Biden says he's 'happy' to debate Trump

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/26/24 11:31 AM ET


President Biden indicated Friday that he’s willing to debate former President Trump ahead of November’s election. “I am, somewhere. I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him,” Biden told Howard Stern on his radio show when asked about the prospect.

Stern suggested to Biden that if he were standing on a stage next to Trump, he would say to the audience, “Find me 11,000 votes so I can win the election,” a reference to a phone call Trump made to Georgia’s secretary of state after losing the 2020 election. “What are we debating?” Stern asked rhetorically, adding that he was astonished so many Americans still supported the former president.

Biden joined Stern, the nationally recognized shock jock, for a live interview Friday in his New York City studio. Biden and his campaign have largely avoided directly addressing the prospect of debates with Trump, even as the former president has insisted he will debate Biden as many times as possible before November’s election.

There are three presidential debates scheduled for the 2024 cycle, beginning in September, as well as one vice presidential debate scheduled.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4623900-biden-says-hes-happy-to-debate-trump/

[underpants]

1. The New York Times must be fuming 😤 He talks to 🤬🤬🤬 HOWARD STERN! but not us?!??!

[Qutzupalotl]

2. and not just an interview, but a major scoop!

I think Joe is rubbing it in. Good!

[maxsolomon]

8. This was a warm-up. Eventually he'll talk to them before the election.

Who he talks to is TBD. Not Peter Baker. Maybe take on nepo baby AG Sulzberger directly? Or talk to a "friendly" Op-Ed columnist: Bruni, Bouie, Goldberg, Collins?

[AllaN01Bear]

12. well whah.

[Dan]

3. I think this is a mistake on Biden's part to debate Trump.

Trump won’t debate, he will lie, lie and lie about the lie.

That man lies as he speaks and lies so quickly you can’t keep up.

You can’t debate a liar because there are no common grounds for facts and you are always trying to explain why there last comment was a lie - and they are already on to another lie.

[Biophilic]

5. I think the possibility of trump being able to debate anyone come September is nil.

Besides, trump won't want to share the stage with Biden.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Will echo what Biophilic said

There are 4 trials and even if 2 don't happen before the election, there will still be status hearings, etc.

[Polybius]

4. Aweome

I'll be taking off of work to see the debate.

[Raven123]

6. Sure.

1) televised on PBS with agreed upon moderators
2) no live audience
3) mute button to silence those who talk over others
4) debaters seated in chairs.

[Pendrench]

10. Agreed! Audience reactions are what the TV folks crave, but all it does is create more noise and distracts from what

the debaters say (and what they don't say).

Just a disgusting circus for ratings.

Tim

[AllaN01Bear]

11. 5) republican womans votor leauge and the debate commission.

[Raven123]

14. Sounds great to me!!!

[slightlv]

17. I agree with all your points, but I'd add one more...

given the extreme danger that *rump put Biden in during their last "debate", I'd insist on clear "rooms" for them to stand side by side in. Or, at the very least, a very tall... very wide... wall. After all, rump loves walls, right? I just don't trust rump to not try something to hurt Biden.

As far as the debate... what "debate?" rump is already so far into his cups with dementia, he can't put a single sentence together on his own and have it make sense. You can't debate word salad... all you can do is point it out as being "word salad" and then make your own salient points!

[kacekwl]

9. Big mistake

If anything he could "debate" shit stain separately. They could be asked the same questions and given ample time to answer. It would be fun to watch trump stammer and babble to give a intelligent answer without going into rally mode. Same time different day on prime time TV. That way each could present their plan/policy without interruption. You know trump can't behave even when on stage by himself.

[usonian]

13. Expect frontier gibberish.

I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin’ bushwackin’, hornswagglin’ cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter.

[70sEraVet]

15. The first Presidential election in our lifetimes where debates are pointless

A former President running against an incumbent President -- everybody knows what those men will do, what they stand for.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. I agree with this.

And ESPECIALLY as you note, when you have 2 who have been Presidents before, which is a first.

[HandmaidsTaleUntold]

18. Trumpy Fuming Mad

Demanded they debate outside courthouse. What a joke he is. Biden called his bluff already. Second bluffs don’t have teeth you orange buffoon.

[Torchlight]

19. In Sept., trump will be close to hitting peak freakshow

I'd bet a debate right around the time he's cracking would get a lot more people watching than would otherwise. Biden has everything to run on, and trump has nothing to run against. trump's tricks are stale, his antics predictable, and his bellowing becoming old-hat really fast in our 24-hour interest cycles.

I don;t see an upside for trump. I don't see a downside for Biden. And maybe a few new citizens would start tuning into what's happening.