Pelosi says she ‘would never recommend’ Biden debate Trump

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in an interview Wednesday that she would “never recommend” President Biden share the debate stage with former President Trump. It came shortly after President Biden agreed to hold two debates before the November election.

Pelosi: “I would never recommend appearing on stage with Donald Trump” He told CNN’s Manu Raju. on wednesday.

“But the president decided that’s what he wanted to do,” Pelosi said. “I think the format he is proposing is a good one.”

Mr. Biden proposed two presidential debates before the election, and Mr. Trump accepted the proposal. Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden met in a debate hosted by CNN on June 27th (historically early on the general election schedule) and spoke again on stage on September 10th in a debate hosted by ABC. I plan to.

Many Democrats were happy to see Mr. Biden face off against Mr. Trump. Sources close to the Biden campaign told The Hill that the decision to hold a debate was a strategic move to allow voters to see for themselves the differences between the two candidates before starting to make a decision. Ta.

But Pelosi expressed concern about some of Trump’s past debate behavior, including when he appeared to physically threaten Democratic presidential nominee Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on stage in 2016. did. Trump interrupted Biden and the host more than 100 times in 2020, according to reports at the time.

Asked why she didn’t encourage Biden to join Trump on the debate stage, Pelosi said, “I think Biden was stalking Hillary Clinton. He’s not a professional, he’s not the president, he’s not the president. It did not live up to its dignity.”Raju report.

Instead, Ms. Pelosi suggested that each network hold town hall meetings to allow candidates to make their case to the American people.

“I think you should have individual town hall meetings with them and ask them questions about their future and let the people decide,” Pelosi said.