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VWolf

(3,944 posts)
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 11:22 AM Sep 2020

Possible debate zinger

If Trump claims that Biden wants to defund the police:

Biden can first deny it (as he has should), and then add that, by paying little or no taxes over the last 15 years, Trump has already defunded them (and every other government agency).

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Possible debate zinger (Original Post) VWolf Sep 2020 OP
That's a zinger I can live with soothsayer Sep 2020 #1
traitortrump is defunding everyone empedocles Sep 2020 #2
Yes! DemUnleashed Sep 2020 #3
I'm almost willing to bet 2naSalit Sep 2020 #4
Probably VWolf Sep 2020 #5
I'm pretty sure he has the most 2naSalit Sep 2020 #6
Biden should make that point Sogo Sep 2020 #7
Edited to add 3 words. avebury Sep 2020 #8
Yep - that would leave a mark n/t VWolf Sep 2020 #9
Great idea! Hope Joe reads DU! MoonRiver Sep 2020 #10
I hope he says that! Blue Owl Sep 2020 #11
Absolutely. Pretty much every answer should include something along the lines of ... lettucebe Sep 2020 #12
"Though I do not support that in theory... flotsam Sep 2020 #13

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
7. Biden should make that point
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 11:37 AM
Sep 2020

that why should Trump care or even have a say in it? He doesn't pay taxes.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
8. Edited to add 3 words.
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 11:45 AM
Sep 2020



If Trump claims that Biden wants to defund the police:

Biden can first deny it (as he has should), and then add that, by paying little or no taxes over the last 15 years, Trump has already defunded them (and every other government agency and the military).

lettucebe

(2,336 posts)
12. Absolutely. Pretty much every answer should include something along the lines of ...
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 02:37 PM
Sep 2020

If you paid your fair share of taxes ...

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
13. "Though I do not support that in theory...
Tue Sep 29, 2020, 02:47 PM
Sep 2020

...Your tax disclosure shows you defunded the police for decades in fact!"

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