The White House is now blaming Michigan governor Whitmer for the kidnap/assassination plot against her by domestic terrorists. Similarly Trumpists think Biden is weak for not wanting to catch COVID from Trump. We do not still know when Trump last tested negative before going to Walter Reed.
Besides, who wants to deny the possibility of a stunt for Trump to indict Biden, aside from infecting everyone involved in putting the event on. Trump is a bad player of “chicken” but a prolific producer of a disease now associated with poultry production.
New tonight: And now the Trump campaign says it wants the president to debate Joe Biden in person on the originally planned dates. pic.twitter.com/bWqAdNZXUX— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) October 9, 2020
“Our 74-year-old president, who is currently infected with a vicious and deadly disease, insists that he will only do the second debate if he can be close enough to shed his viral load on his 77-year-old opponent.”
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Ironically, his refusal comes after he and and his allies have spent weeks implying that it would be Biden—not Trump—who would wither at the thought of another debate https://t.co/MO2kmAYFX6
Trump’s initial response — to pull out of the town hall with Biden — came before he had talked the issue through with advisers. He said he was taken by surprise by the commission’s announcement and found it offensive that the decision was made without first consulting his campaign.
Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chair of the debate commission, confirmed Thursday that each campaign was only given five minutes of notice before the move was announced to the public.
But after talking to advisers, Trump relented to say that he would be willing to participate in a town hall a week later, on Oct. 22, an event Biden previously had agreed to.
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Trump’s advisers have told him how valuable the debates are, citing viewership that far exceeds his typical rallies. Some aides have struggled to get Trump to understand that a debate, which is likely to draw more than 60 million viewers,is far more impactful than a rally that airs exclusively to a Fox News audienceof less than 4 million, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly.
With Trump’s deficit against Biden in polls growing in recent days, aides said the president should shift tactics at the next debate and let his rival speak more.
I'll say what I've said many times: liberals and conservatives have all the same cognitive equipment, biases and hueristics. But for a bunch of cultural/political and institutional reasons one side got custody of the more reliable sources of knowledge in the epistemic divorce. https://t.co/IAhBwnDzFE
A 92% chance for Biden makes me very uncomfortable — but I guess that's what happens when you're up by 9 nationally, 6+ in the Midwest, 3-4 in AZ/FL and leading or tied in NC/GA with few undecideds and only 25 days until an election in the polarized erahttps://t.co/O6Lknvo6Kppic.twitter.com/sI5HvTfmxp— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) October 9, 2020
Just so it's clear. @realDonaldTrump today called for @BarackObama and @JoeBiden to be indicted and prosecuted. Have our standards fallen so far that this kind of antidemocratic authoritarian behavior passes without criticism? Is this now normal?
The two top security threats facing the country are white supremacist violence and Russian interference in U.S. elections. https://t.co/s8NiJtoQYH
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) October 9, 2020
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The thwarted plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer bodes badly for the prospect of right wing violence around a Trump loss this fall, former DHS official Elizabeth Neumann tells me.
Republicans need to “wake up and realize this is not a normal election,” she says:https://t.co/MDiqGF81VT
Two of the men who stormed the Michigan capitol and stood armed in the senate gallery while it was in session were among those charged in the plot to kidnap and kill Gov. Whitmer.
This is the result of Trump and the GOP praising and encouraging violent right-wing militants. pic.twitter.com/F1FM9KQJeX
— African American Policy Forum (@AAPolicyForum) October 8, 2020
NEW VIDEO: The Trump-inspired terror plot against Gov. Whitmer fits into his plans to nullify the election. If he fails he’ll run again in ‘24. The show in brief below; the full 15-minute Episode No. 2 of The Worst Person In The World live at YouTube here: https://t.co/SybCAswOtUpic.twitter.com/JSK5wX62pL
