By Dr. Derek Ellerman
I didn’t think I’d be writing about presidential debates twice in one day, but there’s lots of news about debates recently – though thus far it has come from the Democrat side of the aisle.
Now, former President Trump is taking his turn, expressing his displeasure with the Republican National Committee (RNC) over upcoming Republican primary debates.
The first debate had already been scheduled for next summer in Milwaukee – scene of the Republican National Convention – hosted by Fox News and free speech streaming platform Rumble.
All well and good, right?
As Donald Trump famously told Hillary Clinton, “Wrong!”
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Trump’s Beef
Trump drops several issues about the GOP debates:
- He claims no one got his approval
- He’s crushing in the polls (though, they are still quite early)
- Why put up with abuse from the fake news networks?
And lastly, Fred Ryan, the chairman of the Reagan Library (site of the second debate) is the CEO of the Washington Post.
To Trump’s mind, this all adds up to “What do I have to gain?”
Which is all fair.
The one beef I have with Trump’s reasoning is the second one. Polls can change, quickly. And I don’t necessarily think every voice needs to be heard in a presidential debate (Sorry, Nikki Haley).
However, if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis does jump in the race, a debate is necessary. There are extremely serious matters that need to be cleaned up after the Biden mess.
President Trump’s decision not to allow Mitt Romney’s niece dictate the date and format of the primary debates is reasonable. @GOPChairwoman hates @realDonaldTrump and his supporters. https://t.co/KPcGWvAyol pic.twitter.com/dESs5mKAz6
— @amuse (@amuse) April 25, 2023
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Questions That Must Be Asked
If I were the debate moderator, here are a few of the questions I would ask of each candidate.
To Trump:
- How are you going to convince the GOP Congress to pony up the dough for the wall this time, since they rejected a mere $5 billion before helping Joe Biden send well over $100 billion to Ukraine?
- How can you convince your supporters that you won’t almost entirely hire neocons who hate your guts and spend every waking moment sabotaging your agenda this time? (Haley, Bolton, Pompeo, Pence, Meadows, etc.)
To DeSantis:
- Do you accept the endorsements of Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush?
- What is your stance on foreign policy? Do you believe in America First or global crusades to “spread democracy”?
- Who would be some of your cabinet-level hires?
To Both:
- What will you do to end U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine?
- In the midst of yet another Fed-induced economic calamity, how can we most easily move back to sound money?
- Will you send American boys 7,600 miles away to die for Taiwan?
- Will you release the JFK assassination records in full, with no excuses?
With those answers, it should be very clear who deserves the nomination.
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The problem with current “debates” is they are not debates at all – they are controlled by a so-called moderator. It needs to be of a format where a “facilitator” puts up a subject – like immigration, or government spending and then monitors the time with some one chiming with 15 seconds to go and then cutting off the mic. THAT IS ALL! The debates needs to between candidates – not with the moderator. There is no fact checking or any other bs. The facilitator says the topic and then SHUTS THE HECK UP and lets the debators carry the ball and go back and forth – first one then the other. I dont care to hear from the facilitator more than that. PERIOD.
He has a valid point, and I am not a Trumper. Debates are no longer debates amongst candidates, but the chucklehead running the debate allowing SOME candidates to make their points while refusing to let others make theirs. Debates run by ANY person from the LEFT should be avoided. They are no longer debates. They are speeches, and no other viewpoints are tolerated. IMHO.
It took a damned long time to realise the moderator should be an impartial person. Anyway better late than never
I am glad to hear this. Nearly every debate last time was hosted by some lefty. The Democrat News cannot be trusted. Look how they lied over Trump’s Charlottesville quotes. In the 2016 election they printed the false 2016 “salacious and unverified” Trump paying prostitutes to urinate on beds that Obama slept in, while they hid the real story in the 2020 election about Hunter Biden Laptop.
No Democrat journalist for moderator, especially the CNBC ass from before.
Trump and his supporters should start demolishing Ronna Romney McDaniel NOW!!!! AND Demand her resignation from the RNC. We’re going to go down the “rabbit hole” AGAIN with her failed leadership in the past 4 elections. Why keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result with the same mentally disturbed woman at the helm; the same woman who spent Republican donations on her own personal lifestyle, and left Republicans that lost by a hair in Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania begging for money and never got it???????
Trump is President Donald John Trump HEs anointed by GOD regardless your trying to take him out. ABBA FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT decided so who cares what #fakenews thinks.
Note if the Commander in Chief tells you his offense strategy then He is no longer safe esp at war.
Respectfully HOLY SPIRIT Welcome Show them DJT from your Perspective In JESUS name .
Note I think #PastPOTUSRonaldReagan would’ve said the same thing #RNCRhinosloseinJESUSname
#GODsaidTrump2Triumph