Biden to Debate Trump Despite Pelosi's Calls to Cancel
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Biden rejects skipping Trump debates, vows to fact-checkDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he won't skip debates with President Donald Trump this fall, vowing he'll use the opportunity to confront his rival and be a “fact checker on the floor."
Biden said Thursday there’s no question the debates will take place, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters earlier in the day that she didn’t think Biden should debate the president at all. Pelosi said she knows she disagrees with Biden on this, but she doesn’t think he should “legitimize a conversation” with Trump.
From the Center
Pelosi: 'I have every confidence' in Biden against Trump in debatesSpeaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she has confidence in Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holding his own against President Trump in debates this fall.
Her comments come hours after saying earlier in the day that she doesn't think there should be any debate between the candidate and the incumbent ahead of the November election.
"I have every confidence in Joe Biden," Pelosi said on MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber." "Why I said he shouldn't debate [Trump] has nothing to do with Joe Biden. Joe Biden will be...
From the Right
Now that Pelosi wants to cancel the presidential debates, can we stop saying it's just a right-wing meme?House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said there should not be any 2020 presidential debates.
And just like that, she has made the idea of canceling the election-year showdowns between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden into something far more than just chatter among news and political commentators.
“I don't think there should be any debates,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday.
She added, “I do not think that the president of the United States has comported himself in a way that has any association with truth, evidence, data, and facts....
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