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Nolte: Sam Harris Approves of Media Misinforming Voters to Stop Trump

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Supposed free-thinker and renowned atheist Sam Harris has admitted that he approves of the corporate media manipulating and misinforming the public to stop Donald Trump.

So much for pretending you believe in people hearing all the facts and making up their own minds about things. No, no … in order to preserve democracy, we must manipulate the people, lie to them by way of omission, and hide the truth.

Here it is, straight from the liar’s mouth:

Wow, you can actually watch Sam Harris self-destruct his career in 2 min 20 seconds.

“Taking down the New York Post’s [laptop article]? That’s a Left-wing conspiracy to deny the presidency to Donald Trump. Absolutely it was. But I think it was warranted.” pic.twitter.com/0bIoWJDdNa

— Alexandra Marshall (@ellymelly) August 18, 2022

HARRIS: [Trump’s corruption] doesn’t answer the people who say it’s completely unfair to not have looked at the laptop in a timely way and to have shut down the New York Post’s Twitter account: ‘That’s a left-wing conspiracy to deny [Trump] his [second term].’ Absolutely it was! Absolutely! But I think it was warranted.

INTERVIEWER: You’re saying you’re content with a left-wing conspiracy to prevent somebody from being democratically reelected president.

Harris doesn’t say, No, that’s not okay . Instead, he argues that it was a conspiracy out in the open, so not really a conspiracy.

Sam Harris is one of those mercenary leftists who likes to stroke those on the right desperate for anyone on the left to agree with them about anything. So, yeah, he’ll say a few things we agree with. But at heart, he’s a fascist leftist. Just another scumbag willing to not only deceive you, but openly brag about his willingness to deceive you — laugh right in your face — to show off for his left-wing pals.

And Harris’s willingness to deceive you and laugh about deceiving you is not his only sin. He also lies about Trump’s “corruption” being a fact when he has been convicted of nothing, despite six years and billions of dollars aligned against him in the media, local and federal law enforcement, and all the impeachments and January 6 kangaroo courts.

Harris claims:

Whatever the scope of Joe Biden’s corruption is… If we could go down that rabbit hole for a second and understand he’s getting kickbacks from Hunter Biden’s deals in Ukraine or wherever else — China — it is infinitesimal compared to the corruption we know Trump is involved in.

“We know Trump is involved in.”

We know?

You know what?

His only example is Trump University — lol — which he thinks is worse than a sitting president and vice president accepting kickbacks from foreign countries.

Trump is the most vetted man in the world, and they got bupkis, but Sam Harris — Mr. Free Thinker, Mr. Intellectually Honest — is lying about known corruption . There is no Known Corruption anywhere close to Trump.

What a phony Sam Harris is … and shame on those who have not always known that.

I mean, here it is, right out in the open. To get his way, Sam Harris is willing to lie to you, deceive you, manipulate information, and meddle in democracy. Moreover, the left and media are now so corrupt that he will pay no price for admitting to being corrupt beyond belief.

This is who these people are.

There is no low they will not hit to get their way, and admitting to that is now a badge of honor among the establishment.

The whole establishment needs to come down—all of it.

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds

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As Donald J. Trump weighs whether to open an unusually early White House campaign, a New York Times/Siena College poll shows that his post-presidential quest to consolidate his support within the Republican Party has instead left him weakened, with nearly half the party’s primary voters seeking someone different for president in 2024 and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination.

By focusing on political payback inside his party instead of tending to wounds opened by his alarming attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, Mr. Trump appears to have only deepened fault lines among Republicans during his yearlong revenge tour. A clear majority of primary voters under 35 years old, 64 percent, as well as 65 percent of those with at least a college degree — a leading indicator of political preferences inside the donor class — told pollsters they would vote against Mr. Trump in a presidential primary.

Mr. Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, appears to have contributed to the decline in his standing, including among a small but important segment of Republicans who could form the base of his opposition in a potential primary contest. While 75 percent of primary voters said Mr. Trump was “just exercising his right to contest the election,” nearly one in five said he “went so far that he threatened American democracy.”

