10/7/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/MIKE PENCE: “.@KamalaHarris is about to take the debate stage –– but before she does, I need your help. Will you chip in to make sure Kamala knows you’ve got her back as she takes on Vice President Pence? https://t.co/QwFRpbMJVC?amp=1“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 7, 2020 2:40 pm […]

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10/7/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/MEDIA: “Taylor [Swift] — Thanks for your support and for speaking out at this crucial moment in our nation’s history. Election Day is right around the corner — are you ready for it? http://iwillvote.com RT @taylorswift13 I spoke to @vmagazine about why I’ll be voting for Joe Biden for president. So apt […]

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10/6/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS: “I can’t wait for @KamalaHarris to make history at tomorrow night’s debate. Before she takes the stage, don’t miss this event with @MindyKaling, @PadmaLakshmi, @DJCassidy, and more. RSVP today: https://t.co/wsuSsUPyI5?amp=1“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 3:30 pm […]

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10/6/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/OIL/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chris Wallace was a total JOKE. Protected Joe all night long. He’s no Mike!!! RT @paulsperry_ If @ the next debates, moderators don’t insist Biden flesh out his proposed policies IN DETAIL–finally providing voters SPECIFICS regarding his plan for a Medicare ‘option’ for all & his $4 trillion in tax […]

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10/6/2020

COVID-19/DEBATES/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “President Trump plans to participate in next week’s debate in person, his campaign said Tuesday, despite uncertainty around how he will recover from COVID-19… The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines state that adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 can be around others 10 days after symptoms first appeared so long […]

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10/5/2020

DEBATES: “Look, I was surprised to learn that Chris Wallace said there were a 158 interruptions in that [presidential] debate we had… I didn’t want to further demean the process of the debate by getting into a shouting match with him [Donald Trump]… I was trying to figure out how I could possibly have him […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “I thought it was embarrassing for the country the way the president acted to the rest of the world watching us. The next debate is going to be a town hall-type debate and I’m really looking forward to it because as I understand it audience members are going to ask us a question […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: [Russ Mitchell: “If you were to grade yourself A through F [on the presidential debate], how you did, what grade would you give yourself?”] “I don’t grade myself. I felt pretty good about my performance and what I did. What I tried doing if you noticed this, I talked to the American people. […]

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9/30/2020

ANTIFA/DEBATES: [Reporter: So, Mr. President, did you misspeak when you said ‘stand by’ [at the presidential debate]?”] “Just ‘stand by.’ Look, law enforcement will do their work. They’re going to stand down. They have to stand down. Everybody — they have to stand — whatever group you’re talking about, let law enforcement do the work. […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “You know Biden lost badly when his supporters are saying he should cancel the rest of the debates. Now, I understand he’s canceling the debates. Let’s see what happens. I think that’s not going to be a good move. I don’t think that’s going to be a good move. Television, with those ratings, […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “I really enjoyed last night’s debate with Sleepy Joe… The verdict is in and they say that we, we, all of us, won big last night. I don’t know. Did you hear about this? In the history of cable television, it had the highest ratings of any show in the history of cable […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During last night’s debate, President Trump refused to take responsibility for his mismanagement of a pandemic that has cost Minnesota more than 130,000 jobs and claimed the lives of more than 2,000 Minnesotans. He tried to distract from the fact that his administration is in court trying to eliminate protections for those […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/POLICE/RACISM: [Reporter: “Mr. President, can you explain what you meant last night when you said that the Proud Boys should ‘stand back and stand by’?”] “I don’t know who the Proud Boys are. I mean, you’ll have to give me a definition, because I really don’t know who they are. I can only say they […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “I thought the debate last night was great. We got tremendous reviews on it. We’re hitting what people want — law and order — which Biden was unable to even talk about because he’d lose the radical left — his radical-left followers. I don’t think there’s too many of them left. But I […]

