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Trump slams debate commission, raising questions about his participation
The Hill ^ | 12 16 2019 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 12/16/2019 7:59:49 AM PST by yesthatjallen

President Trump on Monday hammered the Commission on Presidential Debates, raising questions about his participation in debates next year with the eventual Democratic presidential nominee.

The president, in a trio of tweets, said he looked forward to debating "whoever the lucky person is who stumbles across the finish line" in the Democratic primary.

But he chastised the nonprofit commission responsible for organizing the presidential debates and suggested he might avoid them. That group has scheduled three general election debates next year.

"As President, the debates are up to me, and there are many options, including doing them directly & avoiding the nasty politics of this very biased Commission," Trump tweeted. "I will make a decision at an appropriate time but in the meantime, the Commission on Presidential Debates is NOT authorized to speak for me (or R’s)!"

The president claimed that the commission, which describes itself as nonpartisan, is "stacked with Trump Haters & Never Trumpers." Trump pointed to an incident in a 2016 presidential debate in which the commission acknowledged technical issues with his microphone.

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KEYWORDS: 2020election; debates; trump
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To: yesthatjallen

“Throw out a question, ‘How are you going to stop illegal immigration’”

They would never ask that question. They question would be, “how are you going to help all the hard working, infallible dreamers?” And that’s the problem with the debates.


21 posted on 12/16/2019 8:44:06 AM PST by suthener
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To: suthener

Democrats would NEVER allow moderators to be all conservatives... but OUR people are expected to have ‘debates’ will all liberal moderators..

It’s nuts.


22 posted on 12/16/2019 8:46:37 AM PST by GOPJ (Twitter and far-left nutcases DO NOT REPRESENT AMERICAN VOTERS OF EITHER PARTY)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Donna Brazille is now at Fox but still a dem.
Chris Wallace has said he hates Trump but expects to moderate for Fox.
Remember Candy Crowley giving tactical support on fact checks favoring Obama vs. Romney and the facts were on Romney’s favor.

We don’t need moderators its a lib setup. If they could
cheat Bernie they can cheat any Republican.


23 posted on 12/16/2019 8:49:43 AM PST by Zenjitsuman ( p)
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To: yesthatjallen

I won’t watch any of the debates. I already know who I’m voting for.


24 posted on 12/16/2019 8:53:52 AM PST by Randy Larsen (Trump IS MY president and I'm damn proud of him!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Nobody elected that Commission, I don’t see where their right to participate in debates comes from.


25 posted on 12/16/2019 8:54:28 AM PST by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Actually, the final Reagan/Mondale debate was a show-stopper!, and buttressed the landslide.


26 posted on 12/16/2019 8:58:06 AM PST by alstewartfan ("The strangest women run wild down there Covered head to toe with Fur and hair." Al Stewart in Hanno)
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To: 1Old Pro

“I think he should say he’ll do a FOX debate if Hannity, Levin and RUSH moderate and ask question.”

HELL NO!

Levin would ask questions that no one was smart enough to understand

Rush would take 3 hours to ask one question.

Hannity would ask the SAME question OVER and OVER and OVER again.


27 posted on 12/16/2019 8:58:23 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: a fool in paradise

Oh, you mean the League of Women Vipers?

Kinda like that impartial Snopes site, right?


28 posted on 12/16/2019 9:00:21 AM PST by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Anyone who watched debates the last 40 years knows the “Commission” is not at all non partisan. That why the Moderators are always far left leaning “Journalists”

If it was “non partisan” we have way more balanced in Moderators.


29 posted on 12/16/2019 9:02:00 AM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: faucetman

Go to page 625 of the Pittsburgh phone book and select the 50th name. That person is the moderator. Debates will be based on Immigration, the economy and foreign affairs.


30 posted on 12/16/2019 9:02:48 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (When you think about what the left is doing to America, think no further than Cloward-Piven)
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To: yesthatjallen

President Trump does not gain anything from debates, it is his opponent who stands to gain from it.

As an incumbent with a track record of keeping his campaign promises, the President has all the name recognition he needs. He holds huge rallies on a regular basis, and is solid with his base.

I would love to see him decline altogether.


