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Related: About this forumTech Company: We Will Put Up $10 Million For Bernie-Trump Debate
WASHINGTON A technology investment company has offered to put up the $10 million for charity that Donald Trump said on Thursday would be needed to hold a debate with Bernie Sanders.
Trump told late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel earlier this week that he would participate in a debate with Sanders.
After Sanders agreed to do so, Trump, on Thursday, said $10 million would need to go to charity for him to actually participate in the debate.
Yesterday, Mr Trump asked for a $10 [million] donation to charity in order to accept Mr Sanders challenge to debate him, Richie Hecker, chairman and CEO of Traction and Scale, told BuzzFeed News in a statement. We are willing to offer that $10 [million] donation in return for the opportunity to host the debate.
The proposal is unusual because neither party has formally chosen its nominee, and because Sanders is extremely unlikely to be the Democratic Party nominee given that Hillary Clinton has significantly more pledged delegates than Sanders and the overwhelming number of unpledged delegates have said they will back her at the convention.
Trump told late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel earlier this week that he would participate in a debate with Sanders.
After Sanders agreed to do so, Trump, on Thursday, said $10 million would need to go to charity for him to actually participate in the debate.
Yesterday, Mr Trump asked for a $10 [million] donation to charity in order to accept Mr Sanders challenge to debate him, Richie Hecker, chairman and CEO of Traction and Scale, told BuzzFeed News in a statement. We are willing to offer that $10 [million] donation in return for the opportunity to host the debate.
The proposal is unusual because neither party has formally chosen its nominee, and because Sanders is extremely unlikely to be the Democratic Party nominee given that Hillary Clinton has significantly more pledged delegates than Sanders and the overwhelming number of unpledged delegates have said they will back her at the convention.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/tech-company-we-will-put-up-10-million-for-bernie-trump-deba?utm_term=.obnBrLq8W#.ppqaA98xJ
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Tech Company: We Will Put Up $10 Million For Bernie-Trump Debate (Original Post)
leftcoastmountains
May 2016
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. What a fucking circus.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)6. Why do you say that? I think it's great. I hope the debate happens.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)2. the quote says "a $10 donation"
"$10 donation" is twice in quote.
thesquanderer
(11,998 posts)3. The original at the link uses brackets.
DU strips out stuff in brackets, interpreting it as HTML.
(and the bracketed text was probably used in lieu of a bunch of zeroes.)
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)4. I see that now.
n/t
oberliner
(58,724 posts)5. Which charity?
Does Trump get to choose?