With less a week until ABC News' Sept. 10 debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the network on Wednesday released the rules for the matchup.
  • @jordanlundM
    51•11 days ago

    “As previously announced by ABC News, to formally qualify for the debate, the participants had to meet various qualification requirements, including polling thresholds and appearing on enough state ballots to theoretically be able to get a majority of electoral votes in the presidential election.”

    Expect Jill Stein to whine anyway and likely show up outside the debate to make a scene about not being let in.

    • themeatbridge
      32•11 days ago

      They get two minutes of rebuttal, and two minutes to address the rebuttal. I would bet the phrase “Well that’s just not true.” is uttered more than once. Hopefully, Harris comes armed with facts, and Trump just does his Trumpy ramble and sounds like a douche. My guess he goes full firehose with the bullshit and hopes that she comes off as shrill trying to correct every lie.

      • @[email protected]
        15•11 days ago

        I think it’s important for Harris to be seen calling out his bullshit… but the maga camp is so insulated from the truth that they’ll probably just discard her corrections as “alternative facts” - it’s nice to have the neutral party call out the bullshit.

      • @ccunning
        14•11 days ago

        You’ve heard of the Gish Gallop, but what about the Trump Trots? Total diarrhea of the mouth…

      • @Landless2029
        13•11 days ago

        You’re factually incorrect.

        Either you know you’re wrong and you’re lying or you’re ignorant of facts that you should be well aware of as a former president and one running for president.

        Which is it?

        • themeatbridge
          14•11 days ago

          She needs to get to the zing quicker. Also, don’t ask an open ended question, because he’ll use the opening to fill time with additional bullshit.

          “That is false. Either you are ignorant or you are lying. I am not sure if you even know the difference anymore, but either way you are unfit for office.”

          • @cybervseasEnglish
            7•11 days ago

            “Are you lying, or just a dummy?” :-P

      • @linearchaosEnglish
        10•11 days ago

        This will be a repeat of the Clinton debate.

        He’s going to just say stupid shit and try to overpower her for the full time. She’ll call him out on the b******* and deliver a sane and reasonable debate.

        The day after both sides will claim they won.

        The only thing I’m truly looking forward to is she’s snarkier and more quick-witted she’ll probably get enough jabs in there to really piss him off.

        • @TrickDacy
          5•11 days ago

          Did you really censor the word bullshit?

          • CadeillacEnglish
            8•11 days ago

            I thought it was biscuits

        • @spongebue
          1•10 days ago

          Welcome to the Internet. You can swear here.

          • @linearchaosEnglish
            0•10 days ago

            I don’t type, solely voice dictation, turning off the curse word filter as a pain in the ass, I’m afraid you’ll have to use your imagination.

  • lettruthoutEnglish
    21•11 days ago

    So we’re expecting Trump to complain about something in the rules, right?

  • @[email protected]
    17•11 days ago

    What about flies or other insects on the head of Harris’s opponent?

    How many misogynistic remarks will spew from Old Weird 34’s wet lips?

    • @linearchaosEnglish
      6•11 days ago

      Let’s set up bingo. $5 buy-in, winner takes 75% of the pot.

  • @MsPenguinette
    3•11 days ago

    The vibes of the rules are off. Not sure what it is, but I hope someone can help provide context for if these are just normal rules or if this is wild shit happening in wild times

    • @givesomefucksEnglish
      28•11 days ago

      It’s normal to have open mics.

      But one of Bidens requirements was muted mics.

      When Kamala became the candidate, she wanted open mics.

      trump claimed it shouldn’t be changed just because the candidate changed. And for once he had a point.

      He didn’t want it for the right reasons tho, it’s because he’s now the weakest at speaking.

      • @NegativeInf
        23•11 days ago

        He’s afraid he might let a racist comment slip out when she’s talking.

        • @givesomefucksEnglish
          17•11 days ago

          I doubt it, and I doubt it would even hurt his numbers or help Kamala at this point.

          He doesn’t want a mentally competent person to be able to point out every time he fucks up

          Just laughing when he mispronounces a word would completely derail him.

          Like, there’s just flat out no crazy thing trump could say that would change people’s minds about him. But laughing and getting flustered would make him look weak and cost him votes.

        • @[email protected]English
          6•11 days ago

          It’d be easy to bait him, too:

          Precisely what did you mean when you said to the NABJ that I “happened to turn black”?

    • themeatbridge
      9•11 days ago

      Timed responses and rebuttals are fairly standard, if boring. The questions come from the moderator, and their mics will be off when it isn’t their turn to speak.

      I doubt that stops Donny from trying to interrupt, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to steamroll the moderator. My hope is that Harris brings her A game and the moderator has a spine.