This week’s spin is mainly about lowered expectations in time for Thursday’s debate
Trump isn’t doing mock debate sessions but rather is holding policy discussions with allies and experts, including members of Congress. Last week, he appeared to be trying to build up expectations of Biden’s performance, calling the president a “worthy debater.”
“I don’t want to underestimate him,” Trump said in an appearance on “The All-In” podcast last week.
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professional courtesy
“DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD, ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AGREE TO ONE!!!” Trump wrote on social media this week. Campaign staff, Republican lawmakers and online influencers have all amplified the idea that Biden will need an injection to debate, with one Trump adviser even sharing a video of a syringe.
There is no evidence that Biden has used or plans to use performance-enhancing drugs. But Trump and his supporters have spread the baseless claim widely, as some Republicans worry openly that the bar for Biden’s performance Thursday has been set too low. Trump senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said in a statement Tuesday that Biden “will be highly prepared and alert on debate night” because of a “perfectly calibrated dosage” and said the focus should be on Biden’s policy record.
Democrats suggest Trump is trying to preempt a disconnect between the energetic Biden who will show up onstage and the “brain-dead zombie” that Trump’s campaign has portrayed at every turn.
“Donald Trump has never admitted losing anything in his life, and when he does lose, he always cries fraud,” said Democratic campaign strategist Joshua Karp, who compared Trump’s claims about drugs to his false claims the 2020 election was rigged. He said Trump is “confusing his conspiracy theory-loving base with the entire electorate.”
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insurgency Threat to Incite Insurrection if He Doesn’t Win
A brief video of Donald Trump's interview from 2023 has made its way back onto social media, in which he seems to be claiming that he was denied a second term and is now planning an effort to stop a sequel. During an interview with Sean Spicer, his former press secretary, Trump said, "I was told if I get 63 million we win easily... But when they rig and cheat, you know, there's not a lot you can do about that other than you have to stop it. And we have to stop it a second time."
Trump has never officially admitted defeat when it comes to the 2020 election results.
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