Joe Biden wants to be the leader of the free world & the greatest nation in the history of the world, but according to reports, he’s requesting a break every 30 minutes during the 90-minute debate with President Trump. You just can’t make this stuff up.
A report from Fox News producer Pat Ward notes that Biden’s campaign team asked for the 30-minute breaks during debate negotiations. The Trump campaign reportedly asked that each candidate be checked by a third party for listening devices in their ears before the debate.
According to Ward, each campaign denied the others’ requests.
“FOX News has learned new details about debate negotiations between the Biden and Trump campaigns ahead of tonight’s debate,” Ward reported on Tuesday.
“The Trump campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of the debaters for electronic devices or transmitters. The President has consented to this inspection, but Biden has not – so far,” he noted.
Ward continued: “The Biden campaign requested two breaks (one every thirty minutes) during tonight’s program, which was denied by their Trump counterparts, in negotiations over the last several weeks.”
FOX News has learned new details about debate negotiations between the Biden and Trump campaigns ahead of tonight’s debate: (1/3)
— Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) September 29, 2020
The Biden campaign requested two breaks (one every thirty minutes) during tonight’s program, which was denied by their Trump counterparts, in negotiations over the last several weeks. (3/3)
— Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) September 29, 2020
Fox News is now reporting that Biden’s team denies ever asking for breaks (But of course).
On Sunday, President Trump tweeted that he would be “strongly demanding” that Biden be tested for drugs before or after the debate.
“I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night. Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His Debate performances have been record setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly,” the president wrote to Twitter. “Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy???”
I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night. Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His Debate performances have been record setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2020
Biden’s team was quick to respond to Trump’s request for a drug test — Politico called the response a “clapback.”
“Vice President Biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. If the president thinks his best case is made in urine he can have at it,” said Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield. “We’d expect nothing less from Donald Trump, who pissed away the chance to protect the lives of 200K Americans when he didn’t make a plan to stop COVID-19.”
On Monday, President Trump commented about Biden’s refusal to be tested for drugs:
“Joe Biden just announced that he will not agree to a Drug Test. Gee, I wonder why?”
Joe Biden just announced that he will not agree to a Drug Test. Gee, I wonder why?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2020
In August, Trump called Biden’s primary debate performances into question as reported by The Daily Wire:
“Nobody thought that he was even going to win,” Trump told Washington Examiner columnist Byron York during an interview in the Oval Office. “Because his debate performances were so bad. Frankly, his best performance was against Bernie. We’re going to call for a drug test, by the way, because his best performance was against Bernie. It wasn’t that he was Winston Churchill, because he wasn’t, but it was a normal, boring debate. You know, nothing amazing happened. And we are going to call for a drug test, because there’s no way — you can’t do that.”
“I don’t know how he could have been so incompetent in his debate performances and then all of a sudden be OK against Bernie,” Trump continued. “My point is, if you go back and watch some of those numerous debates, he was so bad. He wasn’t even coherent. And against Bernie, he was. And we’re calling for a drug test.”
Today it was reported that Biden’s team originally agreed for a check of listening devices in each candidates’ ears, but then went back on the agreement.
Ebony Bowden, the Washington correspondent for the New York Post noted:
“NEW: Joe Biden’s campaign agreed to an inspection for electronic ear pieces at tonight’s debate several days ago but are now declining, a source familiar tells me.”
President Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, called out the decision by the Biden team.
“@JoeBiden agreed to an inspection for electronic ear pieces at #Debates2020 BUT now he is reversing course, declining the inspection!”
?? BREAKING ? ?@JoeBiden agreed to an inspection for electronic ear pieces at #Debates2020 BUT now he is reversing course, declining the inspection! ⬇️ https://t.co/hdn53Or1Wp
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) September 29, 2020
If sleepy Joe can’t make it through a 90-minute debate without taking breaks, how in the hell is he going to handle running the most powerful country on earth? In short, he won’t be able to! High-energy President Trump is our only hope for the future! Sleepy Joe would be a tax-raising disaster! Vote Trump in November!
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