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Debate....lets go!

#Debate2020
First question: Supreme Court.

Trump says he has constitutional right.
Praises ACB.
Biden: People have say on who is on SCOTUS. Not going to get that chance. Already voting started.
First lie: Biden.

Says ACB said she thinks the ACA is unconstitutional. Not true. She said the mandate might be unconstitutional.
Biden right on pre-existing conditions. But highly debatable whether court would overturn.
Trump rightfully says RBG said the President has the right during his term.

Nice factoid.
isAccording to a new analysis by the is HHS, 50 to 129 million (19 to 50 percent of) non-elderly Americans have some type of pre-existing health condition
First COVID argument:

Biden attacks Trump on 200k deaths.

Trump says Biden would have done worse.
Trump right on Roe v Wade...it really is not on the ballot.
Next question: Health care.

Trump and Wallace fight over the question.

Trump questioned on what his plan is.
Trump makes up some stat on drug prices that makes no sense.
Biden on public option:

Would be Medicaid auto enrollment.
Biden calls Trump a clown.
Biden, by the way, has hedged on whether he would oppose Medicare for All.

Tonight is the most vigorous he has been on it.

politifact.com/factchecks/202…
"To put it another way, Biden only had critical words when asked about Medicare for All, but he didn’t bluntly state he would veto it.

The statement is partially accurate but takes things out of context. We rate this statement Half True."
Biden now asked about packing the court.

Biden is a coward on this. He should say he won't do it.

But he can't.
Biden is so dumb on this. He should just say he won't. He could always flip flop later.
Next question on COVID.

Biden nicely lays out facts on cases, deaths, etc.
Trump in retort:

Hits Biden on not closing the border. Attacks China. Then lectures Biden on death counts in China.

Hits Biden correctly on closing the border.
Trump is right...even Dems like Cuomo and Newsom did praise Trump at times.
Biden argues the economy is shut down because of Trump.

That is ridiculous.
Biden makes the emotional plea about deaths. That is effective.
Biden says we don't trust the vaccine.
Wallace asks about the vaccine.

Trump says Pfizer, J&J, Moderna all say the vaccine can come quickly.
Biden rightfully hits Trump on Easter end, the bleach, etc.
Wallace asks about Harris undermining vaccines.

Biden: Scientists do not work for him.

Trump: I spoke to the scientists in charge.

Biden: "All lies"

Again, this is not good for vaccine trust.
Biden insults Trump on intelligence.

Trump attacks him back.
Wallace: Question on opening.

Biden: We need a plan.

Trump says Pelosi and Schumer blocking.

Trump says Biden wants to close down the economy.
Wallace: about masks.

Trump: I wear it when needed. Then makes fun of Biden's mask.
Biden incorrectly says Fauci never got masks wrong (he did, early on).
Trump claims outside is fine for rallies.

Biden: Attacks Trump on distancing.

Was hoping Biden was going to attack outdoor rallies...that would have been fun.

Then called him a fool.
Wallace on economy:

Trump: Greatest economy ever. Biden wants to close things down. Harmful for depression, drugs, etc.. Says trust people.

Biden: Hits him on personal taxes.
Biden says people on front lines are the ones losing jobs (who is he talking about?).
Biden talks about small businesses and restaurants closed.

But how is Biden going to bring them back if the disease lasts one more year? Doesn't make sense. Europe is proving that strategy isn't going to hold up.
Biden is wrong: All those tax code advantages were OBAMA ERA TAX LEVELS.
Trump: I've done more in 47 months than you have done in 47 years.
Biden avoids tax question: Should you raise taxes during a recession?

Biden doesn't seem to want to answer it?
Wallace: Obama's last 3 years had more job creation than first 3 years of Trump.

Trump: They had slowest recovery.

I think point Wallace there.
GM and Ford are gone?

What is Biden talking about?
Trump: China ate your lunch, Joe.
Biden: None of that is true.

Er...
Biden is going to have a problem on this one.

This is not totally discredited.

newsweek.com/hunter-biden-r…
Biden saying it isn't true...he is hoping that the media will ignore the fact that...it probably is true.
Biden: This isn't about my family or his family, but about your family.

Great line.
Wallace on Charlottesville:

Biden talks about Floyd, the White House protest that Trump cleared, etc.
Trump: Attacks Biden on Crime bill (Biden interrupts now, LOL).

"Superpredators"

Kind of surprised he didn't attack Biden re: Clarence Thomas.
Trump attacks Dems on Portland.
Trump says Biden doesn't want law and order.
Biden: Most police officers honorable...bad ones have to be held accountable.
Biden: Violence never appropriate.

Good.
Wallace: Ending of race theory.

Trump: I ended because it was racist, it was insane, radical. Have to go back to core values.
Biden: Nobody is doing that.

Er...fact check.

siouxcityjournal.com/opinion/column…
Biden incorrect about violent crime...it did increase the last couple years of the Obama administration.

bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Wallace asks about law and order...is it a party issue?

