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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHate that debate expectations are so high for Kamala
All Trump does is lie. Do you spend your time correcting him (since the moderators will not) or do you focus on your policies? Kinda hard to do both. All Trump has to do is string a few words together and the media will pay him on the back. Hope the chicken does not show up. Let Kamala answer questions or make it a townhall.
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spooky3
(35,502 posts)In 3 debates and voters still didnt credit her. Kari Lakes opponent refused to debate her because Lake, like her idol Trump, would do nothing but lie throughout. And Hobbs won the governorship.
ImNotGod
(460 posts)truly upstanding American & leader. A debate will highlight the differences even more so that might help.
TwilightZone
(26,868 posts)The target audience is those few people who haven't paid attention the past dozen or so years and still think Trump might be a viable option. Seems like a lot of effort to try to inform the intentionally ignorant.
valleyrogue
(678 posts)It is going to be a very nasty fall campaign, and a debate would just make it even worse.
ImNotGod
(460 posts)jimfields33
(17,887 posts)President Harris.
uponit7771
(91,048 posts)TwilightZone
(26,868 posts)I think that's completely unrealistic. He told nearly 60 of them. Countering them would have left time for nothing else.
Criticism of the moderators falls along the same lines. If they had countered all of Trump's lies, Trump would have dominated the debate even more than he already did.
I think Harris should focus on policy and counter only when a lie is blatantly obvious and can be countered without the response taking up her time.
Everyone already knows that Trump lies about everything. This should be more about Harris presenting her case to the voters.
kansasobama
(1,110 posts)It is just a platform for MAGA to get excited whatever the rapist says.
servermsh
(1,259 posts)I'm amazed at how so many people forget what Trump has previously done. He has done this same thing over and over. Pretends to not want to debate and then shows up.
Then he lies and lies during the debate. And there is no fact-checking in these horrible debates.
I don't want any more of these stupid debates. Ever.
ecstatic
(33,861 posts)The high expectations come from us and we need to support her no matter what.
trump is going to show up as an aggressive bully. The lies will be loud and swift.
The strategy should be centered around putting the bully back in his place and exposing him as the weird, offensive criminal freak that he is.
gab13by13
(23,789 posts)TSF fears Kamala, he already backed down and then Kamala busted him in the face again, with Bring it on, any time any place.
msongs
(69,238 posts)LeftInTX
(28,736 posts)Biden was responding to Trump, which was a waste.
TheKentuckian
(25,635 posts)Give nary a thought to the old debate team coaching.
Answer what helps.you self promote or prosecute. Hand waive or address and move along otherwise.
Always be attacking.
Don't be afraid to give simple, positive responses and get back to your vision or putting a foot in Diaper Don's monkey ass.
If the court stenographers dare pushback, remind them they have been patiently awaiting Stank Asses' health plan for a thousand two weeks and are still wiping and dangling for him.
NoRethugFriends
(2,719 posts)valleyrogue
(678 posts)Trump will go to places Kamala Harris would rather not discuss anymore. I am thinking about her time in California and especially of Willie Brown. Trump is scummy enough to bring up sleazy rumors, and it would be better if she never debated him at all.
honest.abe
(9,238 posts)Hes a criminal lying asshole. Shocking he is the GOP nominee.
EndlessWire
(7,090 posts)There's nothing to prove by it.
Plus, he's just playing a game with it. He and Vance already backed out of the debates. Don't let him jerk her around. She'd perhaps be better off taking the night off. Rest, relax, and plan her next campaign appearance.
Who cares about the debates. He's certainly been taunted enough. He backed out. No reason to let him off that. He's a coward. Maybe she should go to a swing state and do a speech there instead of listening to the gish gallop master.