"There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone 'better.' Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds," the statement said.

This is a statement from a presidential campaign.

Brave Sir Donald ran away.

Bravely ran away away.

When danger reared it's ugly head,

He bravely turned his tail and fled.

Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about

And gallantly he chickened out.

Gingerly taking to his feet,

He beat a very brave retreat.

Bravest of the brave, Sir Donald!

If it was any other, normal country, the debate schedule would not be based on whether someone wants to show up or not.

If a canditate doesn't show up, the other candidate gets to talk about their campaign.

Trump is a PUSSY

BOK BOK BOK 🐓🍗🐔

a felon running away from a prosecutor

Coward, pedophile, felon, traitor.

Well he's not wrong, in the end. Televising the brutal beating of a handicapped old man would be pretty inappropriate.

Hold the debate anyway. Have Kamala appear next to an empty chair.

Moderator: giving Trump a couple more minutes to appear.

(~5 min later)

Moderator: Trump is a no show. Hmm.. he originally eagerly agreed to this September debate with Biden. It’s unclear why the change of heart, but I have to say he forfeits by default.

Kamala (interrupts): Hold on, please call Trump’s probation officer to verify his attendance permission while we wait a few more min. He’s understandably a bit skiddish with prosecutors lately but I would like to yield some of my time & do him this courtesy since he donated to my campaign in 2011 & 2013.

(~5 min later)

Moderator: no go, but would you like to answer the questions next to an empty chair to have your answers heard anyway?

Kamala: yes, this way he can take all the time he needs to prepare a scripted response later given his cognitive challenges….

Who here had him backing out of deba...oh, most everyone.

His supporters will require Olympic level mental gymnastics to dispel the unease they're gonna get if they even hear about this. Backing down from a debate looks cowardly no matter what his lame excuse and they'll feel the truth of that.

trump has never had luck going against a prosecutor

Chickenshit.

Seriously, just have Kamala call him a chickenshit little weasel in a press conference. Instant ego meltdown and I'LL SEE YOU AT THE DEBATE within the day, I guarantee it.

because he is too old to debate with Harris

Yes, it would be inappropriate for Harris to fight a battle of wits against an unarmed man.

If your platform and policy are good, you can debate anyone at any time. If your platform is just “other guy bad” then you’re gonna have a hard time.

The well-documented cowardice of this geriatric and demented rapist insurrectionist.

They’re still blowing that dog whistle with Obama’s middle name. For fuck’s sake, grow up!

What a pussy.

Even if Trump says no, Harris should at the very least discuss her opinions and views on camera. It could just be a single person question and answering, a debate other Democrats, or debating a third party candidtae if they don't want to back other Democrat candidates. Leaving Harris a mystery is the worst thing Democrats can do.

“FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!”

…..but, talk to Kamala Harris about policies and record?

*flee

Coward. Total and utter chickenshit.

He just doesn't want to talk to her without a lawyer.

I would put so many commercials out there on fox "news" and everywhere else calling out Dementia Don for being scared and too weak to debate her.

She was a fucking DA, ain't nobody wanna debate with her, especially a half brained real-estate broker

Because he doesn't like to get his ass handed to him by a smarter woman.

Bwaaaak Bwaaaaak 🐓

Kamala Harris is the candidate. Everyone knows it, including him. He's just scared

Narcissists are frightened, fragile people. Rejection, humiliation, and even the tiniest of defeats can shake them to their core.

Loath to acknowledge such universal truths, narcissists rarely admit, let alone embrace, that to be human sometimes means having doubts, feeling lonely, making mistakes, and living with despair. To narcissists, such experiences are seen as weak, which they cannot allow.

As a result, narcissists live constantly on guard, viewing everyone as potential competitors. Narcissists’ strategies may differ—they may become blowhards, exhibitionists, charmers, or martyrs—but the goals are the same: to prevail every single time while always avoiding loss of face.

Ensconced in spinning a version of reality most favorable to them, narcissists tend to lie and misrepresent so readily that they become convinced that whatever they utter in the moment is true and right. To many around them, such conviction can be persuasive unless you spot the underlying man-behind-the-curtain dynamic.

~Narcissism Demystified, Dan Neuharth

He is afraid of strong, smart women. He is afraid of people who can laugh. And he is deadly afraid of ending up losing the debate and the vote to a black woman, the kind of person that should in his mind be as inferior as a bug.

Felon, pedophile, rapist, coward.

There are so many ways to describe this man

"Inappropriate" ?

How about after August 1, when she's officially nominated? Will it still be "inappropriate" to debate her then?

