President Biden’s team fears a debate with former President Trump “risks exposing” the president’s policies. National broadcastJonathan Martin, political director of Politico, spoke on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
In an interview with Howard Stern on Friday, Biden said he would be “happy to discuss” Trump. The former president responded to the challenge and said he was ready to debate that night.
“I’m curious how Jen Psaki would have reacted if she was still in the White House when she heard President Biden blurt out that he was going to debate during a live interview,” said Martin, who is also a senior at Politico. Told. Political columnist. “Because Biden’s people don’t want him to debate. They don’t want to give Trump that position and they don’t want to risk exposing Biden like that on national television.”
POLITICO political director and senior political columnist Jonathan Martin argued that if Biden were to debate, it would be an admission that he needs to gain or regain support to win the election.
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Biden’s former press secretary Psaki, who was also a member of the “Meet the Press” panel, did not contradict Biden, but said refusing the debate offer was dangerous for the president’s image. he suggested.
“I was thinking, if I had taken my last job two years ago, you wouldn’t want him to say no, because no is a weakness. Yes, because I’m afraid of saying no. So I have to say no,” she said. “They both have to say ‘yes.’ Now, whether this happens or not, we all know there’s a lot that needs to be negotiated.”
Mr. Martin said that if Mr. Biden were to debate Mr. Trump, “you’ll see this summer that Mr. Biden still has some ground to make.”
“Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker said the Gaza war will definitely be a key issue in the Biden-Trump debate.
Commentators on the NBC panel laughed at Trump’s eagerness to debate Biden.
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“Jeff Bennett, if we’re going to have a discussion, definitely one of the issues that both sides have to address is what’s going on in the Middle East,” she said. “We are seeing firsthand how troubling this issue is. This issue is being played out on college campuses across the country with protesters. As I said, their message is It’s not a monolith, but it’s something they have to deal with.”
PBS NewsHour co-host Jeff Bennett said many prominent young people are concerned about the war in Gaza, but economic conditions are a big influence on young people’s votes.
“We have seen President Biden try to adjust his message, condemning anti-Semitism on college campuses on the one hand, and defending students’ right to protest on the other. has spoken with Biden allies and they certainly say these protests are important.”As the Biden campaign sees it, they are actively participating in these demonstrations. Students are part of the electorate, and it’s unclear at this point whether Biden has any problems with young people or what the main reason will be. “My constituents, this issue of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza will probably not be addressed,” he argued.
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Instead, Bennett said, “It’s probably going to be about things like economic issues and the high cost of living. But this is really a question of what kind of challenges does President Biden have as he tries to marshal this broad consensus? “It tells us a lot about it,” he said. It is a coalition of heterogeneous voters. ”
