Donald Trump launched an election debate challenge to Joe Biden on Wednesday.
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Donald Trump launched an election debate challenge to Joe Biden on Wednesday after the two emerged from primaries as the all-but certain Republican and Democratic candidates in November’s US presidential election.
“It’s important for the good of our country that Joe Biden and I debate issues that matter to America and the American people,” said Trump, who has recused himself from every debate in the race for the Republican nomination. debate.
“I call for debate anywhere, anytime!” he wrote on his “Truth Social” platform.
Trump, 77, locked up the Republican nomination amid a 15-state Super Tuesday voting frenzy, defeating Nikki Haley, the only remaining challenger, in every state except Vermont. . Biden is almost certain to be his opponent.
Haley and other major rivals have repeatedly asked Trump to appear at Republican televised debates, but he has declined because he believes he has nothing to gain by sharing the spotlight with a rival that polls lower in the polls.
But he polled within the margin of error of the 81-year-old Biden and changed his stance, saying he would even agree to a Democratic-sponsored debate.
Biden and Trump have both faced questions about their age and mental acuity, but he has not said whether he would be willing to debate Trump.
The two debated twice in 2020, but the first devolved into chaos as Trump spent much of the time shouting out Biden, and the third was canceled after Trump refused to proceed virtually due to Covid-19 Cancel.
Trump also vowed to provide a “quick response” to Biden in his State of the Union address, saying “it’s important for the country to know the truth.”
The annual address will take place on Thursday, where the president will lay out his vision for governing, tout his record and lay the groundwork for the next four years in office.
While Biden has occasionally been criticized for distorting facts, Trump has made false claims almost every time he speaks publicly.
His repeated false claims that fraud was the reason he lost the 2020 election to Biden appear in the criminal indictment he faces and are summed up by a phrase that has become part of the political lexicon: “the big lie.”
The Washington Post lists more than 30,000 false or misleading statements Trump made publicly during his first term — about 21 a day.
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