Hello again everyone thank you so much for joining us this Saturday. Frederick with him we are not starting with this breaking news. Vice President Connell A Harris has accepted an invitation from CNN to debate with former President Trump on October twenty-third. This will be their second meeting on the public debate stage. Trump suggested he might be open to another debate after his September tenth confrontation with her in Philadelphia last week after initially declining a second debate with Harris a few weeks earlier in the campaign, saying I quote him. Maybe if I get in the right mood and I quote him the scene and the debate will be like the June debate.
A similar format between Biden and Trump in which this time Harris Woodfield the moderator will take questions for ninety minutes without a live studio audience and it will be at the network studios in Atlanta. A lot of arguments can be made that this is classified for German I have already solved the problem with another debate the late voting option has already been introduced. He’s done one debate, I’ve done one, it’s too late to have another debate, I would like to do one too and there are many ways, but it’s too late, voters use the gas, voters get there immediately
So let’s turn now to our panel. Senior political commentator and former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, Jennings and Sean, and political commentator and former senior adviser to the Hillary Clinton Twenty Sixteen campaign, Karen Finney, it’s great to see you both on Saturday night, Scott, let’s start with you first, let’s talk about this potential debate.
Do you think the former president should reconsider this invitation? Do you think it’s the right decision for him not to have any additional debates? First of all let me say. I have full confidence. Lanta had a great debate second, I’m skeptical about whether he should have another debate. I thought maybe I don’t know he’s done seven I take Biden out of the summer. The rest of the six snap polls have always judged him right. This goes back to 2016. Not to win the debate, even though it didn’t prevent him from beating Hillary Clinton, he lost three to her, so I just thought I wonder what you’re going to gain from this. Is it worth your time when you’re running a campaign? He’s been right so long, you know I don’t know there’s a huge difference, you know
When you’re using your time you’re asking yourself am I gaining something positive? I don’t know if there’s anything to be gained, so I think he’s probably creating the right color. Part of him is taking care of Vice President Harris is very eager to have another debate, she and her team are very happy with the last debate, what do you think? I think any opportunity to have that kind of direct difference between the former president and our vice president is a win for the vice president. He did very well during this one. Quite frankly in the debates, I mean by his performance you see Donald Trump has taken a step back from where he was in 2016 or even in some of the debate performances in 2017 we saw a lot of nonsense, we saw you know he had no discipline, no ability to stay on message and focus, so I understand why they don’t want to do it, I agree with Scott
ASEAN and pay would be excellent opportunities, but I understand why they don’t want to do it. I see it as another great opportunity for the vice president and whenever she will be and then the environment she’s showing how strong a leader she is, what’s your view, is it unnecessary, you know, would be instructive for the president to debate again. The crazy kid that’s been brought up currently, I mean he’s not a particularly good debater. He did very poorly in the last one, in fact, he may have benefited from Joe Biden exploding in the first one, but he’s not a good debater and he’s so easily triggered and trolled by the com.