Donald Trump backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders

“There is a reason why in virtually every national and statewide poll I am defeating Donald Trump, sometimes by very large margins and almost always by far larger margins than Secretary Clinton. There is a reason for that reality and the American people should be able to see it up front in a good debate and a clash of ideas.”

Beyond the broadcast networks, online show "The Young Turks" offered $1 million to host the debate, while technology company Traction and Scale offered $10 million to do so.
But it was pretty clear Trump was never very serious about the prospect of a debate, despite the Sanders campaign's goading. Almost immediately, reports began to emerge that Trump was "joking," and at a rally Friday in Fresno, California, Trump said that although he wanted to "debate him so badly," he probably wouldn't do it.
"If you're in first place, you don't want to really debate a guy who's in second place," Trump said.


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