In the UK a few years back, Boris Johnson refused to show up to a debate on climate change, so Channel 4 replaced him with a slowly melting block of ice.
It annoyed him so much he tried to privatise the entire TV station lol.
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Can we ask the UK to replace trump with a slowly melting block of ice?
Unfortunately replacing Trump with an inanimate object would only help him, as he does most damage to himself when he speaks.
It hurt itself in its confusion.
But if they put a head of lettuce on the block of ice... 🤔
I'm calling it: The Onion will have a news title that says "Trump agrees to another debate to the condition that it is against Joe Biden"
Nice try, person that works at The Onion.
The Onion is an absolute treasure, and I'm glad they got bought by a dude who just wants them to keep doing what they're doing.
If the next onion title isn't "Donald Trump considering murdering JD Vance to increase poll numbers." then the onion has failed me.
Got his ass handed to him. Now he is bravely running away!
I'd call Trump "Courage the Cowardly Dog" but that doesn't fit at all. Courage actually cared for his people and Trump has never cared about anyone but himself.
Courage actually had courage. Doing what you need to do to save/help the people you love, even tho you are so fucking terrified your skeleton screams separately from your flesh.
That name was tongue in cheek, because Courage did the bravest things in each episode while shaking like a leaf the whole time.
Which really teaches us that courage is not the absence of fear, it's doing the right thing irrespective of fear.
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Brave, Bold Sir Donald
It's a tactical retreat!
I guess he finally got tired of all the “winning”
After the debate ended Tuesday night, Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia posted to X, "You want to know who won? Find out who refuses to do a 2nd debate."
I know some folks are falling all over themselves to fawn over the various Republicans who have the, um, courage to come out against Trump now, but all I can see is a bunch of self-interested rats leaving the sinking ship.
I figure the "I was never really a supporter" will start from both elected officials and your Republican neighbors and family members about 1 day after the election gets called for Kamala.
And if Kamala somehow loses, it will be "I knew he could do it all along."
That's a wrap folks! No more debates.
No more presidential debates, but there's still the VP debate unless JD Vance backs out (which he might)
Tim should get a little couch pin and wear it during the debate.
How great would it be if they walked out on stage to find that Tim had a podium and Vance had a love seat?
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Hahahahaha fucking coward, little Donny got his buns cooked by a woman. What a piece of shit loser that guy is.
I’d call him a pussy, but he lacks the depth and warmth.
He got grabbed by the pussy
No, that's just his flappy skin under the chin.
Ooohh, is little Twump too scawed?
I guess we know he doesn't have a fetish for being dominated.
He’s not even proposing to do it on Fox.
His campaign knows that he’d also get completely served if he was on his propagandist’s network.
pwned
Him is coward
i’m shocked he even agreed to do that one.
Of course he won't. His ass was handed to him.
I gotta hand it to her. She started off like a boring milk toast politician with that first answer, then she gave a debate performance that debate teams will study for years.
This debate will be THE textbook example of how to counter a machine gun barrage of lies and how to get your opponent talking about your issues.
It really helped that the mics were muted. She would have done well if they weren't I think, but he'd have been interrupting her nonstop.
OR he is actually mentally declining and/or aging and he doesn't have the stamina to over talk his opponents for two hours anymore.
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This is great. Harris has him by his tiny balls. Now she can run ads saying that he is afraid to debate her, and if he caves and debates again, she will probably stomp him again.
I hate how much of a circus this is.
Idk...Maybe I've always roughly compared trump to Cartman from South Park; seems like some kinda weird comeback tactic.
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Loser
Trump is leaving like how the people get bored and leave his small, weird rallies?
I wouldn't want to either if I lost that hard and my dick was that small.
Trump is a scaredy cat man
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