Weeks ago, CNN offered to host a presidential debate in Atlanta on October 23 between Vice President Kamala Harris and convicted felon Donald Trump. Harris accepted, but Trump declined following his poor debate performance against Harris on September 10. Defending his decision, Trump said it was “too late” in the campaign cycle for a debate even though he debated President Biden on October 22 back in 2020. Today, CNN adjusted its offer inviting both Trump and Harris to participate in town hall events with voters. The Harris campaign immediately accepted the network’s invitation slamming Trump’s decision to duck the CNN debate as “disservice to the American people.” Continue reading “Harris Accepts CNN Town Hall, Trolls Trump For Ducking Debate”
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday accepted an invitation from CNN to debate former President Donald Trump on October 23, but the question is will the Donald show up for another one-on-one in the final weeks of the campaign? Continue reading “Harris Accepts Proposed CNN Debate But Will Trump?”
A flash poll conducted by SSRS for CNN immediately after last night’s presidential debate found 63% of polled watchers said Vice President Kamala Harris did a better job at arguing her policies and countering her opponent, former President Donald Trump. Continue reading “Flash Poll: 63% Found Harris Had Better Debate Performance”
Donald Trump (image via Flickr/WhiteHouse – public domain) After weeks of teasing his followers, Donald Trump has reportedly decided to skip the first Republican presidential debate next Wednesday. According to reports, he will instead sit for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson during the same time slot as the debate on Fox News. Continue reading “Trump To Skip First GOP Debate For Live Chat With Tucker Carlson”
Donald Trump and Joe Biden (screen capture)NowThis News serves up the “Top Moments” from the final presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle:
From Donald Trump comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln to Joe Biden blasting the president’s COVID-19 response, here are some of the biggest moments of the final 2020 presidential debate.
The last presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was a lot less chaotic than the first.
Still, there were some big standout moments throughout the night, such as Donald Trump saying he was the ‘least racist person’ in the room and Joe Biden talking about the government’s coronavirus response.
Three quick real-time polls all showed most folks felt Joe Biden, as with the first presidential debate, came out on top. From the NY Times: This time, the instant polls had a consistent and clear story: Mr. Biden won the debate by a double-digit margin.If the results in the chart look familiar, that’s because they’re reminiscent of many national survey results we’ve seen over the last month. You could interpret that to mean that the debate was more or less a draw on the merits, with most Biden supporters concluding that Mr. Biden won, and vice versa for the Trump supporters.Indeed, the CNN/SSRS poll didn’t find that either candidate improved his favorability rating compared with interviews conducted before the debate.
L-R President Donald Trump, former Vice President Joe Biden After Donald Trump refused to take part in a virtual presidential debate (in light of the fact that he’s still contagious for the coronavirus), the Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the scheduled second debate between Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. From CNN:
The cancellation is the culmination of a furious 48-hour back-and-forth between the commission and both campaigns and means what would have been the third debate in Nashville on October 22 will likely be the final meeting between the two candidates. The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the commission’s decision.
The commission, with the backing of their health advisers, announced on Thursday morning that — because Trump tested positive for the coronavirus — the debate that was scheduled for Miami would be held virtually, with the two candidates appearing from remote locations.
Trump swiftly rejected that plan, saying he would not show up and setting off a series of events that put the future of all general election debates into question.
In response to Trump’s cancellation, a Biden spokeswoman swiftly said that they would have agreed to a virtual format for next Thursday’s contest, but because the President had seemingly bailed, they would book another format for the former vice president to take questions.
In fact, ABC News has already announced it will be hosting a town hall with Biden on October 15 to be moderated by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. You should note that for some time Trump has told his followers Biden would be the one to cancel. “Joe Biden is too weak to lead this country,” Trump said at a rally last week. “You know Biden lost badly when his supporters are saying he should cancel the rest of the debates. Now, I understand he is canceling the debates. Let’s see what happens. I think that’s not going to be a good move for him.” Clearly, Trump knows he can’t win a debate where his ability to bully and speak over his opponent is limited.