Overall, Mr. Trump maintains his primacy in the party: In a hypothetical matchup against five other potential Republican presidential rivals, 49 percent of primary voters said they would support him for a third nomination.

Republican Voters on Their Preferred Candidate for President

If the Republican 2024 presidential primary were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were:

Donald

Trump

Ron

DeSantis

Ted

Cruz

Mike

Pence

Nikki

Haley

Mike

Pompeo

All respondents

25%

7%

6%

6%

2%

49%

Gender

Male

52%

25%

7%

5%

4%

2%

Female

45%

24%

6%

8%

8%

2%

Education

Bachelor’s

degree or higher

28%

32%

7%

10%

12%

3%

No bachelor’s

degree

58%

21%

7%

5%

3%

2%

Donald

Trump

Ron

DeSantis

Ted

Cruz

Mike

Pence

Nikki

Haley

Mike

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25%

7%

6%

6%

2%

Gender

Male

52

25

7

5

4

2

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45

24

6

8

8

2

Education

Bachelor’s

degree

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28

32

7

10

12

3

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degree

58

21

7

5

3

2

The greatest threat to usurp Mr. Trump within the party is Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who was the second choice with 25 percent and the only other contender with double-digit support. Among primary voters, Mr. DeSantis was the top choice of younger Republicans, those with a college degree and those who said they voted for President Biden in 2020.

While about one-fourth of Republicans said they didn’t know enough to have an opinion about Mr. DeSantis, he was well-liked by those who did. Among those who voted for Mr. Trump in 2020, 44 percent said they had a very favorable opinion of Mr. DeSantis — similar to the 46 percent who said the same about Mr. Trump.

Should Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Trump face off in a primary, the poll suggested that support from Fox News could prove crucial: Mr. Trump held a 62 percent to 26 percent advantage over Mr. DeSantis among Fox News viewers, while the gap between the two Floridians was 16 points closer among Republicans who mainly receive their news from another source.

The survey suggests that Mr. Trump would not necessarily enter a primary with an insurmountable advantage over rivals like Mr. DeSantis. His share of the Republican primary electorate is less than Hillary Clinton’s among Democrats was at the outset of the 2016 race , when she was viewed as the inevitable front-runner, but ultimately found herself embroiled in a protracted primary against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Mr. Trump’s troubles inside his party leave him hamstrung in a matchup against an unusually vulnerable incumbent.

The Times/Siena poll suggested that the fears of many Republican elites about a Trump candidacy may be well-founded: He trailed President Biden, 44 percent to 41 percent, in a hypothetical rematch of the 2020 contest, despite plummeting support for Mr. Biden , with voters nationwide giving him a perilously low 33 percent job-approval rating.

A growing anyone-but-Trump vote inside the party contributed to Mr. Trump’s deficit, with 16 percent of Republicans saying that if he were the nominee they would support Mr. Biden, would back a third-party candidate, wouldn’t vote at all or remained unsure what they would do. That compared to 8 percent of Democrats who said they would similarly abandon Mr. Biden in a matchup with Mr. Trump.

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

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Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

The first poll of the midterm cycle. The New York Times has released its first national survey of the 2022 midterm cycle. Here’s what to know:

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

Biden’s struggles to win approval. President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent of Democratic voters saying they would prefer a new standard-bearer in 2024. Voters nationwide, meanwhile, gave Mr. Biden a meager 33 percent job-approval rating , and only 13 percent said the nation was on the right track.

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

Some in G.O.P. are ready to leave Trump behind. As the former president weighs another White House bid, nearly half of Republican primary voters would prefer someone other than Mr. Trump for president in 2024, with a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination.

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

A tight race for Congress. Despite Mr. Biden’s low approval ratings, Democrats are roughly tied with Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Among registered voters, 41 percent said they preferred Democrats to control Congress compared with 40 percent who preferred Republicans.

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

The class divide widens. Voters who said abortion, guns or threats to democracy were the biggest problem facing the country backed Democrats by a wide margin , as Republicans make new inroads among nonwhite and working-class voters who remain more concerned about the economy.

