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Joshua Zitser
Oct 08, 2020
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President Trump has said that he won’t participate in a virtual debate with Joe Biden and now people are branding him a “coward.”
A virtual debate was suggested just an hour earlier by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The announcement was in response to fears that Trump might still be infectious with Covid-19 by October 15th.
In an interview on FOX Business, Trump said: “I’m not going to do a virtual debate.”
He continued: “I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. That’s not what debating is all about. You sit behind a computer and do a debate, that’s ridiculous.”
He elaborated: “They cut you off whenever they want.”
Trump was widely criticised for interrupting Joe Biden during the first presidential debate.
Now he’s being criticised for refusing to take part in round two.
His sons, Donald J Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, insist that the refusal to participate is because Biden would be fed notes and talking points on a virtual debate.
This is such bullshit! Yea, let Biden do it from his basement so people can feed him his talking points all night l… https://t.co/96KorVFMS7— Donald Trump Jr. (@Donald Trump Jr.) 1602159643
Biden’s mouth is watering at the notion of a virtual debate - he will have 12 teleprompters and 14 campaign staffer… https://t.co/X5ktJl5UDM— Eric Trump (@Eric Trump) 1602158836
The campaign wrote: “For the swamp creatures at the Presidential Debate Commission to now rush to Joe Biden’s defence by unilaterally cancelling an in-person debate is pathetic."
That’s not what debates are about or how they’re done.”
But people think that the president is simply afraid to participate.
Donnie "Super Spreader" Trump is refusing a virtual debate. He's just afraid of another debate. Weak, very weak.— Gary O'Brien, DBA (@Gary O'Brien, DBA) 1602160019
Trump is afraid of Biden and that’s why he won’t debate him.— HarrySandick (@HarrySandick) 1602160114
That led to many people online branding him a “coward”.
BREAKING: Trump pulls out of second debate, because Trump is a coward.— Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin) 1602159922
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