Deflection is neither a science nor an art, though Democrats have mastered its intricacies. Deflection is a response when no other narrative works. It’s usually a knee jerk reaction, but Democrats have turned it into their Standard Operating Procedure.
On Saturday, Trump made arrangements to replace the September 10 ABC debate he had scheduled with Joe Biden with a September 4 Fox News debate. He cited current litigation with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos and the change in candidates for the shift.
As he noted on Truth Social:
“I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest. The FoxNews Debate will be held in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at a site in an area to be determined. The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party – BUT WITH A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE!….”
Harris’ team responded on Saturday by claiming Trump is “running scared”:
“Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out,” Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement Saturday. He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept 10. The Vice President will be there one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience.”
“We’re happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to. Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th.”
Reactions from social media have been a collective eyeroll regarding the ludicrous excuse.
Journalist Carmine Sabia reminded Harris that she already agreed to debate J.D. Vance on Fox News. Why won’t she debate Trump there?
As he posted on 𝕏:
Kamala Harris declines Fox News debate against Donald Trump. But she accepted a Fox News debate against JD Vance when Biden was the nominee. It is weird that she is so scared.
Conservative commentator Sean Davis said, “Trump agreed to debate Biden. Biden then dropped out of the race after everyone saw his brain was made of pudding. At no point did Trump ever agree to debate someone who wasn’t even nominated and hadn’t received a single vote.”
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly reminded Barack Obama’s former campaign manager David Plouffe that Trump has shown nothing but courage in his media appearances.
He went on CNN for a debate w/a network that loathes him (not to mention to the NABJ). @BretBaier & @marthamaccallum would be totally professional & fair & have a history of asking Trump hard Qs – I know, I was there. Why is she too scared to do this on Fox?
Donald Trump Jr. called Harris a coward, noting, ” My father already did a debate with Fake News CNN, so is Kamala going to accept the debate with Fox News? Or is she going to be a coward and back out?”
With Trump unable to debate on ABC due to litigation and Harris unwilling to debate on Fox News, will there even be a debate between the two?
Kamala is a dangerous person. Tyrant and a traitor. Her staff was scared of her and most quit.
She’s dodging. She knows she cannot beat Trump on ANY LEVEL.
The game plan is to use the EXACT basement tactics as the veggie. No public interviews, no public speaking and ZERO DEBATES where the voting public could see what a wasteland of gibberish and the very picture of a DEI hire ( Didn’t Earn It )
Trump is baiting the democraps. He is letting them paint therselves into so small a corner, that they cannot possibly get out.
There will be a debate alright, and just like potato joe, all President Trump has to do, is let kamela do the talking.
She knows the only way to beat Senile Joe’s debate performance is to do worse. She doesn’t want a debate. The MSM will carry her water for her, make her excuses and feel sorry for her. Why bother with a debate?
This time Trump gets to set the parameters. Harris has got no ‘juice’ in this matter or in any other. Is she even legitimate?
Yes Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler ,,,,,Trump gets quite frightened when presented with a debate or a press conference. He just cannot seem to get his points across and explain himself to the public.
Like Kamalala can.
Trump spoke with the press nearly every time he flew on air force one. He speaks to them all the time. Cami can’t put 2 sentences together without making it a word salad.
If she is so sure of her debate skills why has she not even held a single press conference since she was elevated to her position with hot air and DEMOCRACY DESTROYING MOVE BY THE ELITE DEMOCRATS? She is nothing more than a media and party elites mirage of a ‘candidate.”
It’s obvious. The Democrats KNOW Kamala Harris is a dummy, dummy dimwit which is why they want her to be the president. She’s EASY! They also DON’T want her to debate anybody for the same reason.
Kamala wants the debate moderated by a network that will give her the questions in advance and provide the answers on a teleprompter in her lectern like Crooked Hillary had in 2016.
Bingo! She doesn’t stand a chance otherwise. We know the way she speaks: Word salads. What would be fun would be to “accidentally” leak a fake list of questions to her and her team. Let them prep intensively for the big cheat and then fall flat on their faces. I love seeing cheaters hoisted by their own petards.
If Harris is demanding that Trump show up for a date he already agreed to, but now against another person, then Republicans should just demand that Harris show up for a date she already agreed to, but now, like her demand, against another person: Trump.
Stop pretending this is all taking place on an even playing field. All major networks, including Fox lean left. The DNC stole the last Presidential election in 2020, we all know it, don’t bother trying to deny it. Our utterly corrupt government, including the Supreme Court participated. They have every intent on doing it again in 2024. Harris like Biden is an obvious imbecile. The DNC’s strategy is to not have Harris speak publicly until her inauguration. We all know what the criminal organization aka the DNC is capable of via the USG. Stop pretending they’re just the other side of the same coin. This isn’t sport. It’s not a healthy rivalry. They are engaged in political larceny. We let them get away with open fraud 4 years ago and they’re 4 times as bold today.