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

Americans are feeling dour about the economy. As inflation persists, just 10 percent of registered voters say the U.S. economy is “good” or “excellent.” Americans’ grim outlook is bad news for Democrats, given that 78 percent of voters say inflation will be “extremely important” when they head to the polls.

Key Findings From the Times/Siena College Poll

Young voters are fed up with their leaders. Just 1 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds strongly approve of the way President Biden is handling his job. And 94 percent of Democrats under 30 said they wanted another candidate to run two years from now. Young voters were most likely to say they wouldn’t vote for either Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump in a hypothetical 2024 rematch.

For Mr. Trump, bleeding that amount of Republican support would represent a sharp increase compared with the already troubling level of the party’s vote he shed during his last race.

In 2020, 9 percent of Republicans voted for someone other than Mr. Trump, while Mr. Biden lost just 4 percent of Democrats, according to AP VoteCast , a large study of the 2020 electorate by NORC at the University of Chicago for The Associated Press.

Kenneth Abreu, a 62-year-old pharmaceutical executive from Pennsylvania, said he had voted Republican for three decades but would support Mr. Biden instead of voting again for Mr. Trump.

“Unlike all these other people who believe every word he says, I’m done,” Mr. Abreu said. “All the garbage he’s been talking about, the lies, Jan. 6, the whole thing — I just lost all respect for him.”

How Times reporters cover politics. We rely on our journalists to be independent observers. So while Times staff members may vote, they are not allowed to endorse or campaign for candidates or political causes. This includes participating in marches or rallies in support of a movement or giving money to, or raising money for, any political candidate or election cause.

Still, many Republicans who favor someone else in a primary would nonetheless rally behind Mr. Trump if he won the nomination.

Richard Bechtol, a 31-year-old Republican voter in Columbus, Ohio, said he would back either Mr. DeSantis or Senator Ted Cruz of Texas over the former president. Mr. Bechtol was disturbed by Mr. Trump’s behavior that led to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

“I hope he doesn’t run at all,” Mr. Bechtol said of the former president.

Mr. Bechtol, a lawyer, said he found Mr. Trump’s arrogance off-putting, saw Mr. Trump as a divisive figure in the party and believed that he bore responsibility for the violence.

But he said he would support Mr. Trump in 2024 in a rematch with President Biden.

“Biden is getting bullied by the left wing of his party and I worry about his cognitive function as well — actually, I worry about that with Trump, too,” he said. “It’s really a lesser-of-two-evils situation for me.”

It is too early to tell whether the challenges for Mr. Trump inside his party will result in anything more than speed bumps on his path to the Republican nomination. Underscoring his residual strength, he is viewed favorably by 65 percent of Republicans who said they would vote against him in a primary, compared with 33 percent who said they had an unfavorable view.

“Trump did a hell of a job on the economy,” said Marie Boyce, a New York Republican in her 70s. “There isn’t anything wrong I could say about him.”

David Beard, a 69-year-old retiree in Liberal, Mo., who said he mostly relied on Social Security for his income, said he was frustrated with both political parties and all levels of government. He plans to stick with Mr. Trump in 2024, betting that was the best chance to improve the economy.

“When Trump was in office, it didn’t seem like prices went haywire,” Mr. Beard said.

He said Democrats’ efforts to hold Mr. Trump accountable for the Jan. 6 attack had been a pointless distraction. “The government’s whole focus should have been on the people of the United States and the situation we’re in, instead of wasting time and money trying to impeach him,” Mr. Beard said. “Nothing is being done to help the people, and I believe that with all my heart.”

About 20 percent of all registered voters said they didn’t like either Mr. Trump or Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump also trailed his successor among these voters, 39 percent to 18 percent. One in five volunteered to pollsters that they would sit out such an election, though that option had not been offered to them.

“I never thought I would say this, but it if was Biden and Trump I don’t think I would vote,” said Gretchen Aultman, a 74-year-old retired lawyer in Colorado who voted for Mr. Trump in 2016. “I liked Trump’s policies, but he was so abrasive and unpolished, and having him as president was just tearing the country apart.”