31 posted on 12/16/2019 9:03:25 AM PST by enumerated
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To: yesthatjallen

Agreed


32 posted on 12/16/2019 9:21:47 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Robert A Cook PE; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
He should just tell them to off themselves, he won't be there, and without two parties, there is no 'debate'. Of course, that's exactly what the Partisan Media Shills and the other Democrats prefer. Y'know, because, the debate is over. Thanks Robert A Cook PE.

33 posted on 12/16/2019 9:33:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: a fool in paradise
".... Rigged debates are rigged elections...."

Partisan "debates" aren't debates at all.

They've just become opportunities for each side to spout their scripted talking points.

I like the idea of a topic being picked out of a hat and let each candidate go for it. A flip of the coin would determine who goes first.

Each topic would run 15-20 minutes total for the candidates to argue their position. A moderator would ensure both candidates had their fair share of the total time to present their side. Then go on to the next topic.

These would be real debates and would be more lively and interesting to the electorate watching.

Spread over 2-3 hours total length, 6 to 9 topics or issues could be addressed.

I think a format like this would make the debates must see events and would show the candidates ad libbing their points rather than having a script. People would see the candidates for who they really are rather than giving a prepared speech.

34 posted on 12/16/2019 9:42:29 AM PST by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: All

The “Presidential Debates” are nothing but a TV show totally constructed by the TV industry.

Before TV there was NEVER a “Presidential Debate”

The only thing these idiotic TV shows are good for are “gotcha” questions and semi-humorous one-liners by politicians who long to be stand-up comics.


35 posted on 12/16/2019 9:47:16 AM PST by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: yesthatjallen

I hope Pres. Trump does not accept any of the silly democrat talking heads as “moderators.” They always ask such stupid and silly questions, and frame the debates around the frivolities and foolishness. They, and their fellow democrats, seem to be incapable of understanding, not to mention even aware of, the serious issues facing this nation, economic and social.


36 posted on 12/16/2019 9:48:15 AM PST by erkelly
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To: a fool in paradise

There never will be agreement. Let the left choose one and the right choose one, and let each of them question the candidates equally.


37 posted on 12/16/2019 9:49:16 AM PST by erkelly
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To: yesthatjallen

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

Commission Leadership
Co-Chairs

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.
Dorothy S. Ridings
Kenneth Wollack

Honorary Co-Chairs

Gerald R. Ford*
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan*
George W. Bush
Barack Obama

Co-Chair Emeritus

Paul G. Kirk, Jr.

Board of Directors

John C. Danforth
Charles Gibson
John Griffen
Yvonne Hao
Jane Harman
Antonia Hernandez
Reverend John I. Jenkins
Jim Lehrer
Newton N. Minow
Richard D. Parsons
Olympia Snowe

Executive Director

Janet H. Brown

* Deceased

https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-danforth-trump-no-republican-0826-20170825-story.html

Aug 26, 2017
Op-ed: President Donald Trump is no Republican, he is the most divisive national politician since George Wallace, says former Republican Sen. John C. Danforth.

https://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/01/opinion/contributors/olympia-snowe-says-donald-trump-is-damaging-the-republican-party-brand/

April 1, 2016
Olympia Snowe says Donald Trump is damaging the Republican Party brand


38 posted on 12/16/2019 9:54:51 AM PST by maggief
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To: yesthatjallen

Who cares


39 posted on 12/16/2019 9:59:33 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: HotHunt

The framing of debate topics itself lends bias.

The Left’s top 10 concerns do not mesh with mine.


https://news.gallup.com/poll/244367/top-issues-voters-healthcare-economy-immigration.aspx
Importance of Issues for Midterm Voting — Registered Voters
How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for Congress this year?
Extremely/Very important
%
Healthcare 80
The economy 78
Immigration 78
Way women are treated in U.S. society 74
Gun policy 72
Taxes 70
Foreign affairs 68
Way income and wealth are distributed in the U.S. 68
The recent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court 64
U.S. trade and tariff policies 61
Climate change 53
Investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. election 45
GALLUP, OCT. 15-28, 2018
T


ILLEGAL immigration
privacy rights
property rights
governmental abuse of power by alphabet agencies (IRS, EPA, FBI, CIA, DOJ...)
national debt
Federalism


40 posted on 12/16/2019 10:20:56 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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