'You want ABC? I want Fox. No deal till you agree.'
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Fox news Dem guest says Trump running away from debate..that is their new talking point...

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Harris team fighting muted mics at ABC debate after Biden requested rule
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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign is reportedly seeking to reverse a debate rule pushed for by President Joe Biden‘s campaign in the first debate against former President Donald Trump: muted microphones.

In nearly all televised presidential debates, the microphones were on throughout the event, with either candidate able to interrupt the other. For the 2024 debates, the Biden campaign requested that microphones be muted during the debate when it is not a candidate’s turn to speak, to which the Trump campaign agreed, and that was the policy for the CNN debate between Trump and Biden in June.

As the ABC News debate on Sept. 10 approaches, a Politico report claims the Harris campaign wants to change the microphone policy back to the old rule of having always live microphones for both candidates. It also reports the Harris campaign wants the rule change because it thinks Trump could say something if he loses his composure.

“We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates’ mics should be live throughout the full broadcast,” Brian Fallon, Harris campaign senior adviser for communications, told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own.”

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He needs to hold her feet to the fire. 'You want ABC? I want Fox. No deal till you agree.'
I agree both networks or no debate.
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WTF, she has had 3.5 years of prep, what does she needs notes for?
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Kamala demands a seated debate, with notes. Kamala demands shutting off mics. There once was an agreement on how this would go - now she's trying to change things.
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"The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules."
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Kamala Harris wants to change the rules of the upcoming, Sept. 10 presidential debate to be held on ABC. Instead of a normal, standing debate, Harris wants the candidates to be seated, and instead of both candidates speaking contemporaneously, drawing on facts and figures they know, she wants to have notes, as though it's some kind of open-book test in a freshman lecture class.

The Trump campaign's Jason Miller spoke to Politico Playbook, saying "Enough with the games. We accepted the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate. The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules."

"If Kamala Harris isn’t smart enough to repeat the messaging points her handlers want her to memorize, that’s their problem," Miller said. "This seems to be a pattern for the Harris campaign. They won’t allow Harris to do interviews, they won’t allow her to do press conferences, and now they want to give her a cheat-sheet for the debate. My guess is that they’re looking for a way to get out of any debate with President Trump."

Harris has not held a press conference, done or committed to a long-form interview, barely takes reporters' questions, and has only agreed to one debate against Trump—one she apparently wants entirely on her terms. ...
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I like your analysis, except that Trump's had done a hell of a lot of alienation of Conservative voters this election cycle.  Weak GOTV of our side will spell doom for him. Just look at TBR to get that feel.

I don't see it, other than places like here and I think most of these conservatives were never Trumpers from the beginning.

Since the leadership of the Pub party was changed voter registration is way up and we finally have some semblance of a get out the vote (ballot harvesting) operation. I think the only thing pulling down the Pubs in general (not Trump) is that the elected Pubs never fought to stop anything Biden-Harris wanted. Instead they were controlled by the establishment loyalists in the party.
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“ABC offered the exact same debate rules as CNN, and we accepted — as did the Harris camp. We did not ask for any ‘changes,'” Jason Miller, senior adviser to Trump, told the Washington Examiner in a statement.

“Now, after the Harris campaign has begun debate prep, they’re clearly concerned about what they’re seeing from Harris’s performance and want a whole host of rules changes. This is interesting considering the Democrats wrote the initial debate rules and loved them until President Trump knocked Joe Biden out, and Harris spokesman Michael Tyler said on the record that the debate about debates was over. The only explanation here is that the Harris campaign is looking for an off-ramp to get out of the debate,” he added.

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I don't see it, other than places like here and I think most of these conservatives were never Trumpers from the beginning.

Since the leadership of the Pub party was changed voter registration is way up and we finally have some semblance of a get out the vote (ballot harvesting) operation. I think the only thing pulling down the Pubs in general (not Trump) is that the elected Pubs never fought to stop anything Biden-Harris wanted. Instead they were controlled by the establishment loyalists in the party.


More fiction and fantasy. 

What’s pulling down  Republicans with swing voters is Donald Trump. There was a no more glaring example of that in 2022. And before somebody claims it was abortion, there were many Republicans who won their elections and reelections, despite having a more restrictive view on abortion.

Now Trump has claimed that he will be great for women and their reproductive rights. How do you think that’ll sit with the evangelical vote? https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/24/trump-abortion-reactions-00176276



The Democrats currently have a get out the vote operation that is much larger than the one Hillary or Biden had. 90% or greater turnout in urban areas in swing states will give her the presidency. They have a much easier job than the Republicans who have to not only make sure they get out their rural base, but get out enough voters in the suburbs to counter her advantage in the urban areas and that’s just not going to happen

For example, most of Ron DeSantis school board endorsements lost(for now) their election in Florida recently. Florida may end up going Harris or it’ll be very close this year. If Trump wins Florida, he will not carry the Miami Dade area like Ron DeSantis did in 2022