Ms. Aultman said she didn’t see the current president as an acceptable alternative. “I can’t in good conscience vote for Biden,” she said. “I recognize the signs of being old, and his mental acuity is not going to last another two years.”

Between the large number of primary voters ready for another nominee, and the growing number who say they would not vote for the former president again under any circumstances, the poll suggests Mr. Trump’s biggest hurdle to winning a second term isn’t another Republican opponent — it’s himself.

John Heaphy, a 70-year-old retired software engineer in Arizona, said he voted for Mr. Trump in 2020 but planned to back Mr. Biden in 2024 because of the Capitol riot.

Mr. Heaphy said that Mr. Trump had incited an insurrection, and that he was shaken by the support the former president’s false claims have received from other Republicans. Indeed, according to the poll, 86 percent of Republicans who said they would support Mr. Trump in the 2024 primary said he was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election.

“Trump lost the election,” Mr. Heaphy said. “There are too many people out there that just don’t seem like they believe in reality anymore.”

While Mr. Trump has described election integrity as the country’s most pressing concern, just 3 percent of Republicans named it as the nation’s top problem. But Mr. Trump’s response to his 2020 defeat was a significant factor in how Republicans are thinking about 2024.

Among Republicans who said they plan to vote against Mr. Trump in a primary, 32 percent said the former president’s actions threatened American democracy.

Paula Hudnall, a 51-year-old nurse in Charleston, W.Va., said Mr. Trump was right to question the results of the election. She said she didn’t blame him for the violence at the Capitol.

“Anytime you have a large gathering you’re going to have people who get out of hand and are unruly,” said Ms. Hudnall, who identified the economy and infrastructure as her top issues.

Ms. Hudnall said she was interested in learning about other Republican candidates, but that Mr. Trump already had her vote again for 2024.

The Times/Siena survey of 849 registered voters nationwide was conducted by telephone using live operators from July 5 to 7. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points. Cross-tabs and methodology are available here .

Isabella Grullón Paz and Nate Cohn contributed reporting.

Trump signs executive order allowing US to ban Huawei equipment

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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring a national emergency and barring US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk.

Key points:

  • The executive order allows for a ban on networking equipment made by Huawei
  • The order does not mention Huawei but US officials have previously labelled the company a “threat”
  • The move comes at a delicate time in trade relations between China and the US

The order paves the way for a ban on US companies doing business with China’s Huawei.

The executive order invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the President the authority to regulate commerce in response to a national emergency that threatens the United States.

The order directs the Commerce Department, working with other government agencies, to draw up a plan for enforcement within 150 days.

The order, which has been under review for more than a year, is aimed at protecting the supply chain from “foreign adversaries to the nation’s information and communications technology and services supply chain,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, Americans will be able to trust that our data and infrastructure are secure,” he said.

A senior Trump administration official told the ABC the order, which does not specifically name any nation or business, “is company and country agnostic”.

But chairman of the judiciary committee Lindsey Graham has said it is aimed at China and Huawei.

US officials have previously labelled Huawei a “threat” and actively lobbied allies to not use Huawei network equipment in next-generation 5G networks.

The executive order comes at a delicate time in relations between China and the US , as the world’s two largest economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what US officials call China’s unfair trade practices.

Washington believes equipment made by Huawei could be used by the Chinese state to spy.

Huawei, which has repeatedly denied the allegations, did not immediately comment.

How will this affect companies already using Huawei?

According to the senior Trump administration official, the rules of the order will apply to “any transaction initiated, pending or completed after the date of the executive order, which is today.”

The official said interim regulations would be issued within the next 150 days.

But it is not clear how the order will impact on companies who already use or who are installing Huawei products.

“As we put out these interim regulations and we solicit comment and feedback, we don’t anticipate providing informal guidance regarding particular sectors or transactions before that 150 days is expired,” the official said.

“And so it will be a very iterative process and open and transparent process with the community and stakeholders at large as we build towards that final rule.”

While large US wireless companies have already cut ties with Huawei, small rural carriers continue to rely on both Huawei and ZTE switches and other equipment because they tend to be cheaper.

The US has been actively pushing other countries not to use Huawei’s equipment in next-generation 5G networks that it calls “untrustworthy”.

In August, Mr Trump signed a bill that barred the US Government itself from using equipment from Huawei and another Chinese provider, ZTE Corp.

Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai, who has called Huawei a threat to US security, said “given the threats presented by certain foreign companies’ equipment and services, this is a significant step toward securing America’s networks”.

Huawei and 70 of its affiliates have also been added to the Commerce Department’s so-called “Entity List”, a move that will make it more difficult for the company to buy parts and components from US businesses.

US officials said the move, which is backed by Mr Trump, would also make it difficult for Huawei to sell some products because of its reliance on US suppliers.

Earlier this month British Prime Minister Theresa May sacked UK defence secretary Gavin Williamson following an investigation that suggested he was leaking discussions about Huawei from the National Security Council.

It was reported that the security council had agreed to let Huawei participate in some aspects of building Britain’s 5G wireless network.

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Donald Trump’s 2022 Endorsement Record Grows to 209-17

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Five candidates backed by former President Donald J. Trump won their primary races in Wyoming and Alaska Tuesday night, growing his overall endorsement record to 210-17 in 2022.

Perhaps the biggest win for Trump in this year’s election cycle came Tuesday night when Harriet Hageman thumped incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in Wyoming’s Congressional race. Cheney, an impeachment Republican in the House of Representatives and the vice chair of the January 6 Select Committee, did not come close to her challenger in the contest for the At-Large Congressional District.

CASPER, WY - MAY 28: Wyoming candidate for Governor Harriet Hageman walks on stage to introduce former President Donald Trump at a rally on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. The rally is being held to support Harriet Hageman, Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary challenger in Wyoming. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)

CASPER, WY – MAY 28: Wyoming candidate for Governor Harriet Hageman walks on stage to introduce former President Donald Trump at a rally on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. The rally is being held to support Harriet Hageman, Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary challenger in Wyoming. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)

With 95 percent reported as of Thursday, Hageman, backed by Trump, secured 113,025 votes (66.3 percent) to Cheney’s 49,316 (28.2 percent), according to the Associated Press election results compiled by the New York Times . Around 30 minutes after the polls closed in Wyoming, Decision Desk HQ and Dave Wasserman of the Cook Report both called the race for Hageman. Following her loss, Cheney seemed to compare herself to the first Republican President Abraham Lincoln, as Breitbart News reported :

The great original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all. Lincoln ultimately prevailed. He saved our union and he defined our obligation as Americans for all of history.

Trump had three other endorsements on the line in Wyoming Tuesday, all of which were at the state executive level. State Rep. Chuck Gray secured the nomination for Secretary of State, betting out Tara Nethercott. Wyoming Treasurer Curt Meier advanced to the general election in his renomination bid for Treasurer, while Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schoeder came up short in his effort for renomination to challenger Megan Degenfelder.

In Alaska, both Trump-endorsed candidates advanced to general election races.

Kelly Tshibaka, who has Trump’s backing, advanced to the ranked-choice election from the open primary for U.S. Senate. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who voted to impeach Trump and has the support of Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY), also advanced. With 82 percent of the vote tabulated as of Thursday morning, Tshibaka garnered 39.8 percent of the response, while Murkowski took 44.2 percent. Two other candidates will also advance from the open primary, though it has not been officially declared who as of yet.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - JULY 09: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka (L) pumps her fist as former U.S. President Donald Trump (R) looks on during a "Save America" rally at Alaska Airlines Center on July 09, 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska. Former President Donald Trump held a "Save America" rally in Anchorage where he campaigned with U.S. House candidate former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – JULY 09: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka (L) pumps her fist as former U.S. President Donald Trump (R) looks on during a “Save America” rally at Alaska Airlines Center on July 09, 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska. Former President Donald Trump held a “Save America” rally in Anchorage where he campaigned with U.S. House candidate former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tshibaka highlighted the process of the ranked-choice election system in an interview on Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday over the weekend.

