Republican nominee Donald Trump has backed out of an offer to debate Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders

>Republican nominee Donald Trump has backed out of an offer to debate Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
>Mr Trump had joked that he was willing to debate Mr Sanders during an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel programme.

IT WAS JUST A PRANK, BRO!

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>>Republican nominee Donald Trump has backed out of an offer to debate Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

(proofs needed)

he basically said he had no reason to debate some loser who won't win the nomination

Also that pic is hilarious, since the modern Bernie is 100% pro open borders and just a traitor to America.

wow nice proofs

>since the modern Bernie is 100% pro open borders

That quote was from an interview last year.

Right from the coward's mouth
donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-debating-bernie-sanders

was this 80s Bernie

donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-debating-bernie-sanders

>That quote was from an interview last year.


Like I literally just said,
>Also that pic is hilarious, since the modern Bernie is 100% pro open borders and just a traitor to America.

>Likewise, the networks want to make a killing on these events and are not proving to be too generous to charitable causes, in this case, women’s health issues.

Missed a spot, shill.

why should he debate a loser though? people obviously don't give a shit about bernie's positions or else he'd be winning

Did any network actually agree to his terms, ergo donating the proceeds to charity, out of curiosity? I'm guessing no.

Why would Trump do anything to help Commiecuck stay relevant?

a company offered 10Millions to charity for him to do it
mediaite.com/online/tech-company-ceo-we-offer-10-million-to-host-a-trumpsanders-debate/

It is cherrypicking. Trump at a rally trying to excite people vs random interview that Bernie gave where he talked about illegal immigration.

By the way on the campaign trail Bernie has talked about amnesty is not strong on combating illegal immigration.

There would never be a debate. It would just be bernie making some commie statement. Then Trump tries to counter his argument and half the audience blasts their horns and charges the stage. It was never going to happen.

Plus Bernie has been out of the race since early March, so he's a nobody at this point

Because he agreed to have the debate? Now he's backing out.

This is the same shit that Hilldog supports spout. Yes, it would not be good for Trump/Hillary to debate Bernie. If you agree with that, it means you agree that he is actually a threat to them and their best option is to try to silence him.

>he agreed to it
>made a joke in a comedy TV show
the fuck you on about?

...

lol

>By the way on the campaign trail Bernie has talked about amnesty is not strong on combating illegal immigration.

Yes, we're aware Bernie is an open borders shill now, the same thing he used to be against. No need to keep repeating yourself.

That being said, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by Trump. Of course, Trump could eat a baby on stage with some catsup and I'd still vote for him, since the alternatives are the diehard shills of big business and corporate greed, Hillary and Bernie.

It wasn't a joke. That's why he's spilling his spaghetti making up excuses. If it was actually a joke, his press release would have been "It was a joke" and not the horseshit cowardice that he put out.

If you actually believe Trump is a good candidate, then you should believe he would have no problem debating Sanders. Obviously Trump doesn't believe so himself.

he literally said "I'd love to debate Bernie" at petroleum conference yesterday

Debating Sanders would be absurd, and historically unprecedented. Trump has already won his primary; Sanders cannot win his. Trump has absolutely no reason to lower himself down to the level of Sanders at this point.

pussy

It's against the rules of both parties to have an unsactioned debate.

I believe he would if sanders was still a relevant character

it's like saying "TRUMP SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE WITH JEB BUSH"

if he wins the nomination :^)


keep on dreaming fuccbois, maybe your shitty candidate will become relevant once he runs as the green party candidate

>the diehard shills of big business and corporate greed
>Bernie
You're kidding right? The guy's entire political career was spent combating big business and corporate greed. Go look up some of his senate speeches if you want proof. They aren't hard to find.

>and historically unprecedented
I thought Trump was supposed to do the unprecedented?

>Trump has absolutely no reason to lower himself down to the level of Sanders at this point.
If that's the case, he shouldn't have proposed the idea in the first place. Going back on his word makes him weak.

I'm sorry your favored candidate has lost. You have been royally cucked, first by Hillary, and now by Trump. My condolences.

I didn't realize Trump was so cucked by party rules. How weak of him.

not an argument

REMINDER THAT BERNIE SANDERS IS A COMMUNIST JEW
>>>OH VEY BAD GOYIM TRUMP DOESNT WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNIST JEW.

>If you actually believe Trump is a good candidate, then you should believe he would have no problem debating Sanders.

