Trump threatens to block networks from hosting debates after Dems reject Fox

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Wednesday responded to the Democratic National Committee refusing to let Fox News host a Democratic primary debate by threatening to “do the same thing” with other networks during the general election.

“Democrats just blocked @FoxNews from holding a debate. Good, then I think I’ll do the same thing with the Fake News Networks and the Radical Left Democrats in the General Election debates!” Trump tweeted Wednesday.

The president would alone would not have the power to prevent outlets from hosting a general election debate.

The Democratic and Republican National Committees work with media outlets on arrangements for hosting their respective primary debates. The Commission on Presidential Debates, which the DNC and RNC jointly sponsor, sets up the general election debates.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/432961-trump-threatens-to-block-networks-from-hosting-debates-after-dems

[Gothmog]

1. trump's response

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[rzemanfl]

4. Fuck you Drumpf, you Nazi.

I get to use this one nearly every day.

[Iliyah]

2. STFU

[Maxheader]

3. Been shooting its mouth off like that since childhood...

Always had someone to strong-arm those disagreeing with it...

[pwb]

5. The Federal Election commission may have something to say about that sparky

Your not in charge of it. But you can refuse to show up, please do.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. How is he going to get the questions in advance if he's not on Fox?

Not to mention that he has absolutely no power to block a network from televising the debates. Little Lord Flauntmyass really doesn't get the idea that he's not a dictator, like his bromancers Kim and Putin.

Go back to humping the Flag, Fat Donnie. It's the only thing you do well.

[Matthew28]

7. Maybe he'll

not debate at all. Maybe we won't have to listen to him.

[Augiedog]

8. Hopefully he'll have to ask his parole officer for permission

[sazemisery]

14. DUzy n/t

[a kennedy]

9. HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA ,HA, HA, HA, HA

[avebury]

10. Hey Donald just why on Earth did you think would be a bad idea?

It means that we won't have to listen your BS. I am sure that CNN and MSNBC will provide Town Hall forums for the Democrat candidate.

Trump consistently shoots himself in his own foot.

[mtngirl47]

15. Excellent idea!

Town halls--that way we don't have to listen to his lies!

[Return to Sanity]

11. Every day I think things can't get worse.

Then Trump finds his phone

[PatSeg]

31. Its like he is competing with himself

on a daily basis.

Welcome to DU!!!

[aeromanKC]

12. Show up, Don't show up, the Debates will go on regardless

Empty Chair Donnie

[keithbvadu2]

13. So that 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142128590

“Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast.”

So that 43% of republicans would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media?via=twitter_page

[jmowreader]

49. 43 percent of Republicans are actually commies

I had the suspicion. This confirms it.

[Totally Tunsie]

16. Jesus, what a petty, petty man.

Wahhhhhh Wahhhhhhh, Wahhhhhhhh

[thegoose]

17. Then let Fuckstick talk to himself in the Faux bubble

Fucking Nazi Big Brother 1984-actin' mushroom head. 🍄

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. This asshole really thinks he's a dictator

25th amendment time

[orangecrush]

21. +1

[cstanleytech]

32. Well he is at least half right.

[dustyscamp]

19. I remember Trump not inviting the press to his dinner parties

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/12/13/no-white-house-christmas-party-press/2299657002/

[cstanleytech]

33. I remember him running away like a big man baby from the Press dinners.

[BigmanPigman]

37. He decided to run for POTUS after Obama made a Birtherism joke at

The W House Correspondents Dinner. Omarosa confirmed it yesterday. What a baby.

[dalton99a]

20. Shut up and eat.

[Useless in FL]

22. Can he really do something like this????

WTF!

[PatSeg]

34. About all I can see him being able to do

is refusing to show up at the general election debates. Apparently he thinks he is King and can do whatever he wants, but that's nothing new.

[dixiegrrrrl]

46. Well, the RNC could, I guess.

If the DNC sez no Fox, the RNC possibly/might could ban other networks.
But.....that would result in end of debates, if no networks are covering them.

Like most things, tis another ill considered example of Trump blathering.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Spoken like a true fascist, dictator wanna-be POS. Not POTUS, POS.

[C_U_L8R]

24. I liked it when The League of Women Voters ran the debates

It seemed there was less gaming the system.

[sandensea]

25. Another day, another tantrump.

[RDANGELO]

26. Now he has his excuse to not participate in any debates, and answere to all of his lies. n/t

[zaj]

27. He can refuse to show up. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

[stonecutter357]

28. lol fuck putin!

[RockRaven]

29. He presumes the D nominee is even interested in debating him.

I say let him have this melt-down, poke at him to make it worsen and persist, and then cite his statements as the reason for not having a debate. If you can make sure the blame sticks to him, it might be worth it to let him have his pouting, one-person boycott.

Why would anyone want to appear on the same stage as this pervert? As HRC found out, no matter how much you out-class him in the debate, the very fact of appearing alongside him normalizes and legitimizes him by putting him next to a rational, respectable person in a situation of alleged equality, and gives lazy pundits opportunities to raise false equivalencies and enough fodder to wax lyrically about how presidential he appeared. Screw it.

[StTimofEdenRoc]

30. So he will run for office from prison then.

[Chakaconcarne]

35. He doesn't want to debate....

Unless he can see ?s in advance

[dflprincess]

36. If there is any justice

he'll be watching the debates from his prison cell.

[JDC]

38. This is the door opening for to him doing no debates.

Another first for him to hang his hat on and for the networks to say things like "unprecedented"

His followers will love it if I had to guess. They know all they need to know already.

[onetexan]

48. u got it, he'll look like the embecilic fool everybody knows him to be when put up against any

of the Dems candidates and they won't be as accommodating as Hillary was.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

39. STAY STRONG Dems

Trump will do almost anything to protect his propaganda network. Do not let him win. We must expose Fox and it’s lies.

[jcmaine72]

40. He, of all people, should be grateful Faux won't be hosting the Democratic primary debates.

The last thing he needs is for his base to hear intelligent people debate America's problems intelligently. He'll look like an even bigger idiot and liar than he already does by comparison and a few of his rats might be tempted to jump off the ship before it sinks.

[defacto7]

41. Sorry DonDon, you're still not king.

[sakabatou]

42. Awww, did Trumpy have a sad?

[Marie Marie]

43. He must have gotten an hysterical phone call from Sean,

weeping and whining that the Democrats were being big meanies.

[SunSeeker]

44. Trump doesn't want a debate. nt

[Sapient Donkey]

45. Ahhh, so that is how Trump is going to get out of having any debates in the upcoming election.

"I will not go on any #FAKENEWS 'cause they didn't let Fox host the democrat's primary debates."


Such a petty chickenshit person.

[Oneironaut]

47. That would be a really dumb thing to do, considering they all helped him win in 2016.

He should be kissing their butts.