Cracks Nancy Pelosi
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Her remarks come hours after she said earlier in the day that she does not think there should be any debate between the candidate and the sitting for the November election.
“I have every confidence in Joe Biden,” Pelosi said on MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber.” “Why did I say he should not have to debate [Trump] has nothing to do with Joe Biden. Joe Biden will be great. He is great as a debater. “
Pelosi first said at a press conference in the Capitol on Thursday morning that she did not think Biden would “legitimize” a debate with Trump, which she said he did not “behave” in a way that everyone has an association with truth, evidence , data and facts. “
Biden confirmed in an appearance on MSNBC a short time later that he would take part in the debates against Trump.
“I’m going to have a fact check on the floor while I debate it,” Biden told Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC. “But look, I think everyone knows that this man has a somewhat pathological tendency not to tell the truth.”
Pelosi suggested that each of the candidates should instead hold their own separate forums to discuss their policy proposals, but acknowledged that Biden is set on debating Trump.
“[Biden]is ready to go and wants to get into that debate. My concern was that the President has shown no respect for the office he holds. And I do not expect him to have respect for the debates for that office, “Pelosi said.
Trump and his campaign have sought to highlight the verbal gaps of Biden’s past and called for more debates.
Trump also flew the idea this week to give the candidates drug tests for the first debate Sept. 29, suggesting, without proof, that Biden’s debate performance against Sen. Bernie Sanders
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“I do not know how he could be so incompetent in his debates and then suddenly be good to Bernie,” Trump told the Washington Examiner. “My point is, if you go back and watch some of those numerous debates, he was so bad. He wasn’t even coherent. And he was against Bernie. And we’re calling for a drug test.”
The Commission on Presidential Debates has scheduled three debates between Biden and Trump between September 29 and October 22. One debate between Vice President Pence and Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris
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