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It almost has to be Alec Baldwin doing Trump at the no-show debate. Recent complications aside, his impression has always been the definitive one.

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I feel like there’s be some ethical, possibly legal, problem with presenting an imposter as an opponent at an official debate. It’s a bad precedent. Besides, Baldwin comes with too much baggage right now

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8 points

Shane Gillis gets the Trump scumbaggery down just right.

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It takes a scumbag to play a scumbag.

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Besides, Baldwin Trump comes with too much baggage right now

Really? baggage is what makes him worse than Trump?

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I didn’t say he was worse than Trump, just that running a shoddy film production that culminated in him fatally shooting someone doesn’t make him a good associate of a presidential candidate

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They could replace him with Harrison Ford again.

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Sure there would be trouble if they honestly and seriously tried to get him to present himself as the real Trump. Parody however is free and clear.

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There are FEC rules about debates:

"The debate must include at least two candidates and must be structured so that it does not promote or advance one candidate over another. (FEC.gov)

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