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9/30/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “That’s what last night’s debate was about, this whole election is about, does your president have any idea and understand what you’re going through? And if he does, does he care about it? Is he able, as my mom would say, be able to walk a mile and your shoes, if […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/ENDORSEMENT/POLICE: “The sheriff of Multnomah County, Ore., which includes Portland, emphatically denied supporting President Trump on Tuesday evening [Sep. 29, 2020] — shortly after the president made the claim during his debate against Democrat Joe Biden. ‘In tonight’s presidential debate the President said the ‘Portland Sheriff’ supports him,’ Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese tweeted. ‘As […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/ENDORSEMENTS/POLICE: “Democratic nominee Joe Biden would not answer when pressed by President Trump during Tuesday [Sep. 29, 2020] night’s presidential debate about whether he has any backing from law enforcement groups. Both candidates have the backing of various law enforcement groups, but the Trump campaign has leaned into the endorsements much more as the Biden […]

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9/30/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES: “A review of the [Sep. 30, 2020 presidential] debate shows the candidates interrupted either Wallace or when their opponent was given the floor more than 90 times in the 90-minute debate — literally an interruption a minute. But Trump was responsible for more than three-fourths of them: 71, compared to Biden’s 22.” -Aaron […]

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9/30/2020

DEBATES/POLLS: “While the question of who won Tuesday’s presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lies in the court of public opinion, Spanish-speaking viewers of Telemundo gave their support to Trump… In a poll after the debate, 66 percent of participants told Telemundo they believed Trump won the debate. Only […]

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9/30/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Try getting a new Anchor and a smarter Democrat candidate! RT @AP BREAKING: The Commission on Presidential Debates says it will add new ‘tools to maintain order’ to the upcoming debates after a chaotic first contest between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. #Debates2020“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 30, […]

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9/30/2020

2020 ELECTION/AOC/BERNIE SANDERS/DEBATES/DEMS/JOE BIDEN: “Chris had a tough night. Two on one was not surprising, but fun. Many important points made, like throwing Bernie, AOC PLUS 3, and the rest, to the wolves! Radical Left is dumping Sleepy Joe. Zero Democrat enthusiasm, WEAK Leadership! RT @nytimes As the moderator of tonight’s debate, Chris Wallace of […]

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9/29/2020

DEBATES: “The Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, pledged allegiance to President Donald Trump on Tuesday night after he told the group to ‘stand back and stand by’ during the first presidential debate… Trump said to ‘give me a name’ when asked to denounce a specific group, and former Vice President Joe Biden called out […]

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9/29/2020

DEBATES: Chris Wallace: “I think that the country would be better served, if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions. I’m appealing to you, sir, to do that.” Donald Trump: “Well, and him [Joe Biden] too.” Wallace: “Well, frankly, you’ve been doing more interrupting than he has.” Trump: “Well, that’s all right, but […]

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9/29/2020

DEBATES: Joe Biden: “You’re the worst president America has ever had. Come on.” Donald Trump: “Hey, Joe, let me just tell you, Joe. In 47 months, I’ve done more than you’ve done in 47 years, Joe. We’ve done things that you never even thought of doing.” -Joe Biden and Donald Trump via CNBC Television, “President […]

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9/29/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/QUOTE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This. This is Donald Trump’s America. RT @ByMikeBaker The Proud Boys are ecstatic tonight about getting mentioned in the debate tonight. ‘Trump basically said to go fuck them up! this makes me so happy,’ writes one prominent Proud Boy.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 29, 2020 5:19 pm […]

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9/29/2020

2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After tonight, the choice in this election has never been clearer — and with 35 days to go, the stakes have never been higher. Tomorrow marks our final end-of-quarter deadline, and we need your help to hit our goal. Chip in to help beat Donald Trump: https://t.co/qenDA6FsjW?amp=1″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, […]

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9/29/2020

2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m about to step on stage to debate Donald Trump for the first time. But before I do, can you chip in to show him the power of our grassroots base? Every donation — big or small — goes a long way. https://t.co/HiNSLIqIPQ?amp=1″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 29, 2020 2:45 […]

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9/29/2020

DEBATES/SUPREME COURT: [Chris Wallace: “So my question to you is, you have refused in the past to talk about it, are you willing to tell the American tonight whether or not you will support either ending the filibuster or packing the court?”] Joe Biden: “Whatever position I take on that, that’ll become the issue. The […]

