Ghislaine Maxwell Just Popped the Dems' Bubble on Trump and the Epstein Files
Pro-Hamas Thugs Torch Cars in Front of IDF Veteran's Home While Leaving Threatening...
The FBI Just Released Surprising Numbers About Crime Rates in America
US Army Fort Under Lockdown After Active Shooting, Multiple Casualties
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Just Reached Out to Trump – You Already Know Why
Trump Rips Chuck Schumer Over 'Extortion' As Republicans Prepare to Go Nuclear
How Democrats Rig Elections and Call it Democracy
Home Depot Hide-and-Seek: ICE Bursts Out of Trucks in LA Immigration Chase
Trump Eyes Two Kevins to Replace Powell As Fed Chair Pick Narrows
Obama Slams Texas Redistricting—but His Own Record Tells a Different Story
DHS Turns South Park Smear of ICE Agents Into Epic Recruiting Ad
Trump Admin Nixes 'Lava Ridge Wind Project'
Trump Just Hiked Up Tariffs on This Country by 25 Percent
This GOP Senator Announces Run for Governor
Warren: Mamdani's Agenda Is Our Party's Message, You Know
Tipsheet

Biden Campaign Confirms What We All Suspected: They Don't Want More Debates

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has been camped out in his basement since April. If the Biden campaign gets its way, he won’t be leaving anytime soon.

Advertisement

In an MSNBC interview Monday morning, Senior Biden Advisor Karine Jean-Pierre accused the Trump campaign of trying to “move the goalposts” by calling for more debates starting earlier.

“We’ve said yes to doing three debates and one vice presidential debate as has been laid out by the nonpartisan debate commission, a debate commission that’s been around and every campaign has followed for generations,” Jean-Pierre said. “And that is what we have agreed to do. What’s happening is Donald Trump and his campaign are trying to move the goalposts.”

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien has expressed concern that 16 states will already be voting by the time the first debate is held on September 29.

“We want more debates, we want debates starting sooner,” Stepien said Monday on Fox and Friends. “I want to see President Trump on the debate stage against Joe Biden. [W]e’re already seeing the liberal left, the liberal media trying to create trap doors for Joe Biden to escape his commitment and his obligation to debate Donald Trump on the debate stage in front of the American people.”

Advertisement

Stepien’s comments come the same day as a New York Times op-ed titled, “Let’s Scrap the Presidential Debates.” The piece asserts that the debates “play an outsize role in campaigns and weigh more heavily on the verdict than their true value deserves.”

Last week, former Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart penned a CNN op-ed with advice for Biden: Don’t debate Trump.

“Trump has now made more than 20,000 misleading or false statements according to the Washington Post,” Lockhart wrote. “It's a fool's errand to enter the ring with someone who can't follow the rules or the truth. Biden will undoubtedly take heat from Republicans and the media for skipping the debates. But it's worth the risk as trying to debate someone incapable of telling the truth is an impossible contest to win.”

Advertisement

Despite the Biden Campaign’s assurance that its candidate will debate the president, Stepien said it’s up to voters to hold them accountable.

“We take our cues from the American people,” he stated. “The American people in those 16 states that are going to be voting before September 29 are the ones that want to see the candidates on the debate stage. You’re really starting to see the grassroots pressure amp up from corners of the country who expect, want, and deserve to see their options right in front of them on the debate stage, and we join them in that push.”

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement