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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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?