Either Rupar is Reading My Blog, Or...

This river was the site of the Bowling Green Massacre https://t.co/TLuFx1OJFn

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2020

Great minds think alike.

Pulling out of the remaining debates would to me be a major sign of weakness and a concession of defeat for either candidate, and I would be surprised if Trump did it. But this tweet seems to lay the groundwork for it. https://t.co/mW556KFZEF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2020

I think he's walking. He can't let the Debate Commission put him on a leash, and he can't do as badly as he did, again and then again, and expect the GOP to back his "screw the vote" play in any state, anywhere (well, maybe Texas).

33 days until the election and the Trump campaign is laser focused on the defining issue of our troubled times -- working the presidential debate refs https://t.co/3jCwwGHoeL

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2020

Seewutahmsayin'?

imagine believing in 2020 that President Bleach Injections is interested in a serious exchange of views https://t.co/xw4pfVDGlw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2020

a) Chris Wallace is hopelessly naive

b) Chris Wallace is shifting the blame.  

Our lines are open; this is a toll-free call.

bit more like baking a beautiful, delicious cake and then presenting it to your friend whose nickname is “The Cake Stomper” https://t.co/HHgzs1F8dO

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 1, 2020

(And neither position is working.)

"etc." is doing world historical work here https://t.co/r2eJDQXEmt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2020

Trump can never fail, he can only be failed.

Trump campaign adviser @JasonMillerinDC is now rattling off online debate polls Trump won including "the New Jersey dot com poll" and the "KISS FM Phoenix online survey."

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) October 1, 2020

Coincidentally, this is also how they get Trump to sleep at night.

The Trump campaign appears to be declaring war on the Commission on Presidential Debates in a call happening right now, describing it as biased against POTUS

— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) October 1, 2020

Last two debates canceled in 5...4...3...2...

DEBATES UPDATE: Trump campaign senior adviser @JasonMillerinDC says @realDonaldTrump will be at the upcoming debates in Miami and Nashville and @Mike_Pence will be at the Salt Lake City debate next week. But, “There should not be any changes to what’s been agreed to,” he says.

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) October 1, 2020

Or Trump will walk out the first time they cut his mic. Which would be worth the price of admission.

The solution is simple: Just put @sarahcpr at the other podium and play random audio of @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/T3qCzgIL1i

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 1, 2020

SO SAY WE ALL!

Watch this: https://t.co/e6Sniq2DCc

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 1, 2020

What's most interesting there is the acceptance on the part of the journalist that the statement made by the Trump campaign is false. Not a difference of opinion: false. A lie. Period. Cortes is right: he is being called a liar.  About damned time.