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8 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
So now the question: if Trump doesn’t show to the virtual debate and Biden does, does the commission just give Biden all the airtime?
Between his performance at the first debate and this announcement, Trump is saying he gets to set the rules and terms of the debate. It’s obviously not a debate if only one shows, but the commission has to decide now if it goes w/the candidate who follows the rules or who breaks.
The *only* reason that the commission shifted to a virtual debate is because it’s Trump who is positive for COVID. And we already know that he skipped the pre-debate COVID test that his campaign had agreed he would take last week. So he is the one who created this situation.
The debate will go on, and Trump can decide if he will come:

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10 Oct
court expansion is a real question Biden will grapple w/if he wins--but it's also a perfect example of how skilled Republicans are at shifting the conversation. They've broken precedent on two seats now, and are stoking outrage about how Dems *might* break precedent in the future
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Biden has been far less available to the press than any previous presidential nominee—local TV interviews but few others, press conferences about once a month, occasionally taking a few questions on the road. But it’s also true that no one in the Biden press corps has gotten sick
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the president is saying clearly that part of why he wants to have his allies in the Senate rush confirmation for his choice for the Supreme Court is so that the new justice would potentially be able to turn around and help give him a second term
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