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[–] [email protected] 401 points 3 months ago (36 children)

"There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone 'better.' Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds," the statement said.

This is a statement from a presidential campaign.

[–] [email protected] 136 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The quote should be put with spoiler tags and a surgeon general's warning that reading the contents has been shown to lower your IQ by at least four percentage points, and prolonged exposure to even seeing the words on the screen could cause permanent brain damage.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's okay I already have permanent brain damage, I can translate for everyone.

It says,

Donald Trump is tired of changing his pants every time someone mentions debating Harris, so we respectfully decline.

Thank you,

Your future inmate president.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago

Implying Trump changes when he shits himself is far too generous. People literally say he smells of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 months ago (2 children)

am I reading this right? Republicans are saying that Obama thinks Kamala Harris is too Marxist to beat Trump?

what, and I cannot stress this enough:

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What if she started roasting things. Completely breaking down the things they say in front of a whiteboard. I want that to be her entire campaign just... Letting them talk and then talk about it

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Their campaign is literally saying shit that I would normally expect to hear from the mouths of 3rd world dictators. The GOP is now conspiracy theory bullshit from stem to stern.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cocaine induced circle jerk

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’s wild how frequently they just… make shit up and say it like it’s factual.

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[–] [email protected] 243 points 3 months ago (19 children)

Brave Sir Donald ran away.

Bravely ran away away.

When danger reared it's ugly head,

He bravely turned his tail and fled.

Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about

And gallantly he chickened out.

Gingerly taking to his feet,

He beat a very brave retreat.

Bravest of the brave, Sir Donald!

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[–] [email protected] 144 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If it was any other, normal country, the debate schedule would not be based on whether someone wants to show up or not.

If a canditate doesn't show up, the other candidate gets to talk about their campaign.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (11 children)

The US is bizarro world in so many aspects. Political Supreme Court appointees that are appointed for life (!), two party system, the electoral college, the absurdly long election cycles...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago

The fact that the first lady does speeches and the presidents family is in the spotlight at all. (Rather dynastic for a democracy)

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Trump is a PUSSY

BOK BOK BOK 🐓🍗🐔

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He's such a giant pussy that he can't debate Harris because he'll be furiously grabbing himself for the foreseeable future.

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

a felon running away from a prosecutor

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why did trump cross the road?

To get away from the prosecutor.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Coward, pedophile, felon, traitor.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well he's not wrong, in the end. Televising the brutal beating of a handicapped old man would be pretty inappropriate.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Hold the debate anyway. Have Kamala appear next to an empty chair.

Moderator: giving Trump a couple more minutes to appear.

(~5 min later)

Moderator: Trump is a no show. Hmm.. he originally eagerly agreed to this September debate with Biden. It’s unclear why the change of heart, but I have to say he forfeits by default.

Kamala (interrupts): Hold on, please call Trump’s probation officer to verify his attendance permission while we wait a few more min. He’s understandably a bit skiddish with prosecutors lately but I would like to yield some of my time & do him this courtesy since he donated to my campaign in 2011 & 2013.

(~5 min later)

Moderator: no go, but would you like to answer the questions next to an empty chair to have your answers heard anyway?

Kamala: yes, this way he can take all the time he needs to prepare a scripted response later given his cognitive challenges….

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Who here had him backing out of deba...oh, most everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 months ago (6 children)

His supporters will require Olympic level mental gymnastics to dispel the unease they're gonna get if they even hear about this. Backing down from a debate looks cowardly no matter what his lame excuse and they'll feel the truth of that.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 months ago

trump has never had luck going against a prosecutor

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Chickenshit.

Seriously, just have Kamala call him a chickenshit little weasel in a press conference. Instant ego meltdown and I'LL SEE YOU AT THE DEBATE within the day, I guarantee it.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago

because he is too old to debate with Harris

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yes, it would be inappropriate for Harris to fight a battle of wits against an unarmed man.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If your platform and policy are good, you can debate anyone at any time. If your platform is just “other guy bad” then you’re gonna have a hard time.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago

The well-documented cowardice of this geriatric and demented rapist insurrectionist.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They’re still blowing that dog whistle with Obama’s middle name. For fuck’s sake, grow up!

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago

What a pussy.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Even if Trump says no, Harris should at the very least discuss her opinions and views on camera. It could just be a single person question and answering, a debate other Democrats, or debating a third party candidtae if they don't want to back other Democrat candidates. Leaving Harris a mystery is the worst thing Democrats can do.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (1 children)

“FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!”

…..but, talk to Kamala Harris about policies and record?

*flee

Coward. Total and utter chickenshit.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

She was a fucking DA, ain't nobody wanna debate with her, especially a half brained real-estate broker

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago

Lots of talented people would look forward to debating with a worthy opponent. It’s a challenge. An opportunity to rise up, prove yourself.

Trump isn’t one of those people lol

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I would put so many commercials out there on fox "news" and everywhere else calling out Dementia Don for being scared and too weak to debate her.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

He just doesn't want to talk to her without a lawyer.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago

Because he doesn't like to get his ass handed to him by a smarter woman.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Kamala Harris is the candidate. Everyone knows it, including him. He's just scared

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (17 children)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Narcissists are frightened, fragile people. Rejection, humiliation, and even the tiniest of defeats can shake them to their core.

Loath to acknowledge such universal truths, narcissists rarely admit, let alone embrace, that to be human sometimes means having doubts, feeling lonely, making mistakes, and living with despair. To narcissists, such experiences are seen as weak, which they cannot allow.

As a result, narcissists live constantly on guard, viewing everyone as potential competitors. Narcissists’ strategies may differ—they may become blowhards, exhibitionists, charmers, or martyrs—but the goals are the same: to prevail every single time while always avoiding loss of face.

Ensconced in spinning a version of reality most favorable to them, narcissists tend to lie and misrepresent so readily that they become convinced that whatever they utter in the moment is true and right. To many around them, such conviction can be persuasive unless you spot the underlying man-behind-the-curtain dynamic.

~Narcissism Demystified, Dan Neuharth

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He is afraid of strong, smart women. He is afraid of people who can laugh. And he is deadly afraid of ending up losing the debate and the vote to a black woman, the kind of person that should in his mind be as inferior as a bug.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Felon, pedophile, rapist, coward.

There are so many ways to describe this man

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Inappropriate" ?

How about after August 1, when she's officially nominated? Will it still be "inappropriate" to debate her then?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

Didn't he just say the other day that he wanted to debate her multiple times? Don't tell us that was a weak ass lie Donnie! (We already know it was).

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