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Trump Misfires on Debate Claim

Trump Misfires on Debate Claim

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Monday, August 1st 2016 at 9:11PM · 1219 views
Trump Misfires on Debate Claim
By Robert Farley Posted on August 1, 2016


Donald Trump made the baseless accusation that the Hillary Clinton campaign was plotting to schedule two of three presidential debates on nights with NFL football games in order to limit viewership. The dates were set by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates long before either Trump or Clinton secured their parties’ presidential nominations, and before the National Football League even announced its 2016 schedule.

Trump got the ball rolling with a July 29 tweet that began, “As usual, Hillary & the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games … Unacceptable!”

In an interview with ABC News on July 29, which aired on ABC’s “This Week” on July 31, Trump was asked by host George Stephanopoulos about that debate schedule.


Trump, July 29: Well, I tell you what I don’t like, it’s against two NFL games. I got a letter from the NFL saying this is ridiculous, why are the debates against — because the NFL doesn’t want to go against the debates because the debates are going to be pretty massive, from what I understand …

Stephanopoulos: So, you don’t like the dates that are out there.

Trump: Well, I don’t like dates against — you know, Hillary Clinton wants to be against the NFL. She doesn’t maybe like she did with Bernie Sanders where they were on Saturday nights when nobody’s home.

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Comments (16)

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 8:43AM

People will watch the NFL live and the debates on replay. Do you think that's a good thing Ron, to discourage the voters' involvement?

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 9:28AM

I never want to discourage anyone from voters getting involved in this process.

I also believe that the was no plotting to schedule two of three presidential debates on nights with NFL football games in order to limit viewership and the schedule of the debates was scheduled long before we knew who was going to be in them.

Could this be Trump's sad attempt to back out from these debates?


Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 9:59AM

Ron, do you really think they had no openings on any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday night?!!!

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 10:07AM

Excuse me, they did manage to put the last one on a Wednesday. Now Ron, you know as well as I do that in the Fall, Sundays and Mondays are football days. So why would these idiots schedule a general election Presidential debate on one of those days. Answer: because the are not idiots, but they think we are. In many cases they are correct.

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 10:13AM

Now people are trying to spin this like "they didn't know who the candidates would be when they set the schedule." They may not have known who the Republican would be, but it's obvious they knew who the Democrat would be.

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 10:17AM

There was collusion on all levels. The super-delegates, Obama, the DNC, the FBI, the Justice Department, and the FEC.

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 10:23AM

Excuse me CPD not FEC.

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 10:27AM

In 1988, the League of Women Voters withdrew its sponsorship of the presidential debates after the George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis campaigns secretly agreed to a "memorandum of understanding" that would decide which candidates could participate in the debates, which individuals would be panelists (and therefore able to ask questions), and the height of the podiums. The League rejected the demands and released a statement saying that they were withdrawing support for the debates because "the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter."[9]

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 12:18PM

My one and only question to was: "Could this be Trump's sad attempt to back out from these debates?" And you came back with all of this BULL💩 And you never did answer my question, WHY?



Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 2:39PM

Hell no! Trump back out of a debate? In your dreams!

Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 2:41PM

Holy **** Ron, she couldn't even deal with Chris Wallace.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 4:29PM

The news is not about her Steven, the news is about what your boy is doing and how he I acting, get back on topic here!!!


"Donald Trump made the baseless accusation that the Hillary Clinton campaign was plotting to schedule two of three presidential debates on nights with NFL football games in order to limit viewership."



Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 5:07PM

Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that Clinton, Democrats rigged debate dates to conflict with NFL: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/st...


Steve Williams Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 7:06PM

There was collusion on all levels. The super-delegates, Obama, the DNC, the FBI, the Justice Department, and the CPD.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 8:37PM

On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on July 31, Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort bemoaned the debate conflicts with NFL games and said, “But we’re not going to fall ploy to … the Hillary Clinton ploy that she did against Bernie Sanders of trying to have the lowest viewing audience. We want the biggest.”

He trying to play all this off on the Hillary Clinton campaign, which they know is a LIE.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 at 8:56PM

This is what Trump is spewing> Trummp Claims “Hillary & the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games.” WOW!!! when the FACTS can prove he is LYING but he keep's right on LYING anyway.

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