Trump calls for no moderators in "rigged" debates

[The Other Castro]

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/295390-trump-i-dont-want-moderator-for-debate

[Ebsy]

Jesus.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/295390-trump-i-dont-want-moderator-for-debate

They should get Megyn Kelly lol.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

LOSER.

[MasterJedi]

That's pretty low energy of Trumper.

[Sir Mohamed]

LOL. The only rigged thing in the debates is Donald Trump.

[Classic Conservative]

I like Lincoln-Douglas Debates so that's fine to me

[Tender Branson]

We all know how this went in one of the Austrian Presidential runoff debates:

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36304313

Very. Bad. Idea.

[Hermit For Peace]

At least he's admitting that she'll be there in the debates, rather than at the moment telling the world that "something is going on" with her health.

[ProudModerate2]

Moderators help to control equal time for both candidates to speak, and to give and manage the questions/topics to be discussed.
What the hell is trump talking about ? What a fool.
"Rigged" ! ?  That is one of the stupidest excuses to try and weasel your way out of a debate that I have ever heard.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A Vinnick style debate would be interesting to see. I'm just not sure if I want to see Shillary KillTons and Donald TRUMP yelling at each other while Gary Johnson repeats "can I get a word in?" every twenty seconds for a solid two hours.

[Tender Branson]

As a deterrent, watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo6NrhQF3s

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

How many excuses for skipping the debate(s) will TrumpMillerBarron come up with before November?

[SirMuxALot]

Moderators help to control equal time for both candidates to speak, and to give and manage the questions/topics to be discussed.

You forgot their job is also to have a printed transcript on hand to help the D on certain topics.

[DrScholl]

He's trying to get out of debating at all. If he's on the stage with Hillary, he might try to physically attack her. More likely he'll collapse due to his high blood pressure.

[Nyvin]

Moderators help to control equal time for both candidates to speak, and to give and manage the questions/topics to be discussed.

You forgot their job is also to have a printed transcript on hand to help the D on certain topics.

Are you going to make the case that Matt Lauer had something like this in the CoC forum?  

I think everyone would agree Trump had it pretty easy during that compared to Clinton.

[SirMuxALot]

Are you going to make the case that Matt Lauer had something like this in the CoC forum?  

You are either very young or have selective memory.

Candy Crowley, 4 years ago.

[emailking]

Moderators help to control equal time for both candidates to speak, and to give and manage the questions/topics to be discussed.

You forgot their job is also to have a printed transcript on hand to help the D on certain topics.

Are you going to make the case that Matt Lauer had something like this in the CoC forum?  

I think everyone would agree Trump had it pretty easy during that compared to Clinton.

I don't agree. I thought he went after both of them pretty hard.

[Maxwell]

He's already crying and moaning about unfair debates and he hasn't even lost one yet! Sad!

[Southern Delegate matthew27]

The guys a whiner and very dangerous. I find it sad anyone can support this guy.

[Hermit For Peace]

The guys a whiner and very dangerous. I find it sad anyone can support this guy.

Hillary is a badass female and Trump is a whiney _____.

[ProudModerate2]

I'm telling you .... the orange-haired clown is trying to find excuses to not debate.
Or at a minimum, to have excuses set-up ahead of time, to not debate at ALL three events.

[Virginiá]

Not surprising. It's important to understand how Trump defines "rigged." For instance, asking Trump hard questions and/or calling him out on his lies constitutes "rigged." Asking soft-ball questions while ignoring any & all lies is considered "fair." If 75%+ of Clinton's questions are not about emails/Benghazi, then, again, it is "rigged."

Amazing how much the supposed-Alpha male candidate whines about about stuff.

[Averroës Nix]

Remember how Newt Gingrich was going to win the 2012 election by humiliating Barack Obama in a series of three-hour Lincoln-Douglas style debates, with no moderator aside from a "timepiece"?



Presumably the thinking here, if we give Trump the benefit of the doubt and assume that any conscious thinking went into these comments, is that Trump would "win the debate" by simply yelling over Clinton as needed.

[Minnesota Mike]

Setting up an excuse for his failure/withdrawal.