Tim Ryan, former Ohio Democratic representative, says Trump is avoiding debate because ‘he is scared’

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Someone tried to kill Trump at a rally. He still does rallies. Someone tried to kill Trump on a golf course. He still golfs.

Trump would rather be shot at again than have to face Harris on the debate stage. You quickly find out that bullies are actually cowards once you see someone stand up to them and punch them in the face.

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He got shot at during rallies.

But, he got killed in the debate.

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She also stepped up when he tried to do that bullying handshake thing. He couldn’t even bully her subtly on the side, so he definitely doesn’t want to face her again.

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What did she do ?

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He does this thing where he tries to intimidate people by unexpectedly pulling them during a handshake. She was ready for him, to the point that he had to add in another hand to avoid her pulling him instead.

https://youtu.be/FZOJ0kZeZDE?si=5sH2rymlnl5a_Lsm

Watch Biden’s face following the handshake (it’s right at the beginning of this link).

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As funny as it would be to see somebody smash his dentures down his throat, nobody would be able to stand his horrible hell stench long enough to get into melee range.

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This comment is better than heroin

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The campaign should make a totally over-the-top AI video of Trump in a chicken suit running away from CNN HQ (or Taylor Swift in the US Flag outfit she was wearing in the bogus Trump AI endorsement). Make it totally clear that it is a fake AI stunt, yet spam it to all the social media anyway. Throw in Vance lounging on a La-z-boy for good measure.

Calling these fascists out on their real racist policies doesn’t see to work as well as simply making fun of them. They can’t stand it when people mock them.

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They released a video of him trying to weasel out of the debate last time around with a chicken clucking sound. On TruthSocial as well as Twitter.

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I’ll do you one better: they should reproduce his likeness like a holograph standin thing and have the debate whether he likes it or not. Grab him by the—well, you know what I mean

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(sorry Pingu)

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You should have made it shitty 2000s Pingu. Then you wouldn’t have had to apologize.

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Can’t they just move it up to like 3PM or something while the other seniors are having dinner??

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Hey, that’s an offensive stereotype about seniors. I work in elder care, specifically in food service, and I can assure you they don’t have dinner at 3:00pm. Dinner is at 4:30pm.

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Is there’s something wrong with eating before sunset and saving money?

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5 points

I think that ship has sailed, he’s been sunsetting for a while now

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Getting hungry at night?

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Idk where you live, but a lot of the country gets sunset at 4:45 in the winter

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In case anybody is curious about the claim that October 23 is too late, I updated the Wikipedia page listing the past debates to include the date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates

In general, the first debate takes place in late September or early October, and the final debate occurs in mid to late October with two or three debates being the norm. The first debate occurring in June is new this year as the debates normally start after the nominations are complete.

So, unsurprisingly, Trump’s argument has no historical basis and complaining that the debate is too close to the election is nonsense.

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