Biden says he’s accepted an invitation from CNN to debate Trump on June 27

I just hope the moderator has a microphone kill switch so Trump can't just yell over Biden's answers and filibuster the whole thing as he has done in the past.

Trump talked constantly through the 90-minute debate, sometimes incoherently and other times rattling off unfounded and baseless attacks against Democrat Joe Biden while refusing to let the moderator even ask questions.

According to the npr story I just heard Biden's team did set "microphones open only when it's the candidates turn to speak" as one of the terms. Also no live audience, only candidates and moderator in a studio.
- No live audience gives me a little hope. Trump needs that feedback to know he's not gone off the rails, as we saw in the 2020 debates.
- That is awesome news. I hope they stick to it.
That's one of the Biden requirements, when one person is speaking, the other microphone is killed.

Hey Biden, stop treating Trump like an opposing candidate and treat him like the insurrectionist that he is.

He is challenging Trump to a debate that he won't accept. He's doing exactly as he should while the justice system isn't doing its job.
- "President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both accepted an invitation from CNN to debate on June 27..."

Can we stop giving Trump a platform please?

I think 1/4 to 1/2 of the American public disagrees.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think we should ever speak his name or acknowledge his existence kinda like shunning and the Amish.
- I put up social media filters to make sure I don't ever see anything about the Amish or the content they post - I think it's working and I haven't had to fiddle with it in years.
I don't understand your train of thought. There's absolutely no way he shows up. This is only good for Biden.
The last time trump showed up to a debate he was hopped up on steroids and proceeded to have a near meltdown on national TV. There's a very good argument to be made that that performance was a not insignificant part of why Trump lost in 2020.
I for one cannot wait for Biden to goad him into an apoplexy of rage onstage with, hopefully, intervention by secret service. All Biden has to do is suggest trump isn't very smart and hell spend the rest of the time fuming and making himself look like a moron.
- I want biden hopped up on amphetamines and absolutely verbally slamming the shit out of trump for an hour. Full dark brandon. Nothing else is worth watching.
- steroids?

I really hope Joe just comes out and name calls like Trump always has.

“Hey Sleepy Don, I heard you’ve been falling asleep in your felony trial in New York. Very low energy. Sad”

Fight fire with fire baby

I would honestly pony up money to see that.
- He’d probably win over some of the knuckleheads if he did it tbh

“Go change your diaper. I can smell your shit from here.”

“Sorry, the bronzer market still hasn’t recovered in DC.”

“You suck so bad at golf you have to cheat.”

“Oh shut up.”

Only way I’m actually watching is If Biden gets lippy. It this is going to be such a fucking shitshow Biden shouldn’t do it.

Yup constantly bring up his rapes and frauds he committed and still commits. Make fun of him for scamming his followers constantly. Bring up that he stole money from a cancer charity at least three times.
- Even if Biden does (and he won’t because there’s some sort of moral high ground or something,)
  The people that need to hear it won’t. They only watch conservative outlets and will only get the 3-syllable-gotchas of Trump mocking Biden and call it a “win”.

Biden only recently said that he was happy to debate Trump, though he was non-committal on the format of such a debate, telling radio host Howard Stern, “I’m happy to debate him.”

Im surprised Stern is still on the air, even more so that Biden would do an interview with him, and that everyone apparently ignored it even happening?

It seems like it was mostly about his life and not any pressing issues America is facing, but here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz45sMb4js8

It's probably the most we'll hear Biden talk. Even if most of it seems to be random fluff.

I don't know why he picked Stern as the venue, but he needs to be doing more of this. Getting out and doing interviews. Just preferably harder hitting questions than:

Did you ever save someone's life when you were a lifeguard?

- I dunno, never listened to Stern.
  But you're acting like these days he's Good Morning America.
  Bill Clinton went on MTV and answered live questions then did a sax solo, that reached a shit ton of people in a demographic that gets Dems in office.
  I don't even know what demographic subscribes to satellite radio these days, let along how many listen to Stern.
  Like I said tho an hour long interview is 100% what Biden should be doing, I'm just not sure why they picked Howard Stern in 2024.
  Maybe because Charlemagne just isn't an option for Biden anymore?
  He kept asking Biden hard hitting political questions, and we seem to agree that when Biden talks politics it doesn't go over well with voters.
Biden should go on AOCs twitch to do an interview. That'll get people's attention.
- If she shows her feet then Ben Shapiro will likely watch. Maybe he'll get to hear what real policies are as opposed to "roll back all environmental protections" and "be a dictator for a day". That could change lives.

I see no meaningful information coming out of this and mostly think it is going to depend on the moderator and if they do their job and/or try to be "unbiased". And trump will likely pull out for no apparent reason.

That said: I still think it is a good idea. One of the "debates" last time REALLY "hurt" trump's strongman schtick. I forget which one it as, but trump started another Hunter Biden attack. And Joe seemingly thought he was referring to Beau and tore into the orange shitstain. **And trump backed down. **

It was bassically exactly what Democrats should be doing across the board. Show "decorum" because that is what "moderates" like. But the moment a line is crossed? You smack them down and make them acknowledge they ain't shit.

The Trump voters won't care who wins.
The Biden voters will never change to vote Trump.
"Undecided" voters aren't choosing between Biden and Trump, they're trying to choose between voting and not voting.

Whew CNN eh? That's not great.

NO! FFS idiot DNC consultants are going to fuck this up again.

From the same people that foisted decades of republican-lite candidates on us.

It's been pretty obvious Trump is going to win again for at least six months now, but just like in 2016 the DNC marches us towards our mass graves.
- Are you on drugs? There's no way he wins.

This is fucking stupid. There is nothing to be gained by platforming Trump.

I know that some people dislike watching old guys for 90 minutes, but you could always hit a Stones concert.

I'm looking forward to that debate lol.

June 27th is Dementia Live!

Who will shit themselves first?! The odds of a stoke on live television have never been higher! Witness the long anticipated rematch of two rich geriatric white men pretending to represent the concerns of ordinary people! What insane lie will they tell next?!

The Conman and the War Criminal. You have to see it to believe it! This is definitely the last time this happens before one of them dies! Don't miss out!

How long do they think the defense portion of his first trial will last? Will his defense be like "we will give you the list of our witnesses on Nov 10th, no sooner." If not, could Trump be convicted before the debate?

At this rate, he'll be convicted before the end of the month.
- Na, the prosecution started on April 15th, cut witnesses, and tried to go as fast as it could. Trump loves slow walking everything, so it will be longer than the prosecution, putting closing statements beyond June 15th.