Worried that we might all talk about policy substance before Tuesday evening’s debate, Donald Trump is distracting us with his demand that Joe Biden submit to a drug test before they take the stage.
Incredibly, Joe Biden initially passed on the opportunity to respond:
Even Biden had to chuckle at Trump’s latest taunts, although the Democratic nominee opted against saying anything when a reporter asked him later Sunday about the president’s demand.
“He’s almost …,” Biden said before interrupting himself. “No. I have no comment” [Marc Caputo, “Biden Camp Clapback: “Trump’s Best Debate Case ‘Made in Urine’,” Politico, 2020.09.27].
But despite Uncle Joe’s admirable restraint, Team Biden ultimately decided this bit of Trumpist distraction is too juicy to pass up, because it shows how desperate Trump is to keep America from paying attention to his own subpar performance for the last four years:
“Vice President Biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. If the president thinks his best case is made in urine he can have at it,” said Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager. “We’d expect nothing less from Donald Trump, who pissed away the chance to protect the lives of 200K Americans when he didn’t make a plan to stop COVID-19.”
Normally, Biden’s campaign wouldn’t respond to Trump, calling his comments a distraction or a case of serial deception or both. Biden, for instance, last week declined in recent days to say whether he still opposes adding more members to the Supreme Court and Bedingfield also declined to comment on the idea of Trump not agreeing to peacefully transfer power if he loses the race to Biden.
But Trump’s remarks about Biden using drugs and needing a drug test were too weird to pass up for the campaign, especially because advisers want this process story to play out because it shows just how much trouble Trump feels he’s in concerning the debates.
Trump for months has been portraying Biden as weak and ‘sleepy,’ but setting expectations so low heading into a debate all but ensures the former vice president will more than deliver and has left Trump bracing for a presidential self-own [Caputo, 2020.09.27].
The only people who may need drug tests are the delirious voters who think leaving Trump in office for four more years will have no bad consequences for the United States of America.
how about Biden has a drug test and in return Trump would allow real time fact-checking during the debate?
I like your idea Owen. Of course both participants should be drug tested. We’ll see how much Adderall Dopey Doofus snorted.
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I’d pee in a cup any day as long as Donald Trump helf the cup.
Mr. Trump could piss in a bong and Mr. Biden could snort some demon weed bubbled up through the foul bile, for all I care and I will not be watching this farce. grudznick encourages you to vote for young Ms. Jorgensen, and her roaddog named “Spike.” grudznick is not making this up.
I agree with Mr. grudznick, I do not have Ms. Jorgenson as a choice so that will not enter my choices. Netflix has some good stuff on and I think that will occupy my evening just fine. A little kettle corn, yeah, that should do it.