After some fevered speculation, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump closed the door Friday on a one-on-one debate with Sen.
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Trump has a point; that debate would’ve been completely unprecedented and likely ticked off most Democrats.
John Hickenlooper shows off his socks – one with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and the other with Republican candidate Donald Trump.
In a Wednesday taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Trump had tentatively agreed to debate Sanders, telling Kimmel, “If he paid a sum toward charity I would love to do that”.
Earlier Friday, the Sanders campaign had said there were two offers by broadcast television networks to host the debate, with both offers including a major contribution to charity.
The campaign, in a statement, said the pair are “aggressive attack surrogates” for Mrs Clinton, and Sanders’ lawyer said Mr Malloy and Mr Frank can’t work impartially “while labouring under such deeply held bias”.
Trump said in his statement Friday, however, that the networks were “not proving to be too generous to charitable causes, in this case, women’s health issues”. Clinton suffered a setback last week when a State Department audit found that she inappropriately handled government emails on a private server while serving as secretary of State. It gives Trump a new platform while continuing to portray the Sanders mission as far more than a hopeless and quixotic quest but rather a vibrant, active and relevant pursuit.
Hillary Clinton faces a fierce general election battle against Donald Trump, according to recent polls, but one group remains unconvinced: pollsters.
Fast forward seven months and for Mr Sanders, the delegates on offer on June 7 in California and five other state nominating contests represent a last-ditch effort to close the gap with Mrs Clinton before the Democratic convention in July. While he was Teflon Don during the primaries, with each of his contradictory, bigoted or inane statements failing to dent his standing in the polls, we can only hope that his negatives among voters will be fully reflected in the November election returns. “People are hurting in this country”, Sanders said. This sudden change of events inspired Sanders to make an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher to discuss the sought-after opportunity he came so close to seizing.
Kimmel also asked Sanders a question given to him by Trump: “Will you run as an independent candidate when Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the party bosses steal this nomination away from you?”
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So, who do you think would have won? Clinton has commitments of support from 2,308 delegates to Sanders’ 1,539. Only 43 percent said they’d prefer “a steady approach (with) fewer changes”. For Sanders’ critics, who assert he can’t deliver on all of his unrealistic campaign promises, Trump have done them proud.
