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[–] Myxomatosis 140 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Translation: Donnie is terrified and he will use some excuse to weasel his way out of a debate.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yup. The whole thing is playing out like a 4th. grade argument.

Yesterday he didn't want to do it. Today he will totally do it. Tomorrow he will be prevented from doing it. Next week he will already have done it while you were on holiday, yeah it happened in that town you probably never heard of.

[–] ChillPenguin 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's literally the southpark episode when Wendy wants to fight Cartman for making fun of breast cancer. And he goes up to her in private over and over and is like "Wendy? I'm really really sorry, I won't do it again." But as soon as anyone else is around he thumps his chest and calls her a bitch.

[–] snausagesinablanket 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

He will book it at 4 Seasons Garden Center again. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still my unchallenged #1 favourite event of the entire Trump trainwreck saga.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Poor old Rudy still hasn't even been paid for that nugget, and he lost his law license. The thanks a guy gets for supporting a wannabe dictator, smh.

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“I want to debate her and she’ll be no different because they have the same policies,” Trump said.

Lmao, good luck asshole.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A former prosecutor and attorney general against a compulsive liar and grifter who can barely manage a coherent sentence? Yes please.

[–] just_another_person 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He thinks he's going to get a venue where he won't be muted and can just yell non-stop. Won't happen.

[–] themeatbridge 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He won't agree to a debate where he can be muted. He'll claim that the rules are biased against him, and then play pigeon chess on twitter.

[–] just_another_person 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah, exactly. CNN had the right motives behind their rules, and anyone who wants theirs to be taken seriously would do the same because Trump can't be trusted to control himself.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I share your sentiment, but I'm not even going to wish him good luck. Crash and burn motherfucker.

[–] LEDZeppelin 11 points 1 month ago

He and his ilk will cry foul about how elderly are treated badly by younger generation

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

More than he deserves.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Five bucks says he calls her Honey or Cupcake.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] dhork 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Rekhyt 9 points 1 month ago

Nutmegger? She's not from CT!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Behold, Nuggetonator!

[–] samus12345 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Dkarma 9 points 1 month ago

"creep" is a perfect comeback to that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Not if she does it first. Though that would just inflame

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[–] FuglyDuck 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My bingo card has Harris:

Saying “I’ll lock you up”,

And simply walking over and kneeing/kicking Trump in the balls before leaving.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Afterwards, she should just claim it was an official act from Biden, she just delivered it.

[–] FuglyDuck 14 points 1 month ago

I dunno. Protected speech.

Seriously, I’m pretty sure there aren’t actual words that can full express my opinion of Trump. I just don’t want to go to jail, so I keep my “mouth” shut

[–] brucethemoose 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Just from a purely strategic standpoint, this is such a problem for his campaign runners.

His head is too big. He basically things he's the macho messiah. The optimal thing to do is not debate Harris, not to give her a platform for people to see her with eyeballs he draws, and not to give Trump an opportunity to say something... unfortunate, as he has a history of doing in regards to women. He is debading a freaking prosecutor, and she is not going to crack or fold like he thinks.

But there is a 0% chance his campaign runners would talk him into that.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every statement by Harris, rebutting Trump: "My opponent, as a convicted felon is saying..."

[–] normanwall 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Hey, that's understandable. I'd hate being called a rapist, too. My wacky solution is to not rape anyone. I'll bet the rapist Donald Trump wishes he'd thought of that. I guess they didn't teach that to his uncle at MIT.

[–] simplejack 32 points 1 month ago

Keep calling him weak until he caves and does it.

[–] just_another_person 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"I'll totally debate her as many times as she wants. Oh, I can't that day, Baron has swim lessons. I can't make that other day either because Melania is out of town. I can't make this day because I have a hate rally. I can't make this day because I have to play golf with Putin..."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't forget the ever present dates with his parole officer

[–] FuglyDuck 10 points 1 month ago

Kamala should just invite the PO along for the ride.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Dude is going to get wrecked.

[–] dhork 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"I'll debate her so much, a lot of debating, ther will be mass debating on stage...."

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[–] LEDZeppelin 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PunnyName 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Right? He doesn't debate, he Gish Gallops.

[–] foggy 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Handling gish gallops is easy for anyone ready to field them.

You pick the easiest thing they spat out to dismantle, explain that they're gish galloping so you'll only address the thing you chose due to time constraints.

You let them give you the meatball to knock out of the park and point out their shit rhetorical devices. Then it's obvious the next time they do it, and you do it again. Then they're naked.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Trumpman says alot of things.

[–] Sterile_Technique 9 points 1 month ago

Ridiculous amount of bonus points if she hits one of his word salads with "I don't know what he just said. I didn't think he knows what he just said either."

[–] VanillaBean 9 points 1 month ago

He'll never turn down the opportunity to spew thinly veiled lies, childish insults and propaganda on live primetime television. This time he'll actually have an opponent who will serve him his own ass though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably the first time he's given a woman multiple anything.

[–] some_designer_dude 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Besides STDs and traumatic experiences.

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[–] Boddhisatva 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why doesn't ABC sue him? According to the article he said to multiple reporters on that call, "I’m not thrilled about ABC because [of] fake news I watched last night." Is that not slander? He is claiming that ABC News specifically is lying. They should sue his ass over this. Everyone needs to stop letting him slide on all his lies.

[–] PiousAgnostic 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

With slander, you have to prove the statement is false and that it caused damages.

Super easy when a news organization says a voting booth was rigged by Hugo Chavez and quit using your company. Not so easy when the guy that spouts nonsense spouts nonsense and ABC news actually reports it. Could be argued his nonsense pays the electric bill at ABC.

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