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9/29/2020

DEBATES/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA): Joe Biden: “Number one, he knows what I proposed. What I proposed is that we expand Obamacare and we increase it.” […] Donald Trump: “That’s not what you’ve said and it’s not what your party is saying.” Biden: “That is simply a lie.” Trump: “Your party doesn’t say it. Your party wants to […]

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9/28/2020

2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Folks, this is a big week for our campaign: Tomorrow, I face Donald Trump on the debate stage for the first time — and Wednesday is our final end-of-quarter fundraising deadline. We can’t afford to fall short here. Chip in today:“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 28, 2020 2:30 pm […]

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9/27/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: [Reporter: “Do you — you’ve said this numerous times, but do you really believe that Joe Biden will be on any type of performance-enhancing drug ahead of the debates? Or are you just joking?”] “No, I’m not joking. I mean, I’m willing to take a drug test. I think he should too, because […]

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9/24/2020

DEBATES: “I’ve done many interviews with Chris [Wallace]… but I have his all time record by far in ratings. And Chris is good, but I think I would be willing to bet that he won’t ask Biden tough questions [in the first presidential debate]. He’ll ask me tough questions, and it’ll show – it’ll be […]

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9/24/2020

DEBATE/JOE BIDEN: “Maybe he’s [Joe Biden] going to be great at the debate. He’s been doing it for 47 years. Somebody said, ‘Oh, he won’t do well at the debate.’ I said, ‘I think you’re wrong. He’ll do fine. He’s going to do fine.’ They’ll give him a big shot or something and he’ll go […]

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9/13/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/DEMS/ELIZABETH WARREN/FLORIDA/JOE BIDEN: “I thought Mini Mike [Bloomberg] was through with Democrat politics after spending almost 2 Billion Dollars, and then giving the worst and most inept Debate Performance in the history of Presidential Politics. Pocahontas [Elizabeth Warren] ended his political career on first question, OVER! Save NYC instead. RT @axios NEW: Bloomberg to […]

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9/12/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “Debates have worked out well for me. I don’t know what’s going to show up with Biden. I mean, I see different guys, I see a Biden that really tied Bernie. You know, everyone thought he was going to be killed by Bernie and it was tie. It was nothing — it wasn’t […]

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9/2/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “What I’d love to have is a crawler at the bottom of the screen, a fact checker when we speak. If we really wanted to do something, I think that would make a great, great debate. If everything both of us said was instantly fact-checked by an agreed to group of people out […]

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9/1/2020

DEBATES: [Laura Ingraham: “Why did you ask for a drug test before the debate? What prompted that with you and Joe Biden?”] “Because I watched Biden in the previous debates and he was horrible. And I watched him in the Bernie debate and he was normal. He wasn’t Winston Churchill, but he was normal. It […]

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8/27/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Andrea Mitchell: “Would you consider not debating the president?”] “I’m gonna debate him. Now I know for certain that— I’m going to be a fact-checker on the floor, while I’m debating him… It’s just one lie after another. Lying, lying, lying lying. One after another. But the debates are going to take […]

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8/26/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “President Trump says he will call for drug tests for both former Vice President Joe Biden and himself before the first candidates’ debate on Sept. 29. In an Oval Office interview Wednesday [Aug. 26, 2020], the president expressed suspicion at what he said was a sudden, marked improvement in Biden’s debate performance during […]

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8/20/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/DEMS: “After the worst debate performance in the history of politics, Michael Bloomberg, commonly known as Mini Mike, is trying to make a comeback by begging the Democrats for relevance. They treated him like a dog – and always will. Before politics, he said GREAT things about me!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2020 […]

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8/12/2020

DEBATES/KAMALA HARRIS/MIKE PENCE: “You know she’s very bad on facts. She is very weak on facts… I think she’s going to be a big failure. And I think — I look forward to the debate between her and Mike Pence, because I think he’ll do even better against her than he did about — against […]

