NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd pondered on Wednesday why President Joe Biden‘s campaign pushed for debate conditions that he believes will allow former President Donald Trump to appear “more presidential.”
During an appearance on MSNBC, Todd hearkened back four years when Trump made headlines for his constant interruptions. For CNN’s debate this week, the candidates agreed to rules that include cutting off a candidate’s microphone when it is not his turn to speak.
“This to me, though, is the real risk for Team Biden. … They so want to have a different experience than the last debate they had with him or the first debate from the last cycle. And ironically, that’s the single best debate Biden had, right?” Todd said.
He added, “Because Trump’s behavior really sort of almost cemented Biden’s lead by that point and it may have done Trump in at that point. And now here’s the Biden campaign trying to come up with a set of rules to make sure Trump seems more presentable?”
Todd concluded, “I have to say, when you sort of look at their motivation here and given the experience they had four years ago, it’s a head scratcher to me that they went so out of their way to try to create an environment that will make Trump seem more presidential.”
Trump and Biden agreed to appear for CNN’s debate back in May, eschewing the Commission on Presidential Debates. Another debate between Biden and Trump — this one hosted by ABC News — is planned for September 10.
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Around that time, Biden’s campaign released a memo saying the debates should be one-on-one with “firm time limits for answers” and calling for a candidate’s microphone to be active only when it is his turn to speak to promote “orderly proceedings.”
Trump recently told The Washington Examiner’s Byron York he was approached with a debate he “couldn’t take” so the impasse could be pinned on him. “They thought they would present it, I would say no, and they would say we can’t debate because Trump said no. So I said yes before they even gave me the terms. So he got roped into it.”
The CNN debate is slated for 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. It is expected to last 90 minutes and will not feature an audience in the Atlanta studio. “State of the Union” anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have been selected as moderators.
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NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd pondered on Wednesday why President Joe Biden‘s campaign pushed for debate conditions that he believes will allow former President Donald Trump to appear “more presidential.”
During an appearance on MSNBC, Todd hearkened back four years when Trump made headlines for his constant interruptions. For CNN’s debate this week, the candidates agreed to rules that include cutting off a candidate’s microphone when it is not his turn to speak.
“This to me, though, is the real risk for Team Biden. … They so want to have a different experience than the last debate they had with him or the first debate from the last cycle. And ironically, that’s the single best debate Biden had, right?” Todd said.
He added, “Because Trump’s behavior really sort of almost cemented Biden’s lead by that point and it may have done Trump in at that point. And now here’s the Biden campaign trying to come up with a set of rules to make sure Trump seems more presentable?”
Todd concluded, “I have to say, when you sort of look at their motivation here and given the experience they had four years ago, it’s a head scratcher to me that they went so out of their way to try to create an environment that will make Trump seem more presidential.”
Trump and Biden agreed to appear for CNN’s debate back in May, eschewing the Commission on Presidential Debates. Another debate between Biden and Trump — this one hosted by ABC News — is planned for September 10.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP
Around that time, Biden’s campaign released a memo saying the debates should be one-on-one with “firm time limits for answers” and calling for a candidate’s microphone to be active only when it is his turn to speak to promote “orderly proceedings.”
Trump recently told The Washington Examiner’s Byron York he was approached with a debate he “couldn’t take” so the impasse could be pinned on him. “They thought they would present it, I would say no, and they would say we can’t debate because Trump said no. So I said yes before they even gave me the terms. So he got roped into it.”
The CNN debate is slated for 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. It is expected to last 90 minutes and will not feature an audience in the Atlanta studio. “State of the Union” anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have been selected as moderators.
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