Trump Dodges ABC and Demands Fox Debate With Harris.

2 years ago by ModerateImprovement to c/news

Former President Donald Trump backed out of an ABC debate with Vice President Kamala Harris and called for Fox News face-off instead. Harris' campaign accuses him of running scared.
smokin_shinobi 238 points 2 years ago

Harris should refuse Fox because they have claimed in court to be an entertainment channel and not a news organization. If she does use her ABC time she should post that on a giant screen behind her podium.

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dogsnest 125 points 2 years ago

She should agree to Fox if:

  1. It takes place after ABC (so Trump doesn't bail)

  2. Fox airs an explanation, immediately before and after the debate, for the $750 million+ settlement concerning the Big Lie.

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SeaJ 51 points 2 years ago

Considering how quick they are to point out that Biden legitimately won the 2020 election now that they had to pay out, Harris should hammer the point that Biden won in 2020 to poke the bear that is Trump. We'll see if Fox is willing to be sued again and not call him on it or cut him off.

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vanontom 24 points 2 years ago

This is a very good point. If she ever ends up on Fox (hope not), it would be negligent not to use this attack. T**** lost, and he still can't admit this basic, important fact. A fact his lawyers, all around the country, could not escape, in even the most friendly jurisdiction. Some of them are now disbarred because of this. Fox News paid an incredible sum (and lost Cucker) because of this.

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nilloc 6 points 2 years ago

And continuously scrolling on the bottom during the while thing.

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Fredselfish 56 points 2 years ago

Read article that she refused and told Trump he needs to stick to the debate he already agreed to on a prime time channel. Not all of us have cable but lots of people can pick up ABC. She said she be there whether he is or not.

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pythonoob 9 points 2 years ago

Whether

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cybervseas 6 points 2 years ago

I think you mean "broadcast channel" and yes I wholeheartedly agree.

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fmstrat 47 points 2 years ago

They have already responded. Flat out said stop playing games and show up on the 10th or I'll use that prime time spot on my own. Perfectly executed.

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fine_sandy_bottom 25 points 2 years ago

"We're happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to," he added. "Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he's too scared to show up on the 10th."

Gold.

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takeda 35 points 2 years ago

She already is sticking to the scheduled debate that will be next week and starting that they can schedule additional ones. The whole Fox News stunt likely is an attempt to avoid debate at all.

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FlowVoid 8 points 2 years ago

The scheduled debate is Sep 10, not next week

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takeda 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, my bad.

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krashmo -11 points 2 years ago

To be clear Fox has never argued that their entire network is entertainment and not news. They have made that distinction between what they call opinion shows like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity's old shows and their actual news segments. Fox does produce a legitimate news broadcast that is considerably less biased and inflammatory than those opinion shows. Unfortunately that broadcast is not nearly as popular as the garbage shows they've had to make the arguments you're referencing about.

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grue 8 points 2 years ago

I don't give a flying fuck about the bullshit excuses of lying propagandists. And no, their "news" segments are not "legitimate:" the fact that they're "considerably less biased" than the rest of it is just damning with faint praise. The "news" segments may not tell outright lies like the talking-head shows do, but they damn well lie by omission in terms of which stories they choose to cover and who they choose to quote.

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krashmo -2 points 2 years ago

I don't think anything I said could be considered praise of Fox News. It's simply more factual and measured than the profanity laden emotional outburst you chose to go with. Fox can suck a whole bag of dicks for all I care, I just think it's important to have your facts straight. After all, not doing so is exactly why most of us have a problem with Fox to begin with.

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grue 2 points 2 years ago

I just think it’s important to have your facts straight.

Then why didn't you? The fact is that even what they call "news" is still extremely biased. The fact that it's "less" so, compared to commentary shows that are so far off the deep end that I'd have to invent new superlatives to adequately express how biased they are, does not change its position on an absolute bias scale.

You called that shit "legitimate," and that just isn't true.

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curbstickle 6 points 2 years ago

Eh, I'd debate the word 'considerably'.

Less blatant bias? Yes. Still biased AF? Also yes.

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orbitz 2 points 2 years ago

Not entire network of shows is entertainment there's the 2 hours a day when they give their preferred hosts a break. I don't really know the hours spent on actual news but I have the impression it's in low single digit hours. I also assume they put more emphasis on right wing topics during those times, as factual as they may be rather than a balanced news source. If I'm wrong I'll gladly be corrected since I don't really watch broadcast TV anyways (corrected typo)

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DxK 101 points 2 years ago
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DogPeePoo 16 points 2 years ago

The racist rapist is a total pussy.