Trump: Yes it is a party issue.

Biden: I was raised in the suburbs! (wut) People traveling in the same cars! (wut).
Wallace: What is police reimagining, and BLM policies?

Biden: I am totally opposed to defunding (Good).
Trump : Name one police group that supports you.

Biden: STUMPED.

That ain't good, man.
Wallace: Re: Riots. As Dem nominee, have you called Portland/Oregon to stop the violence?

Biden: I don't hold public office now. They can take care of it if you stay out of the way.

Wow, that is a terrible answer.
Biden fact check on Conway is probably not accurate: "The more chaos and anarchy and vandalism and violence reigns, the better it is for the very clear choice on who's best on public safety and law and order,"

businessinsider.com/kellyanne-conw…
Wallace on right wing extremists, etc.

Trump: I am willing to speak out against everyone (and then fails to do it clearly...dumb, missed opportunity).
Wallace: Why should voters vote for you?

Trump: I've done more than anyone. I filled all the judges, unlike Obama.

Biden: We've become weaker, sicker, poorer, more divided, more violent.
Biden brings up the bounty on American soldiers...wasn't that debunked?

politico.com/news/2020/08/1…
There is no evidence that such bounties were ever offered.

nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
Biden denying Hunter has received a lot of money is...strange.
On climate change:

Trump: I want clean water, air...we need more forest management.

Wallace: Why did you relax regulations?

Trump: because hurt economy.
Wallace to Biden: Want new limits on fracking, etc. Will it hurt economy.

Biden: He's wrong.
Biden talks about renewables, etc...doesn't mention nuclear. That is a failure. 100%.
Biden is smarter on this than Trump, but the policy is not realistic. The Paris Accords is a joke, that won't solve anything.
Then, Biden is talking about giving money to countries to behave better.

Good luck with that.
Wallace on Green New Deal: "Cost a lot of money, will create jobs". Not much evidence for that, but ok.
Trump: why didn't you do it?
Biden doesn't support the Green New Deal.
Fight over votes, mail in, etc.
Did Biden just come out in favor of voter ID, after the fact?
Um...yeah. The fact is the Left is far, far more likely to be in a violent protest for this.

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I think one thing a lot of people don't realize is Palestine isn't alone as a British protectorate that was never an independent country before the Brits left.

India ALSO DID NOT EXIST BEFORE PARTITION IN 1947. There was no 'India', in any real terms.
India was divided by numerous British protectorates or provinces. There was no 'India', as a nation. This was basically true of Palestine as well...there was no independent Palestine before division. Image
Lets note that Jinnah, the father of Pakistan, opposed the name India all together. “He [Jinnah] was under the impression that neither state (India or Pakistan) would want to adopt the British title of ‘India’."

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Why Colleges Are Struggling To Crack Down on Antisemitism via @politicopoliti.co/3ucgtsE
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Again, if you are destroying other people's posters, then you are trying to suppress those people's free speech.

At that point, if you get shamed in public, and your family and employer know who you are, I have ZERO sympathy for you.

You want to go and protest, go ahead.
I would never hire anyone that acted like this. Neither should you.
What is funny is if they were protesting, I might make fun of them, but I wouldn't be doxxing them. But they have to be fascists, trying to stop others from getting their message out.

Sorry, no sympathy for fascists.
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Welcome to my TedX talk.

Understand this:

"SCREAMING 'FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA' IS CALLING FOR THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF JEWS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST...AND IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN NAZI OR KKK CHANTS."

Thank you for coming to my TedX talk.

And no, we don't have to accept the Palestinian narrative on this, anymore than accepting KKK's narrative on stuff.

Palestinians have a right to their own country. They have been denied that right for too long.

But what they absolutely don't have a right to? ETHNIC CLEANSING.
When people like @AOC are silent on this, they are basically tacitly approving of ethnic cleansing. And we hear their silence loud and clear.

They are fine with it, as long as Jews are the target.
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Oct 13, 2023
Christians did a huge amount of colonizing over the Millenia, no question.

But the next biggest group to blame? MUSLIMS.

Their colonization in Northern Africa, Europe, India and the rest of Asia as colonizers had huge repercussions.
I mean, if you want to talk about colonizers, then most of Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (which was Hindu at one point) etc needs to be under discussion.

How stupid would that be?
Indonesia is the largest Muslim Country on the planet...and was colonized by Muslims, as they took over after Hindu empires ruled there for centuries.

So...kick them all out?

You have to be exceptionally stupid to even start this line of thought.
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They did let Hirohito remain in power.

That said, unconditional surrender of both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan allowed the America to build a better World for the future. We are better off for it.
@VanWagoner "Hirohito portrayed himself as a powerless monarch who had no say in how the war was conducted. Scholars regularly debated the issue, with many agreeing he was innocent. Experts today, however, largely believe he played a sizable part in Japan's role during World War II."
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