2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRobert Costa just reported that WA Post will be having a big story
saying that the Trump campaign tried to arrange the beginning of the debate to confront Hillary with the women from that stunt today. But the head of the Presidential debate committee wouldn't allow them to do it.
So now the Trump campaign is threatening to back out of the 3rd debate.
Good riddance.
On Edit: thanks to ffr, for posting this link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/10/trumps-debate-plan-to-seat-bill-clintons-accusers-in-family-box-was-thwarted/?postshare=811476078962605&tid=ss_tw
ST. LOUIS Donald Trumps campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump familys box at the presidential debate here Sunday night, according to four people involved in the discussions.
The campaigns plan, which was closely held and unknown to several of Trumps top aides, was thwarted just minutes before it could be executed when officials with the Commission on Presidential Debates intervened.
The commission officials warned that, if the Trump campaign tried to seat the accusers in the elevated family box, security officers would remove the women, according to the people involved, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the discussions were confidential.
The gambit to give Bill Clintons accusers prime seats was devised by Trump campaign chief executive Stephen K. Bannon and Jared Kushner, the candidates son-in-law, and approved personally by Trump.
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ewww really that is so tacky and classless
ffr
(22,670 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/10/trumps-debate-plan-to-seat-bill-clintons-accusers-in-family-box-was-thwarted/?postshare=811476078962605&tid=ss_tw
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)I just edited the OP to add this.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)was a great disappointment to the Trump females. Wonder if anyone thought to make sure Trump was scrupulously chaperoned whenever he was anywhere near them. To protect him.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Trump was just using an excuse--any excuse---to back out of the debate.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 10, 2016, 09:36 AM - Edit history (3)
. . .and the debate commission's co-chairman.
He apparently smelled the rat and moved swiftly to thwart this political stunt.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)They thought they'd get away with that?
MFM008
(19,814 posts)they see the numbers.
vadermike
(1,415 posts)He's done. I'm happy Hillary can talk to the nation by herself in the 3RD debate. It's a free infomercial. No.matter what Wallace says lol
catbyte
(34,393 posts)Hekate
(90,705 posts)Those are all just about like a debate to choose the next POTUS, right?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Cha
(297,271 posts)Like anyone would fucking miss him.. except his ugly trumpbots.
trump needs millions of these sent to his Tower>>>>
>>> stat!
Gracias, pnwmom~
spooky3
(34,456 posts)MFM008
(19,814 posts)😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)and embarrass her husband by seating..."
Excuse me, how does his campaing have the right to "seat" anyone anywhere except in the seats provided for them? What a bunch of entitled assholes! I don't know why they need anyone to run for office, they already think they rule the world.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)BlueProgressive
(229 posts)or really with any half-way decent human being.
If he wants to skip the last debate, then
'praise the lord and pass the ammunition' and GOOD RIDDANCE!