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Honestly, I'm ok with Biden not participating in them. At this point they likely do more harm than good to him. Trump will just vomit whatever he feels like regardless of the question. He'll lie and get his little quips in.

The only way I see trump losing any support is if he suffers some major medical episode on stage, or finally drops a bigger racial slur (something like "darker people" would likely get a pass whereas the n word might finally take him down a notch). The incoherent rambling will get a pass. The thinly veiled racism or bigotry will get a pass. And all of that will just be soundbites for his slobbering masses to eat up.

Problem is, Trump won't debate him back. He'll just use the debate as a podium to spout falsehoods.

Can't we just rewatch the ones from 4 years ago and get the general idea?

A debate won't solve anything and Trump doesn't need any more time on a large public platform.

One of the problems with this is that the debate rules are not enforced. If you go back and watch Trump in previous debates he continually ignores the time limits and talks over the moderator when told his time is up. Microphones for both participants should automatically shut off when the speaker's time is up.

Also, obvious, outright lies should earn a microphone cutoff although this would be dependent on a moderator that would be acceptable to both debaters. I can't see Trump ever agreeing to live fact checking during a debate.

Additionally, Trump appears to be even less mentally capable than he was in the previous debates - I do not believe it would end well for him.

He really shouldn't, and he should say he's not going to because he thinks that Trump should be disqualified from running for being an insurrectionist. At this point, there's really nothing to be gained from even trying to debate Trump, as Trump isn't even trying to participate in the democratic process in good faith. Hell, the Republican party in general is not participating in the democratic process in good faith. Anyone who is still "on the fence" about who they will vote for is either an idiot who hasn't been paying attention or a centrist just looking for an excuse to vote for the fascists.

normally debating draws clearer distinctions between the candidates and helps the low information voter in making their decision.

this isn't a normal election.

you have one candidate who is a normal politician willing and able to make his case for what he feels is best in moving the other forward. the other is a raving ranting tax cheat and sexual predator who has absolutely no clue about foreign policy, domestic policy, financial policy and is transparently going after one type of person. that other person is also easily swayed to do everything that a minority of a minority population wants because that demographic cheers him and praises him as a god king.

there is absolutely nothing to be gained from a debate between the two major party candidates other than the disgust of a nation when one of them spews his vitriol about the non whites and the stochastic terrorism he inspires from his unchecked hate speech. it is in the best interests of that candidate to not debate, since the political media does every fucking thing in it's power to not accurately or report in a timely fashion the utterly bizzare and undemocratic statements he makes on a regular basis. letting him fly free to direct questioning will only drive away the middle of the voting population, the ones who actually vote people into office.

What a stupid idea. TFG doesn’t care about anything unless it personally benefits him. We cannot give him what he wants.

If Trump agrees then go for it.

I’d agree with him but only if the LWV is in charge.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

When asked by NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator, Kristen Welker, about whether the two should debate in the fall in the likely event that they are the two major-party nominees, Newsom said, “100%.”

“This is ... pure projection on a guy who refused to debate in his own primary,” he added, saying it was “weakness masquerading as strength.”

But he said this month he wants to face off against Biden “immediately,” adding it would be “for the good of the country.”

Trump’s request to debate Biden came almost two years after the Republican National Committee voted to withdraw from events put on by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has overseen the process for decades.

At the time, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the group withdrew from debates because the commission “is biased and has refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fair debates.”

In November, the commission released the dates and locations of three presidential debates it hopes to host this fall.

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