“In November, what happens is everyone gets to go in and vote for their top candidate first – if you want, you get to vote for a backup candidate or two back-up candidates or three – so you rank your second, third, and fourth choice,” she explained. “If the candidate that comes in first doesn’t cross the 50% line – get at least half the votes in the election – then the fourth candidate drops off. Their second, third, and fourth place votes get reallocated. The third candidate drops off, their second, third, and fourth place votes get reallocated.”

She also took a swipe at Murkowski.

“She doesn’t tell us the truth. She says one thing here in Alaska and then does the exact opposite in D.C.,” Tshibaka said. “She’ll talk about writing the infrastructure bill with Bernie Sanders, but she won’t tell us that the radical extremists in the Biden administration are piling up all these new regulations on us [in the bill.]”

Sarah Palin advanced to the general election for Alaska’s at-large Congressional District along with Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich. As Alaska’s election system is ranked-choice, one more candidate will advance to the general, and with 82 percent of the vote reported, Tara Sweeney looks to be the favorite for the final spot.

Trump’s 5-1 score in one night puts his overall record in statewide and federal races at 189-12 this election cycle. Such races are comprised of gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and statewide executive contests. In governor’s races this year, Trump’s record stands at 15-3, while Tshibaka’s advancement grows his U.S. Senate endorsement record to a perfect 19-0. In Congressional races, he has fared very well, with an overall primary record of 137-5.

While Trump has had great success in picking candidates for federal races, the majority of his losses this cycle have come in lower statewide executive and state legislature races. In statewide executive contests, his candidates are 16-4, and in county and state legislature primaries, his record sits at 21-5. Moreover, two of his candidates – former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Connie Conway (R-CA) – have taken home a special primary and special election victory, respectively.

The midterm primaries are beginning to wind down as candidates who have advanced prepare for general election races. However, a few primaries remain, including Florida and New York congressional primaries on August 23.

Will second presidential debate be canceled? Trump insists on facing Biden despite having COVID

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The second presidential debate is scheduled to take place in Miami on October 15, but President Donald Trump ‘s positive test for coronavirus has raised questions about whether it should go ahead.

While the president has insisted he wants to debate former Vice President Joe Biden in person, both Biden and the mayor of Miami have said Trump should not attend if he is still testing positive for the virus.

On Tuesday, the Democratic nominee said that he wanted to debate Trump but not if there was a risk that other people could be exposed to COVID. The Trump campaign said the president will be “healthy.”

“I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden told reporters. “We’re going to have to follow very strict guidelines. Too many people have been infected. It’s a very serious problem.”

“I’m not sure what President Trump is all about now. I don’t know what his status is. I’m looking forward to being able to debate him, but I just hope all the protocols are followed.

“I just hope all the protocols are followed,” he said.

“President Trump will be healthy and will be there,” Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said in a statement on Tuesday. “There’s no getting out of this one for Biden and his protectors in the media can’t cover for him.”

The Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, a Republican, has said that Trump should not attend the debate if he is still testing positive for the disease. Suarez told Politico it could be dangerous for the people Trump meets.

“I don’t think it’s safe, not for him and anybody else, anywhere or anyone he interacts with,” Suarez said on Tuesday.

“Remember, this thing is highly contagious,” he said. “How many people are infected in his inner circle, in the White House, senators, et cetera?”

On Tuesday, the president’s senior advisor, Stephen Miller, became the latest person in Trump’s orbit to reveal that they had contracted the virus.More than a dozen White House officials have now tested positive.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is responsible for organizing the debates and works with the candidates’ teams to agree conditions. Any decision to cancel could fall on the commission. Alternatively, either Biden or Trump could simply refuse to attend.

Trump has been upbeat about the debate and his health since his discharge from Walter Reed medical center. In recent days, the president has used his Twitter account to criticize his opponents and make the case for his re-election.

“Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!” he wrote Monday.

“I am looking forward to the debate on the evening of Thursday, October 15th in Miami. It will be great!” he tweeted the following day.

The Trump and Biden campaigns have been contacted for comment.