🐓BOK BOK BOK🐔

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Sanguine 0 points 2 years ago

I agree with the sentiment here but trump doesn't belong in a dementia ward. He does not have dementia, anyone watching him speak / interact with people can tell. It also diminishes his roll in all the absolutely terrible shit he does / spews everyday. Make him take full responsibility for his actions, dont blame even a second of it on dementia..its not fair to folks / families who have gone thru that disease.

Edit: these upvotes better not be trumpets who are too dumb to see I'm not defending their daddy. To be clear I'm just saying we should not pin his bullshit on a mental disease, its not fair and gives him an out.

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pearsaltchocolatebar 20 points 2 years ago

I had several people who work with the elderly tell me he had early dementia signs in 2016, and he's only declined since then, so I'm not sure what you're taking about. He's already sundowned a few times.

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Sanguine -3 points 2 years ago

Oh are you saying your anecdotal evidence counters mine? Let's call it a wash.

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HauntedBucket 89 points 2 years ago

The debate should not be held on an entertainment channel.

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hemko 6 points 2 years ago

I'm sure it will be entertaining

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dogsnest 67 points 2 years ago

weird

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homesweethomeMrL 72 points 2 years ago

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harrys_balzac 17 points 2 years ago

We need these to start popping up at his rallies

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takeda 11 points 2 years ago

Nah, I think the current strategy is the best. They try to paint themselves as some "silent majority", when in reality they are just some odd balls, who for some reason are obsessed about having demented, geriatric felon to hold the office off the president.

They are just a group of weird, insane people.

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jaybone 1 point 2 years ago

Yeah, it would just start fights and contribute to the overall stupidity of everything.

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dan1101 56 points 2 years ago

Waah, I wanted to run against Biden. Waah, I only want to debate on Fox. Waah, it's not fair!! What a baby.

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Karmmah 25 points 2 years ago

One might even say snowflake

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garretble 41 points 2 years ago

Little. Baby. Bitch.

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ThePantser 41 points 2 years ago

Weird, small handed, felon, baby, is yellowbellied

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teamevil 38 points 2 years ago
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slickgoat 34 points 2 years ago

"Any time, any place"...

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fine_sandy_bottom 32 points 2 years ago

I think the way to respond to this is not to acknowledge it. Just keep challenging him to "the" agreed debate on abc. Keep saying he's too chicken to debate you.

At least this nullifies his angle.

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Blackout 27 points 2 years ago

I love how all the news orgs this morning worded it that Trump approved of the fox debate as if it was a thing before he made it one. Harris should make him do the ABC one with live fact checking before even considering fascist entertainment news network.

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localme 10 points 2 years ago

Live fact checking sounds good to me. I’d also like to see a long-form debate so that candidates have enough time to properly discuss each topic. The traditional format seems so outdated and only helpful for creating soundbites.

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Thelemmybud 23 points 2 years ago

Trump wants everything in his favour

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ZoopZeZoop 13 points 2 years ago

Which I could sort of understand, but then he whines for years about it if he doesn't get his way. Even my young children get over things faster than he does.

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grue 2 points 2 years ago

Conservatism in a nutshell.

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foggy 17 points 2 years ago

Bruh you pussy footed accepting the debate, you don't get to have it on your terms, you twat

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Gingerlegs 16 points 2 years ago
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RamblingPanda 14 points 2 years ago

Is it the bone spurs again? Poor, weird, dumb, snowflake Donnie

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FlyingSquid 14 points 2 years ago

I thought you said she already agreed to it. What a weirdo.

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ceenote 13 points 2 years ago

"Dodge" implies a degree of finesse. He's throwing a temper tantrum. Again. Because he's afraid he's gonna lose unless he gets to pick the referee.

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Sam_Bass 13 points 2 years ago

Fogey is in no position to demand anything

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HubertManne 10 points 2 years ago

do what was promised and well talk

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SeaJ 5 points 2 years ago

How about have it held by Reuters or the AP and every channel can simply pay them to show it?

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TSG_Asmodeus 3 points 2 years ago

image

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zabadoh 2 points 2 years ago

I see the "ET" logo under right wing sources, and I think "Entertainment Tonight" is right wing?
ET is Epoch Times

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