The campaigns are reportedly sparring over microphone rules ahead of the first debate, with the former president's team reportedly requesting muted mics.
  • teft
    98•23 days ago

    I bet he’s going to be a coward and either cancel or not show.

    • @mercano
      52•23 days ago

      My understanding is that debates are exempt from the equal air time laws, so if Trump no-shows, it just turns into a bunch of 90 minutes of free Harris air time.

      • Tiefling IRL
        33•23 days ago

        I really want it to continue in debate format, but just pan to an empty podium and 2 minutes of dead air after every Trump question

        • @rayyy
          18•23 days ago

          How about panning to an empty chair with a giant Project 2025 book propped up in it?

          • @linearchaosEnglish
            11•23 days ago

            Oh God, no you let somebody open the 2025 book and read from it. And you allow the other person to ask any question they want.

        • @CitizenKong
          11•23 days ago

          Or Alex Baldwin doing his Trump impression, but saying stuff Trump has actually said.

          • @Boddhisatva
            4•22 days ago

            Put a large picture of Trump’s mug shot on the podium and have Mark Hamill off camera read relevant quotes from Trump speeches and rallies in the Joker’s voice.

        • @mojofrododojoEnglish
          2•23 days ago

          even that would be better than the shit that falls out of his face sphincter

          • @MajinBlayze
            2•23 days ago

            For various definitions of “better”

            • @mojofrododojoEnglish
              3•22 days ago

              any time, any scenario where I hear a dead mic instead of trump’s bloviating fuckface spewing lie after obvious lie, is better.

              there’s a galaxy of definitions, and they’re all better.

              • @MajinBlayze
                2•22 days ago

                Maybe it’s just naivety, but I still hope for a world where people hear him speak, he gets appropriately ridiculed for the bullshit he says, and people stop trying to follow him. If there’s any shred of a chance that that’s still possible, I think it’d be better that he shows.

        • @[email protected]
          15•23 days ago

          It also would create soundbites and video clips that would hit every major platform, though. Every one of which will note that Trump was too cowardly to debate, and possibly include chicken clucking sounds 🐔

    • @expatriado
      23•23 days ago

      either showing up or not showing up, will hurt more than help his campaign

  • @800XL
    6•23 days ago

    cuz he a duuuuumm insecure man-child