The debate news heated up and went into overdrive on Wednesday, as Joe Biden finally said he would agree to debate former President Donald Trump.
As we noted, he put all kinds of conditions on it, including not wanting an audience and only wanting certain media to be able to cover it (translation: only people he thinks might be favorable to him). You know if he's agreeing to this, he must be desperate over the polls and his chances.
But even the video he put out to respond to Trump showed Biden's issues. He couldn't even get through a 14-second video without sounding like a ridiculous high schooler daring someone to a fight, and it had at least five edits. When you can't even do 14 seconds or one sentence without getting the help of edits, you are in big trouble.
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One of the debates that they did agree to was a CNN debate on June 27. I would be concerned--if I were the Trump team--about arranging it to avoid the bias we're going to see from media like CNN.
If there is any question about how problematic CNN can be, let's look at what one of the CNN reporters posted about the debates.
….and the Biden campaign leans into the debate and trial Trump trolling, with a new “Free on Wednesdays” T-shirt for sale in its online shop:
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 15, 2024
https://t.co/rG4eMFKojS pic.twitter.com/aTmBGJMg8e
He included the link to the Biden merchandise shop. So, he's not just reporting on what Biden is doing, he's effectively helping promote Biden merchandise.
Can we say how much of a problem this is? Particularly now that there's going to be a CNN debate? And they wonder why the American people don't trust them.
A member of the Biden campaign team even tweeted out Dovere's tweet.
Get yours today! https://t.co/SYZvAWtqtH
— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) May 15, 2024
Remember Ducklo? That was the guy who was let go from his White House job because of accusations of harassing a reporter. But hey, here he is working for the campaign, despite what Biden said about dealing with accusations of harassment. Once again, Biden hypocrisy writ large.
People called out the bias.
Nothing to see here, just a CNN reporter promoting Biden merchandise.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) May 15, 2024
And remember, Trump only "attacks" and "insults" while Biden "leans" and "trolls." https://t.co/W7AmiqZahq
If CNN were being objective, they would question the lawfare that Biden was trying to taunt Trump over, rather than linking the merchandise. But as my colleague Susie Moore noted, Trump should lean into the "free on Wednesdays" - that, yes, with him Americans will be free on Wednesday -- and every day.
If I were advising the Trump campaign, I'd say Trump should lean into the "Free on Wednesdays" thing even further, with something like, "When I'm president, Americans will be free EVERY DAY - not just on Wednesdays." https://t.co/43dZtQv6As
— Susie Moore ⚾️🌻🐶 (@SmoosieQ) May 15, 2024
That's great advice. And use it to again to emphasize again how lawfare is being used against Trump here--and how desperate Biden is. It's actually really dumb for Biden to highlight it like this.
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