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No one should ever debate Trump unless the moderator has a "shut the fuck up" switch to cut off the mic. That dumbass has a diarrhea firehose for a mouth, and no self control or manners.
I'd prefer it if all candidates had their own sound proof booth. Cut the mic and activate the window blur/block the millisecond they go over time, go off topic, deflect or just spew mouth diarrhea. And make sure it's locked, too.
And a fact checker that will interrupt blatant lies.
Trump says things that are incorrect and asserts that reality is a lie.
Make it a loud airhorn sound.
"I will ...." HOOOOOONNK
For far too long people have been under the illusion that politicians try and debate in good faith and to some extent certain politicians do - Biden will spin facts into a better light or down play some issues; that's politics, right? But Trump is everything bad in politics and perhaps humanity, all wrapped into one. To give that a microphone is bad enough, but to think you can "debate" such a thing, should be someone's first and last mistake. It's pointless because there's no new perspective for Trump to bring to America's current situation; Biden knows this. In many ways, you either vote against Trump because you know what he is, or you vote for Trump because you believe what he wants you to know; he only brings "alternate facts," and again, Biden knows this.