r/politics • u/robot_pirate • 4d ago

Trump Should Never Have Had This Platform Paywall

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/06/debate-trump-platform-january-6/678818/
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u/nohurrie32 4d ago

Exactly….once the 34 felony convictions were handed down, Biden should have issued a statement that he will not be debating a felon. To allow a convicted felon on the stage with the president elevates the felon for no reason.

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u/Sad_Bolt 4d ago

Cancelling the debate would’ve been used against him too. The problem was whoever helped him prep was an idiot should be fired because Biden wasn’t ready. Everyone and their mom knew Trump was going to come out the gate trying to confuse him and get him railed up (which he did) and somehow the Biden camp just assumed Trump wasn’t.

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u/Bytewave 4d ago

It was widely reported that Biden was heavily prepped for this and had been for weeks. I don't think it's a lack of preparation or bad management. It's just that there is a limit of what you can ask or expect of people past a certain age. There's sometimes confusion, slower reactions and some loss of self-confidence at that point, despite good health.

Also, Trump must be hard to prep against because he is so willing to lie and make stuff up on the spot that it broadens the parameters a lot. You have to waste time considering all sorts of wild hypotheticals well outside the bounds of reality. That can't be easy.

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u/Sufficient_Morning35 4d ago

Biden wrestled a pig. Seems like he should have aoided wrestling a pig.