She will win here in Wisconsin. I 100% guarantee that. They’re registering new voters and getting their voting operation set up in counties like Dane and Milwaukee, which will determine the election. Hillary never bothered to visit the state once in 2016, and despite that, the election here in Wisconsin was razor thin close. When she wins Wisconsin, she will also win Michigan


We had a Republican written  ballot initiative recently here in Wisconsin and the Republican position got trounced. A small taste of what’s coming in November



We need to be working on Senate and House races as a buffer against the Kamala presidency. The belief that Donald Trump, who paid a porn star and a playboy model to keep an affair quiet when he ran into 2016, is going to convince swing voters that Kamala is the spawn of Satan is absurd

The only hope Donald Trump has is if enough of her base loses their enthusiasm and decides to stay home this November. I wouldn’t bet on that happening. This Harris/Walz ticket is the Democrat base voters dream ticket. This is better to them than Obama/Biden as far as they’re concern.



Just before Vice President Harris' acceptance speech Thursday night, we officially crossed the $500 million mark," campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon wrote in a memo released by the campaign on Sunday. "Immediately after her speech, we saw our best fundraising hour since launch day."

Trump has also proven to be a formidable fundraiser, but appears to be outpaced in her month-old campaign. Trump's campaign and its related affiliates announced earlier this month that they had raised $138.7 million in July — less than what Harris took in during her White House bid's opening week. Trump's campaign reported $327 million in cash on hand at the start of August.

The Harris fundraising totals were raised by Harris for President, the Democratic National Committee, and joint fundraising committees.

O'Malley Dillon said that nearly a third of contributions during convention week came from first-time contributors. About one-fifth of those first-time contributors were young voters and two-thirds were women, groups that the campaign sees as critical constituencies that Harris needs to turn out to win in November.

The Harris campaign says it has also seen a surge in volunteer support for the vice president. During convention week, supporters signed up for nearly 200,000 volunteer shifts to help the campaign.



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There is a massive enthusiasm for her candidacy amongst the Democrat party base that I have not seen in over a decade. How she went from being one of the first to have to drop her candidacy when she ran in the Democrat Party primary to all of a sudden becoming the second coming of Christ amongst democrat voters, I’ll never understand. But the enthusiasm is real. It will propel her to the White House if it continues

What do conservatives do during a Harris presidency? How about an autopsy and coming to terms with reality? And if/when Trump loses, Trump is  only one part of the problem they have


It took a while for the Democrats to finally come to terms with the fact that Biden and his candidacy was a “Weekend at Bernie’s” movie. Now the denial has switched

As evidence of the desperation, just a mere month ago, RFK Junior was a certifiable left wing nut job here. Now he’s the hero who’s going to save a collapsing campaign, and, secondly, the country. Just because he decided to back Donald Trump does not change the fact that he is a certifiable left-wing nut job
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I think most of that is true. I was wondering why she would want to be seated. The all knowing internet pegs her at 5'2. So she would look tiny (although I thought she looks taller). Wanting notes? Well that's a gimme.  And the whole microphone issue... that's just so she can "put Trump in his place" saying..."I'm talking" and look in control.

Since she decided to stick to the original date, she should stick to the original agreement. jmho She already has an edge with ABC. So unless she sticks to the original agreement, I think Trump should say too bad, so sad.


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If I'm a Democrat, I'm grabbing two interns, putting them in a chicken and a duck suit, and sending them to Trump rallies for photo ops with signs like "Why is Trump DUCKING debates?" "Is Trump CHICKEN?"

Come to think of it, I'm kind of irritated nobody used that tactic in the primaries.
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Harris: "Debate me"

Trump: "Alright"

Harris: "Debate me while only using sign language and balancing a plate on your head"

Trump: "How about we just stick to the original terms"

Harris: "WHAT ARE YOU SCARED"
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I think most of that is true. I was wondering why she would want to be seated. The all knowing internet pegs her at 5'2. So she would look tiny (although I thought she looks taller). Wanting notes? Well that's a gimme.  And the whole microphone issue... that's just so she can "put Trump in his place" saying..."I'm talking" and look in control.

Since she decided to stick to the original date, she should stick to the original agreement. jmho She already has an edge with ABC. So unless she sticks to the original agreement, I think Trump should say too bad, so sad.

He needs to bow out for whatever reason.  Nothing good is going to come out of this debate. 

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Harris: "Debate me"

Trump: "Alright"

Harris: "Debate me while only using sign language and balancing a plate on your head"

Trump: "How about we just stick to the original terms"

Harris: "WHAT ARE YOU SCARED"
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Her not sticking to the original terms is reason enough for him to decline and that indicates to me that she's the one that's running scared.

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Her not sticking to the original terms is reason enough for him to decline and that indicates to me that she's the one that's running scared.
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WTF, she has had 3.5 years of prep, what does she needs notes for?

She needs notes because she doesn't have a freakin' clue.  She's been out of action and in hiding more so then even Joe these past 3+ years.

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If I'm a Democrat, I'm grabbing two interns, putting them in a chicken and a duck suit, and sending them to Trump rallies for photo ops with signs like "Why is Trump DUCKING debates?" "Is Trump CHICKEN?"

And if you're not a Democrat?  What then?
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