The numbers 787 should haunt the dreams of the Murdochs, I would think. At least when those numbers have a dollar sign in front and six zeroes behind. If that’s the case, then I don’t know how they’re going to show up as hosts for the Trump-Biden debates, which are now scheduled to take place.
I can guarantee it won't be Fox news! It has to be an accredited news organization, that was already agreed on. Trump is scared so he's trying to change the rules. And the 2 debates are in June and September, not October.
— jen grimes (@jengrimes8) May 15, 2024
That’s the takeaway right there. Fox News is an entertainment company, not an accredited news organization. Plus, a candidate picking a network and which anchors will do the debate is not adhering to usual journalistic standards for a campaign. I seriously doubt that Trump will be able to get this one to fly.
Now here’s a network that would take the debates and be deliriously happy to do so. This is what Tucker Carlson has sunk to.
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 30, 2024
If that is not a flaming joke, I don’t know what is. So how hell bent is Trump on having Fox? To the point of no Fox, no debate?
Two schools of thought, obviously, about whether Trump will bail unless the debate is on Fox. Now, Fox News can’t host because they’re not an accredited news organization, as already noted, but will they even test the water and see if they can make it fly? That’s one question we’re going to see answered. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that Trump can’t get Fox. What will he do?
He’s going to have to go through with the debate. He huffed and puffed in wrestling match terms that he was going to.
“Crooked Joe Biden is the WORST debater I have ever faced – He can’t put two sentences together!” posted Trump, a member of the WWE Hall of Fame. “Crooked is also the WORST President in the history of the United States, by far.”
“It’s time for a debate so that he can explain to the American People his highly destructive Open Border Policy, new and ridiculous EV Mandates, the allowance of Crushing Inflation, High Taxes, and his really WEAK Foreign Policy, which is allowing the World to ‘Catch on Fire,'” Trump added. “I am Ready and Willing to Debate Crooked Joe at the two proposed times in June and September.”
You notice he didn’t say, “provided it’s on Fox News or the deal is off.” He’s pretty locked in. I don’t think he can get out of the debates and save face. Plus there’s this issue.
Biden will obliterate him.
— Jeanne Hoffa (@JeanneHoffa) May 15, 2024
How can Fox News offer itself as fair and balanced when its hosts show up to give Trump moral support at trial? This is quite the can of worms that Joe Biden opened up this morning. Here’s a link to Biden’s challenging video. I love the line, “I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.”
“Biden. He can’t put two sentences together!” posted Trump”
Another lie from the consummate liar.
Ironically, from a person who himself often has trouble putting even one sentence together
Also, indeed, in further irony, a statement from someone who in the next few years will be putting sentences of the court ordered variety, together in multiples of more than two.
I’d suggest George Washington University, and if tRUMP shows up they should be absolutely certain the kill switch on his mic is working.
“‘Crooked Joe Biden is the WORST debater I have ever faced – He can’t put two sentences together!’ posted Trump, . . . .”
That’s funny. For someone who’s so wildly enamored of polls, Trump’s ignoring the post-debate polls from the 2020 debates. After the first debate, a CNN poll indicated viewers thought Biden won by a 60-28 margin (6% margin of error) while a CBS poll indicated viewers thought Biden won by a 48-41 margin (3% margin of error). And after the final debate, a CNN poll indicated viewers thought Biden won 53-39 (with a 5.7 margin of error). (I’m sure that a poll of Fox “News” viewers would’ve shown opposite results but, then again, Fox “News” panders to a specific type of viewer.
Did this story get killed by the tRump campaign or something? Nobody on MSNBC or CNN said a word about tRump wanting to debate Biden on Fox News. What did I miss?