Why Is Donald Trump Afraid to Debate? - WSJ Editorial

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Why is Mr. Trump afraid to confront other Republicans without the aid of a teleprompter? Is he worried he’d look his age at 77 next to younger candidates? To state the obvious, Mr. Trump is running to be President and leader of the free world. Voters deserve to hear him defend his record and his platform.

• Abortion. Mr. Trump said this weekend that Gov. Ron DeSantis made a “terrible mistake” by signing Florida’s six-week abortion ban. Yet Mr. Trump refuses to explain where in pregnancy he’d draw the line, saying vaguely that “we’ll come up with a number.” How? By spinning a giant wheel, like on a TV game show, except marked with “10 weeks,” “15 weeks,” and so forth? The public takes the abortion question seriously, and Mr. Trump owes a serious answer.

• Covid-19. Whose pandemic policies worked? Mr. Trump has exchanged barbs with Mr. DeSantis, and a recent Trump advertisement intones that “Lockdown Ron” failed Florida. But Florida was one of the earliest states to reopen, and it became a mecca for many Americans fleeing the locked-down blue states. “Even January of 2021, I was getting hit by the White House task force under Trump,” Mr. DeSantis recalled recently. “Weeks before he left office, they were sending us missives to Florida, saying, ‘Impose a mask mandate, and close bars and restaurants and businesses.’” Covid was a classic example of an unexpected crisis that Presidents have to face, and Mr. Trump’s record deserves a public vetting.

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• Jan. 6, 2021. Was Mike Pence right, before and after the Capitol riot, to insist on counting the Electoral College votes for President Biden? During the first GOP debate, the consensus on the stage was yes. Mr. Trump should give his response, including his answer to why his contrary theory wouldn’t let Vice President Kamala Harris reject Republican electors after the 2024 campaign.

• Age and competence. The public is understandably worried about the visible decline of Mr. Biden, who is 80 years old and would be 86 at the end of a second term. Yet Mr. Trump would be 82 at the end of his second term in 2029, and he isn’t exactly in shape to set records at the YMCA senior triathlon. Do the concerns about age not apply to him?

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Before you alert, yet, many voters are concerned about Biden's age. Mentioning this here is not "bashing Democratic leaders," or "promoting RW ideas."

[gab13by13]

1. He is afraid of Chris Christie,

[LogicFirst]

2. He doesn't need to. Debating will only hurt him.

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3. Yes, from his recent speeches and interviews he comes across...

barely coherent at times. He recently said that he beat Pres. Obama in 2016.

A flub like that on stage with those other candidates will sink him and all he'll have to look forward to convictions and serving time.

Wouldn't want to be him.

[Wonder Why]

4. C'mon, WSJ. You know why. Just say it. HE LIES EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH!

[Aristus]

5. The Whore Street Urinal steps on its dick again.

Trump is afraid to debate because he doesn't know how. One needs a quick, incisive, nimble mind, coupled with a firm grasp of the issues, in order to debate.

Trump just bellows and bloviates, wanders around the dais, hovers over his opponent in an attempt to intimidate them, and mistakes their revulsion at his ugly face and no-doubt horrible smell as intimidation. That's not debate. And while his sick, demented, slow-zombie followers cackle and applaud everything he does, those of us who aren't Trumpster untermenschen demand more in a debate.

[republianmushroom]

6. Simple answer, "Senility".