Didn't he just say the other day that he wanted to debate her multiple times? Don't tell us that was a weak ass lie Donnie! (We already know it was).

i agree it would be inappropriate

why would a politician debate with a convicted felon

Well Trump is a sex offender so I agree it's inapropriate to have any unsupervised interaction with other women

Is anyone on the fence going to be swayed by a debate anyway? I think the people who are really not sure about which way to vote at this point likely can't be reasoned out of wasting their vote on some third party.

To anyone reading this that is considering voting 3rd party, my advice is to vote dem and then put as much political pressure on the democrats as possible the other 364 days of the year. The alternative, while maybe morally pure, is a lot less workable and doesn't benefit others.

"There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone 'better.'

Hmmmmmmmm...

Coward

Ha! I predicted this!

I also predicted Biden’s disaster and asked people around me why the fuck is Biden going to debate Trump. People said “he has no choice”. I found that quite questionable. Now Trump seems to be proving that candidates have a choice.

Sure Trump’s cowardice will damage his campaign. But getting an ass-beating in the debate is even more damaging, as Biden proved. So Trump is making his best tactical move for his ability.

(edit)
I would like it if the headlines were “Trump forfeits the debate” to rightfully emphasize the lossy nature of the decision.

At least he admits he isn't in the same class as her.

Fucking

P U S S Y

This is the same reason he didn't show up to the republican debates: he knows he can't keep up with anyone.

He can’t handle that he will lose to a woman. He’s got nothing to fight her with except insults about women.

and here I was sure Team Grab-Them-By-The-Pussy doesn't care about what's inappropriate.

So... Biden wasn't the nominee yet but he did a debate. Harris isn't the nominee yet but... What?

This is hilarious. Will this help more than going into a debate? Likely not, but they will have to do one after a nomination, right?

Convicted felon won’t debate his prosecutor

Donnie doesn't want to debate?

Running scared

Trump running scared from a black woman, wow, I thought was supposed to be a "strongman" not the little bitch that he is. Draft dodging POS.

"There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone 'better.'"

One thing I learned from the Bush II Admin was that you can run on stirring up rhetoric for a while--worked well enough to make him a two term President--but at a certain point, your policies have to align to reality or you will have catastrophic failure. There are also levels of making shit up, and the statement above might be more making shit up than anything Bush II ever pulled.

I'm not even American, but I'm gonna tune in for the debate, when it happens. It should be entertaining.

Bock Bock

Damn. I lost that bet.

I thought it'd take longer than this. Mostly for trump to figure out which words to use. he has trouble with multi-syllabic words.

He reaggravated his bone spurs while fighting hard for the American people. /S

Translation: he's scared he'll one-up his declining showmanship. Or more likely his advisors are and fed him some ego-shielding bullshit that let's him get out of it and tell his cult that it's her fault.

I would love for them to meet on stage and Kamala runs up and grabs trump.

Trump flips out "wh..what are you doing Kamala?!"

Kamala scoffs "pfft, I'm grabbing them by the PUSSY, you dipshit"

Trump campaign says it won’t commit to Harris debate until she’s confirmed as nominee.

That was sooner than I expected

All joking aside, you have to assume they're going to challenge her candidacy and eventual legitimacy in court. Debating her is not only politically ill advised, but also a tacit agreement that she's a legitimate candidate.

Should have been posted to not the onion

Racist Rapist Convicted Felon is scared to have a discussion with a woman POC.

What a bitch.

Cowardice.

CNN: "Apparently, it's inappropriate to schedule things with Trump"

I think the candidates autos be treated fairly. Any network holding a debate should give the time and place and say they will be asking questions of whoever shows up.

Him staying out of the debate just takes exposure away from Harris and gives him fewer opportunities to say something awful enough make the light bulb turn on over the heads of the 17 people out there still undecided about him.

Said the "grab them by the p***y" guy. Yeah, that sounds right. Sure. He's appropriate.

🐔

Coward? Or not enough fake news collected .. yet?

If I ran a media outlet, the only image I would ever use of Trump is him making fun of the disabled guy. Make his camp defend that.

Paywall

hahahahaahaha

I'm a Free Thinking Republican and I think this is a GREAT and STRONG move by a FEARLESS LEADER who is trying to take down the DEEP STATE! Kamala is the DEEP STATE so Debating her would be STUPID even though it would be a PERFECT opportunity for Trump to Attack the Deep State like the Strong Man he is!

Democrat Party

There is no such thing.

To everyone saying he is 'scared' that's not really the point, he has no reason to debate her. She is unknown compared to him, starving her of attention is a good strategy as he is still currently leading in polls.

Trump wants to nothing to change in the race, debates - as we just saw with Biden - are an opportunity for things to change.