The former president took a shot at ABC News, which is set to host the debate in September.
Former PresidentĀ Donald Trump continued his attacks against ABC News on Monday as he moved to shift his commitment to the next presidential debate now that Vice PresidentĀ Kamala HarrisĀ is the frontrunner to be the Democratic nominee.
TrumpĀ began laying the groundworkĀ this weekend to dodge or change the rules of theĀ second debate heās agreed to, which is set to be held Sept. 10 and broadcast on ABC. The former president hasĀ been lividĀ after PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ ended his bid for reelectionĀ on Sunday.
āABC Fake News is such a joke, among the absolute WORST in the business,ā he wrote onĀ Truth Social. āThey then tried to make āSleepyā look like a great President ā he was the WORST, and Lyinā Kamala into a competent person, which she is not.ā
The problem is that if he doesnāt show up his base will just say that heās ārebelling against the liberal mediaā. Like, would you show up to a Daily Wire debate hosted by Benny S.? Thatās what they do here, they tell the base that regular media is evil and then when they run away like cowards itās seen a strong move. Everyone else already knows that heās chickenshit so itās no real loss to run away.
Itās all bullshit but thatās what weāre dealing with here against conservatives. They donāt live in reality and so reality almost canāt hurt them. Iām willing to bet thatās why they only notice stuff that directly affects them; they canāt ignore it when they have to face the music themselves but they can pretend and pretend and pretend when itās āover thereā.
I donāt disagree. However, it always comes down to undecided voters. (Which is an uncomfortable truth for multiple reasons.) Anything that makes Trump look bad is potentially helpful with that small but vital percentage.
Im almost 100% certain that you nailed it.
Thatās true but we arenāt trying to convince his base. Weāre looking at about 100,000 people spread over a few swing states.
The better aim is to fire up the people who donāt vote and to make sure people have the chance to vote. The left sweeps when people actually go out and vote and thatās why voter restriction is such a core goal of far-right parties.
Debates are great but a big problem for apathetic voters isnāt about whoās better but rather whoās worth standing in line for.
That is absolutely a valid approach. The gold standard is to get both. But convincing the undecideds is the traditional fallback. And why our Overton is screwed up.