You’re so right on all points.
Agreed 👍🏻
Stop pretending this is all taking place on an even playing field. All major networks, including Fox lean left. The DNC stole the last Presidential election in 2020, we all know it, don’t bother trying to deny it. Our utterly corrupt government, including the Supreme Court participated. They have every intent on doing it again in 2024. Harris like Biden is an obvious imbecile. The DNC’s strategy is to not have Harris speak publicly until her inauguration. We all know what the criminal organization aka the DNC is capable of via the USG. Stop pretending they’re just the other side of the same coin. This isn’t sport. It’s not a healthy rivalry. They are engaged in political larceny. We let them get away with open fraud 4 years ago and they’re 4 times as bold today.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT IN THE CONSITUTION ABOUT DEBATES TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT THERE ARE JUST THREE REQUIRED ITEMS, 1. A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN (THAT MEANS THAT YOUR FATHER MUST BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BY BIRTH TO MAKE YOU A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN) 2. MUST BE AT LEAST 35 YEARS OLD AND 3. BEEN 14 YEARS A RESIDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. THING IS HARRIS ONLY MEETS 2 OF THE 3 REQUIREMENTS AS HER FATHER IS STILL A JAMAICAN CITIZEN. PERIOD.
Perhaps you were on another planet when Obama was elected President. His father as you should know was Kenyan. Yeah, I do agree with you but it seems nobody cares about things like the law and the constitution.
Chapter 3 – U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)
Source: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship/i-am-the-child-of-a-us-citizen
A. General Requirements for Acquisition of Citizenship at Birth
A person born in the United States who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is a U.S. citizen at birth, to include a child born to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe.[1]
IRS website:
Source: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/us-citizens-by-birth-or-through-a-us-citizen-parent
“Amendment XIV, Section 1, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution directs that all persons born in the United States are U.S. citizens. This is the case regardless of the tax or immigration status of a person’s parents.”
In other words, your citizenship assertion is incorrect. Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, CA. I think she would be a disaster for this country, but none of it has anything to do with citizenship. It’s rooted in her profound idiocy, failure as a Vice President, and her clear Socio-Facist tendencies (which makes even less sense economically and politically than just straight Socialism – which is itself a disaster).
Why is an ‘anchor baby’ allowed to run for the office of POTUS?
President Trump, with all his wisdom will probably go on Fox News with Sean Hannity which will air in the same time slot. I wonder which network will have higher ratings that night if this happens, stay tuned.
I predict Kamala will never actually debate President Trump.
She knows if she does, she’s done. Her only chance is hiding.
Her staff is taking notes from “Basement Joe,” 2020.
A “scamdemic” is being considered and will be an excuse.
Well, then fine., don’t confront Trump directly but continue hiding behind the apron of the communist US media. Instead, VP Vance can debate Kamala on Fox, an agreement she already made. Then, Trump can be in the audience cheering him on. Vance would make the mincemeat even more finely chopped.
Have Elon Musk host it on X. Each side can pick a moderator of their choice.
The only way to keep President Trump out of the top of the news cycle is for Biden to die. Would a debate change anyone’s mind? I don’t think so, and the Harris staffers know it, too. Why else would they pull out the full race and sex cards? Comedians for Kamala, White dudes for Kamala, White chicks for Kamala, illegal alien criminal invaders for Kamala, prisoners for Kamala, On top of that, 29 million registrations resulted in over a million votes more than voters that exist? She couldn’t debate a ham sandwich.
Her/She Kamala Harris will never debate President Trump. How do I know this? Because I unlike her/she really do know the significance
of the “passage of time” . The “passage of time” is significant because the” passage of time” has shown us all the most important thing about her/she.
Her/she did not get to where her/she is today using her/she’s mental accurities. The accurities her/she did use to get where her/she is
today are no longer viable due to the “passage of time”. Due to the “passage of time” her/she has reached her/she’s maximum potential.
Keep everyone guessing is her/she’s stance on policy going forward but the “passage of time” keeps us no longer guessing.
That my friends is why the “passing of time” is so “significant”.
If I was Harris I would try to escape debating Trump period. I would only do carefully scripted press events. And, just wait for the systemic election fraud to make me president.
Vice Pwesident Fweedom is afwaid
Who needs a debate?
We seen both in office and know what they do or dont do. Actions speak louder than words.
We all know Harris had one task given to her as VP and she ignored it
As far as Fox is concerned it is probably that they wouldn’t cooperate with the predetermined questions.
She was also in charge of expanding internet access to rural communities. Her record on that? ZERO people connected the the internet!