Biden’s team had a few demands for a Trump debate. A major one: No crowd.
“Trump feeds off the crowd, they give him life. We wanted to take that away.”
By JONATHAN LEMIRE
05/17/2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/17/biden-trump-debate-2024-demands-00158586
This is ridiculous. The Biden team put forth all these ridiculous demands to try to save the senile codger.
An empty TV studio could, Biden aides feel, deprive their GOP rival of a major advantage when they face off.
Of course they want no crowds. Have you seen how many people show up in Biden's rallies? He would struggle to fill the studio. Plus, even if he found some Democrats they might have interrupted with pro-Palestine chants so it wouldn't be to his advantage.
There were several conditions that the Biden team felt were necessary in order to agree to a debate with the former president, among them that the hosts weren’t from outlets with an ideological bent toward Trump
How many major outlets have an ideological bent toward Trump and how many toward Biden?
And why did Biden's handlers insist on no third party candidates? Are they afraid to let the people decide?
Cutting off the microphones is a good move as long as it is applied to everyone and not just Trump.