Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 02:01 pm
Bernie Sanders expressed his frustration with the Republican presidential nominee after Donald Trump backed out on debating Sanders in California.
After there were at least two offers made by television networks to host the debate and make sizable donations to charity, Donald Trump backed out. In a statement, Trump said, “Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher. Likewise, the networks want to make a killing on these events and are not proving to be too generous to charitable causes, in this case, women’s health issues. Therefore, as much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders – and it would be an easy payday – I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be.
Trump has come up with two excuses for backing out. Bernie Sanders is a loser, and the television networks aren’t paying enough money for the debate.
Bernie Sanders responded to Trump with a blistering statement:
In recent days, Donald Trump has said he wants to debate, he doesn’t want to debate, he wants to debate and, now, he doesn’t want to debate.
Given that there are several television networks prepared to carry this debate and donate funds to charity, I hope that he changes his mind once again and comes on board.
There is a reason why in virtually every national and statewide poll I am defeating Donald Trump, sometimes by very large margins and almost always by far larger margins than Secretary Clinton. There is a reason for that reality, and the American people should be able to see it up front in a good debate and a clash of ideas.
The truth is that Trump never had any intention of debating Bernie Sanders. The Trump campaign admitted that they were only considering the idea because of all of the publicity that the idea generated. Bernie Sanders has been calling Trump a liar for months, so it should come as no surprise to him that Trump lied about the debate.
The networks could offer $20 million, and Trump would say no. They could offer $100 million, and Trump would say no because he doesn’t want to debate Bernie Sanders.
Trump is afraid to debate Sen. Sanders. Bernie Sanders more than held his own with Hillary Clinton, while Trump struggled in debates with Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.
Donald Trump would probably get his clock cleaned by Bernie Sanders, which is the biggest reason why the Republican nominee chickened out of the debate.
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