All praise the MUTE!

12 points

This is an awful, awful move by the Biden campaign. He can only lose. Giving Trump legitimacy is a huge mistake. He’s a fucking traitor and the president of the United States should not be debating him.

Nevermind the fact that Trump doesn’t really debate he just spews diarrhea.

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This whole debate seems like such a mistake/gamble on both sides. The press is going to run wild with any “senility-looking” blunders either candidate makes. I dunno why either party agreed to a debate. We are already very familiar with both candidates.

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If you watched the first one you’d know why.

I’m watching just to see Biden tell trump to shut the fuck up again.

Trump got his ass kicked.

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I lived in a very rural area back then, I know a friend whose family was all watching that debate together in their living room, all hard-core Trump supporters of course. That debate literally made them so sad they turned off the TV mid debate, it broke my friend free from being a MAGA diehard.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Biden campaign saw something like that reflected in polling, even marginally, and is trying to recreate it.

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He’s gonna have it kicked so hard he’ll have it handed to him in a shoebox this time.

Dark Brandon got got partially released in the SoTU. He’s gonna unleash the Jewish Lasers in this one.

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6 points

The mute button is great.

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The mute button is long overdue. I wonder how they’ll fail to use it.

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4 points

They’ll probably just delay pressing it until it’s too late. Hey! Maybe they can get Merrick Garland to be in charge of the button!

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1 point

Trump will continue talking, it’ll be interesting to see if Biden’s mic picks it up, or if it’s still distracting to Biden (despite being inaudible to us).

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Can’t imagine it being the other way.

Journalist: “How will you fight rising property crime?”

Trump: (incoherent rambling that ends with how sexy Ivanka is)

By the time Biden starts talking, we’d be stunned by whatever the hell Trump was saying to focus.

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Does Biden have to stay to listen to dumps final word?

Leave the orange turd fuming at an empty podium.

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