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8/6/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “How can voters be sending in Ballots starting, in some cases, one month before the First Presidential Debate. Move the First Debate up. A debate, to me, is a Public Service. Joe Biden and I owe it to the American People!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2020 1:44 am […]

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8/5/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES: “[W]e should have the debates. The one problem I have, the debate’s very late. It’s at the end of September and a lot of ballots will already be cast by that time. They want to make the debates as late as possible. The first debate should be at least before the first ballots […]

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8/4/2020

2020 ELECTION/DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “Several political commentators have been urging former Vice President Joe Biden not to debate President Trump in the fall, arguing it’s a no-win scenario against someone who won’t follow the rules, but that idea is opposed by several prominent Democratic politicians – including Biden himself… The Trump campaign still has disagreements with […]

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3/16/2016

DEBATES: “I think we’ve had enough debates.” [Note: On 12-7-2011 Trump tweeted, “Why is the GOP establishment so threatened by the Newsmax – @iontv debate? More debate is always better.”]  – Donald Trump, Transcript, “Fox and Friends,” foxnews.com, March 16, 2016,  […]

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2/25/2016

DEBATES/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I know the insurance companies, they’re friends of mine. The top guys, they’re friends of mine. I shouldn’t tell you guys, you’ll say it’s terrible, I have a conflict of interest. They’re friends of mine, there’s some right in the audience. One of them was just waving to me, he was laughing and […]

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2/25/2016

DEBATES/HEALTHCARE/MARCO RUBIO/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Dana Bush: “Mr. Trump, Senator Rubio just said that you support the individual mandate. Would you respond?”] “I just want to say, I agree with that 100 percent, except pre-existing conditions, I would absolutely get rid of Obamacare. We’re going to have something much better, but pre-existing conditions, when I’m referring to […]

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10/28/2015

DEBATES/DONALD ON DONALD: “After a great evening and packed auditorium in Iowa, I am now in Colorado looking forward to what I am sure will be a very unfair debate!”  – 10/28/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 10/28/2015 […]

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10/15/2015

DEBATES/MEDIA: “The @GOP should not agree to the ridiculous debate terms that @CNBC is asking unless there is a major benefit to the party.”  – 10/15/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 10/15/2015 […]

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8/11/2015

CANDIDATE/DEBATES: The record ratings for the Republican debate earlier this month? “Who do you think they’re watching? Jeb Bush? Huh? I don’t think so.”  – Birch Run, Mich., Aug. 11, 2015, Donald Trump, 8/11/2015 […]

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10/23/2012

DEBATES: “.@bobschieffer did an excellent job as debate moderator last night. I only wish Mitt was more aggressive” [3:52:59 PM]  – 10/23/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/23/2012 […]

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10/23/2012

DEBATES: “.@MittRomney should have been more aggressive last night. Yet some polls have him winning the debate.” [12:41:55 PM]  – 10/23/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/23/2012 […]

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10/23/2012

DEBATES: “The debate was pretty even but I thought Mitt should have been much more aggressive on Obama’s failed foreign policy– and I mean much more.” [7:14:46 AM]  – 10/23/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/23/2012 […]

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10/22/2012

BENGHAZI/DEBATES: “I look forward to @MittRomney hitting Obama hard tonight for lying about Benghazi. CIA told Obama it was a terrorist attack after 24 hrs.” [5:10:33 PM]  – 10/22/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/22/2012 […]

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10/22/2012

DEBATES: “Obama is an easy target on foreign policy.@MittRomney has many openings to attack, especially when Obama starts bragging about Bin Laden.” [4:47:03 PM]  – 10/22/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/22/2012 […]

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10/22/2012

DEBATES/MEDIA/OBAMA: “Obama planted that @nytimes story on Iran so it will be discussed in tonight’s debate. He wants Libya and China off the table.” [4:19:40 PM]  – 10/22/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/22/2012 […]

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10/17/2012

DEBATES/OBAMA/RECORDS: “If Obama goes after Mitt’s private sector experience in the next debate then Mitt should ask for Obama’s college records–all of them.” [4:09:53 PM]  – 10/17/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/17/2012 […]

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