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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 08:28 AM Sep 2016

Trump lays the groundwork to back out of the debates: “I don’t think Anderson Cooper should be a...

Trump lays the groundwork to back out of the debates: “I don’t think Anderson Cooper should be a moderator”

The GOP nominee is already priming his supporters to cry foul about his treatment at the debates

SOPHIA TESFAYE

In the Washington Post interview published Thursday evening that caused all the stir about Donald Trump’s continued birtherism, the GOP nominee also announced that he no longer supports at least one of the already agreed upon debate moderators.

“I don’t think Anderson Cooper should be a moderator, because Anderson Cooper works for CNN and over the last couple of days, I’ve seen how Anderson Cooper behaves,” Trump told The Post’s Robert Costa. “He’ll be very biased, very biased. I don’t think he should be a moderator.”

Just days prior, the controversial candidate called for a debate with no moderators at all, preemptively complaining that the presence of journalists will rig create an “unfair” advantage for his opponent.

“Let Hillary and I sit there and just debate, because I think that the system is being rigged, so I think it’s going to be a very unfair debate,” Trump said on CNBC.

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http://www.salon.com/2016/09/16/trump-lays-the-groundwork-to-back-out-of-the-debates-i-do-not-think-anderson-cooper-should-be-a-moderator/
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Trump lays the groundwork to back out of the debates: “I don’t think Anderson Cooper should be a... (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2016 OP
another agreement he is trying to back out of Sanity Claws Sep 2016 #1
A few applicable substitutions: Bibliovore Sep 2016 #2
Coopers light face will really contrast against the red, capillary face and white, white tiny hands Sunlei Sep 2016 #3

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
1. another agreement he is trying to back out of
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 10:14 AM
Sep 2016

He is supposed to be a businessman. Shouldn't he understand what a contract is?

Bibliovore

(185 posts)
2. A few applicable substitutions:
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 10:46 AM
Sep 2016

“We don’t think Donald Trump should be a president, because Donald Trump works for Donald Trump and over the last couple of decades, we've seen how Donald Trump behaves.... He’ll be very biased, very biased. We don’t think he should be a president.”

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