Biden Says Debate With Trump Will Depend on the GOP Nominee’s “Behavior”

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Biden Says Debate With Trump Will Depend on the GOP Nominee’s “Behavior”
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There's no point in debating anyways. What has Trump done in all of the debates he's ever partaken in since 2016? It's nothing but loud mouth, underhanded and stepping over boundaries kind of tactics. That's all he's got, it's all he's had and it's all he's ever going to have. There is no point in debating about serious issues with a diaper-shitting loudmouth who's going to just rabble at you. It'd be like talking to a dumb Reddit troll who's an armchair know-it-all.

there's no point debating at all because it doesn't change anyone's minds, it's just who can score the more points. trump knows how to score points: be funny and roast the competition rather than droning on about politic minutae that no one watching truly cares about or remembers

and if the issues are so serious, why would you not interrupt the opposition and be underhanded rather than letting him carry on to be polite? pandora's box has been opened, debates are effectively entertainment and people want their guy to be entertaining. i wish someone on the left would adopt the trump style bombast and use it benevolently

I don’t know. I agree with you, but part of me thinks we shouldn’t stop trying to win Republicans over to the moderate center (notice I didn’t say “left”). Because, if not, then what’s the point of politics, exactly?

Isn't the point of politics to find a set of rules dissimilarly minded people can live by together?

I think it could strengthen Biden's chances. There's nothing for Trump to really hit Biden with. All of Biden's major fuck ups or unpopular stances are exacerbated under Trump.

Biden tried for a bipartisan immigration bill that Trump wouldn't support. So nothing on immigration.

Biden is still funding Israel which Trump is all in on. So only vector there is that Biden doesn't want obvious genocide, not a strong point.

Interest rates trending downward, so "economy" is toothless.

It would actually be good if Trump tried to attack him on anything like that.