Me believing he'd have no problem, and Trump believing he'd have no problem, are two completely different things. I personally feel we need to keep the Sanders camp #BerningAlive for as long as possible to create a bigger rift, but people have pointed out this would probably create a greater wedge with Sanders supporters.

>it's like saying "TRUMP SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE WITH JEB BUSH"
Except Sanders wasn't the one to propose the debate. Trump did. And now he's backtracking. It doesn't matter if there's "no reason" to debate him. When you say you're going to do something, you do it.

>It's against the rules of both parties to have an unsactioned debate.

Good thing Trump doesn't need to go to any other Republican debates, right?

>implying I'm not happy that Hillary raped those two retarded niggers

>people have pointed out this would probably create a greater wedge with Sanders supporters.
I'm pretty sure that damage is done now. Sanders supports think Trump is a total chickenshit joke now.

trump didn't propose the debate, the random person who asked him about it did

He will literally now be known as Donald Cuck for backing off from a $20 million dollar debate charity. Great job great leader.

no, sanders asked him to debate on jimmy kimmel

I find it really funny that sanders kids are crying that trump lost them this nomination kek

>You're kidding right?

He was originally a libertarian, then became a pro-workers leftist, then when running for president his brain broke and he became a diehard open borders advocate.

And as you can see in the OP picture, he considers open borders a right wing, Kock brothers proposal. Ergo, by BERNIE SANDERS OWN LOGIC, he is a Kock brothers shill.

> The guy's entire political career was spent combating big business and corporate greed.

And he threw it away. Look at the thread picture. Look at it nice and hard. Look at how he is aware that the policies he's now desiring will tank the real value of labor to $2 and $3.

I used to support Trump blah blah blah #cruzmissile

where the hell did the 20millions come from? the highest I've heard is 10M

Skipping a debate wasn't against the rules, attending an unsanctioned debate is

I love how Trump suggested they donate the proceeds to a woman's health organization... liiiiiike Planned Parenthood? got in a little dig at the evangelicals lol

That rule also applies to general election debates which are sanctioned by both parties.
In theory, the respective chair could ban them, unbind their delegates and use it as an excuse to bring another candidate in.
It could have major implications for both Trump and Sanders campaign

maybe that screencap should have been his statement, instead of the gobbledegook that he shit out, infact someone on his campaign staff should have notified him of that particular rule before he literally said he would debate sanders, twice

i don't think it says you're forced to debate if you don't want to. only one person can pull it off though.

what a massive cop out from the don

great chance to spread his message to thousands of berniebros who would watch the debate, plus an absolute frenzy of media coverage

it can only be because the donald is scared he'll get his ass beaten

sad!

That's semantics. He proposed the format and terms, then ran backwards as fast as he could once they were met.

washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/27/bob-arum-offers-20-million-for-trump-sanders-debat/

Maybe someone on Sander campaign should have informed him of the same.

Do remember when Trump boycotted one of the RNC primary debates, because they weren't willing to donate the profits to charity?
How is this any different?

Cowardly Donald does it again. Doesn't even have the guts to take on an old man, no doubt he quivers at the thought of confronting Soros.

No it doesn't. Sanders called the bluff and Trump pussed out.

Looks like Trump is beholden to establishment party politics and Sanders isn't.

Trump is a fucking pussy.

Good thing Trump is not another garbage run-of-the-mill establishment politician who spends more time memorizing party rules than protecting America's borders

Trump should've set the donation bar higher... like 1 billion total for a broad list of charities.

Its easy to do something that will lose you the election when you are losing the election and up against someone who is winning the election.

BASED. GET FUCKED BERNIE

come on Trump

You need to do this

For the memes
For destroying berncucks
for getting his people to like you more and syphoning votes
beuase it would be an amazing debate
because this company has offered up 10billion

pls
It legit feels bad that for once berncucks have something on Trumpets....

If sanders praticipated in an unsactioned debate, he could be banned by the DNC chair, had his delegated unbound, and truly be finished.
Is that what you want?

Yeah, that way it could never be reasonably met and his supporters wouldn't have to cover for his cowardice.

>THAT DOESN'T COUNT, ONLY MY VERSION OF THE STORY COUNTS
lmao go back to your circlejerk on reddit fuccboi

go make yourself believe those $2400 you wasted on an incompetent faggot were worth it

Dont worry bernouts im sure this will cause trump to lose the general election!

