{"id":31310,"date":"2020-10-10T08:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T12:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=31310"},"modified":"2020-10-10T08:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T12:39:37","slug":"basically-trump-made-the-excellent-decision-not-to-debate-certified-covidiot-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=31310","title":{"rendered":"Basically Trump made the excellent decision not to debate certified COVIDIOT Joe Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>US President Trump says he \u2018won\u2019t waste time\u2019 on virtual debate with Joe Biden, plans to hold rally instead<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_31311\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31311\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5f7f031120302703db5ac3f7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31311\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5f7f031120302703db5ac3f7.jpg 980w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5f7f031120302703db5ac3f7-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5f7f031120302703db5ac3f7-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has vowed not to participate in a virtual debate with Democrat Joe Biden after the debates commission proposed a new format in which the candidates would appear at remote locations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Fox Business Network&#8217;s Maria Bartiromo, Trump said the proposed format, in which each candidate would appear via a live feed from separate remote locations, was unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he was\u00a0<em>\u201cnot going to waste\u201d<\/em>\u00a0his time doing a virtual debate, and dismissed the proposed arrangement for the October 15 faceoff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1314174756430774273&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F502939-trump-no-virtual-debate%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1314174756430774273\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The announcement of the proposed \u2018town hall\u2019 format pushed by the Commission on Presidential Debates came less than a week after Trump tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The US president denounced the change in format, while also claiming victory in the first debate, which was widely viewed as chaotic to the point of being described by mainstream media commentators as a\u00a0<em>\u201cs**tshow.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump said he was unwilling to\u00a0<em>\u201csit behind a computer and do a debate\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and called the mere suggestion\u00a0<em>\u201cridiculous.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Earlier this month, the president warned the commission against changing the format of future debates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1311731462589292544&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F502939-trump-no-virtual-debate%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1311731462589292544\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump campaign said it would hold a rally instead of attending the next debate. Addressing his health in the TV interview, Trump said he does not believe he is contagious and that he is feeling\u00a0<em>\u201creally good\u201d. \u201cI&#8217;m back because I&#8217;m a perfect physical specimen,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Trump told Bartiromo.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden\u2019s deputy campaign manager, Kate Bedingfield, appeared to accept the terms of the new debate format.\u00a0<em>\u201cVice President Biden looks forward to speaking directly to the American people,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Biden said the pair\u00a0<em>&#8220;shouldn&#8217;t have a debate&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0if Trump is still infected with the virus, but said that he would base a decision on his participation on advice from medical experts.<\/p>\n<p>The news came the morning after a lackluster vice presidential debate between Trump\u2019s right-hand man Mike Pence and Biden\u2019s running mate Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/502939-trump-no-virtual-debate\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/502939-trump-no-virtual-debate\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Trump says he \u2018won\u2019t waste time\u2019 on virtual debate with Joe Biden, plans to hold rally instead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}