Whenever Donald Trump makes the mistake of displaying his true nature as a hate mongering ignoramous, he can rely on Fox News to come to his rescue with an adoring spin cycle to whitewash what ever rancid rhetoric he glibly unloaded at one of cult rallies or during a Nerfball interview on some other MAGA media outlet.
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On Wednesday Trump provided an exquisite example of this team gamesmanship between himself and Fox News. It came after Trump put on a blatantly racist show before the National Association of Black Journalists where he questioned whether Kamala Harris was Black, insulted the Black journalists hosting the event, accused Harris of being a "DEI hire," and, for good measure, disses his own VP pick, JD Vance, as having "virtually no impact."
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These are all great messages leading up to the next debate between Trump and his new opponent, Vice-President Harris. That is, if Trump bothers to show up. Although he had already agreed to the September 10 date, he has more recently been backpedaling with lame excuses as to why he might skip the debate. And nothing affirms strong character like running away from an opponent that you are obviously are afraid of.
Cue Sean Hannity of Fox News. On Wednesday night Hannity rushed to try to bail Trump out by providing him with an opening to ditch the debate entirely. He began by bashing ABC News as a dishonest network with unfair journalists. Which is textbook projection on Hannity's part because that's how Fox News is known to the rest of the world. He continued saying that...
"Maybe it's time for Trump to reject any appearance at ABC. For example, why would he show up at their debate if these 'journalists' clearly have opinion want to debate Trump themselves? Maybe he should just accept the Fox News Channel's offer to debate?"
Of course! Because Fox News doesn't have any "journalists" with opinions, do they? All kidding aside, Hannity's proposal is just an attempt to grease the skids for Trump to chicken out. Convicted felon Trump is noticeably nervous about the prospect of facing former prosecutor Harris. It's why his entire campaign is narrowly focused on infantile insults and flagrant lies, rather than any substantive, policy-driven criticism.
Harris recently challenged Trump directly saying that "If you've got something to say, say it to my face." Trump replied by saying that he would “probably” debate "but I can also make a case for not doing it." Well, now Hannity has helped him to make that case. Although Hannity's help is a pitifully weak effort that consists of baseless claims about ABC's fairness, and a self-serving pitch for Fox News to get the hosting privileges. Perhaps Hannity will propose himself and Kayleigh McEnany as moderators.
With the debate only six weeks away, Trump is going to have to make a decision soon. Rest assured that his decision will be based on the level of his fear. Will he be too afraid to go head-to-head with Harris? Or will be too afraid to look scared by dodging her? Those are his choices. And he is surely clawing the faux-gold wallpaper at Mar-a-Lago today trying to make up what's left of his mind.
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