>Oh wait Hillary didn't take you up on your debate offer either and she and trump are the only candidates left

TOP KEK

Trump had nothing to gain by debating Bernie, and Bernie had everything to gain. Why would Trump elevate the stronger candidate that actually agrees with him on many important issues, when the weaker candidate with a greater contrast is going to win the nomination? It would be tactically retarded.

Poor Bernie. He wanted it so damn bad. Just to get cucked like that, first by the voting public, then by the Democratic party, and now by Trump. Fucking brutal.

That would be an incentive for Trump to debate the commie jew.

what the fuck does sanders care? trump was giving him huge amounts of publicity for no reason at all

this is the first major misstep by trump

Why would that be an incentive? Hillary has won already. Bernie is completely, utterly irrelevant.

i didnt realize he was already president

Exactly. Trump is cucked by the party. Sanders is the madman with nothing to lose.

Kek, I've donated a grand total of $0 to any political cause ever. Trump would love it.

That doesn't change the fact that his terms were met and now he's cowarding away.

booooo

what a pussy

hi shill

BRILLIANT! Don't you see what he's done? Making bernie look like he can rival trump will make bernie fans ecstatic. He's just deepening the split in the democratic party over the hillary vs bernie rivalry. If he actually planned it that way, he's a genius.

That's very disappointing

Might as well crown him now

whatever makes you feel good fuccboi

I've seen Trump make jokes, nigger does it all the time. That comment he made on Kimmel's show was sure as shit not made as a funny. It was just political posturing, trying to score points with bernouts. It's the reason why he pussyfoots around landing any body blows against Sanders, and constantly talks about how rigged the democratic election process is, granted he is incredibly correct. It's just myopic pandering to that crowd, when very little of them will actually make the leap over to Trump. They're going to largely fall in three camps: pussying out and voting for Shillary, voting for Jill Stein, or just staying home on election day.

Stop being a fucking drone and just admit Trump has faults, he's not a god you dipshit. The pandering is annoying as fuck, but you can still accept him as the best choice. Some of you faggots are as bad as reddit with the apologist shit.

bern victims get destroyed by him not winning the nomination.
they didnt raise the money needed for trump to do it. it was for charity and contingent on the i think 10 mil being raised

Not really. The unsanctioned debate could be used by the RNC chair to ban Trump and unbind his delegates.
>trump was giving him huge amounts of publicity for no reason at all
Yet here we sit, talking all about Trump instead of Bernie
Do you not see this?
>Sanders is the madman with nothing to lose.
If you don't want Sander to be the DNC nom then sure.

Trump may be a political genius, but I don't think he planned this one.

Even if what you suggest is true, it wouldn't matter anyway. Bernie's fans are too retarded to realize that he's lost. They'll keep supporting him right up until the bitter end, because they're too stupid and delusional to do otherwise.

>Some of you faggots are as bad as reddit with the apologist shit.
That's because they all post on /r/the_donald and are actually redditors.

A huge amount of Bernouts are going to go to Trump, and have said so. All my wife's dirt poor relatives are either Trump first Bernie second or Bernie first Trump second.

Exactly. He elevated Bernie with this story, rubbed off some of his magic dust of free media coverage for Bernie, and sympathetically about going against the establishment of their respective parties. He's strengthening Bernie to weaken Hillary, all while positioning himself to get some bernout support.

calm down nerd, you'll bern yourself

Stupid weak fuck. Im dissapointed at the guy who wants to be most powerful guy on Earth but is scared of senile old socialist.

How many $Hillary points do you get for these posts?

I don't like what Trump did, but at this point he has my balls in a vice grip.

Bernie is going to the morgue, and Hillary is ten times worse than any other candidate for president, bar none.
He's inconsistent but hopefully his advisors/cabinet will reel him in. And I'm in it for the memes so I'll take a hypocrite Trump over a hypocrite Bernie or Hillary.
>inb4 "I am now #JonesinForJohnson"

but that money was put up, and more. trump is just backing out of a thing he said he'd do.

There's a reason for that and it isn't Hillary. Its the issues. The TPP (will further erode wages and worker protections and public health), wage stagnation (which illegal immigration contributes to), etc.

Reminder that all these threads are the work of sad little redditors in their basement.

If he was looking to win over Bernie supporters, what he did is not the way to do it. They all think he's a pussy now.

because it's chump change compared to the money the RNC is putting together for the general, and their rules are clear

Yeah, unlike the thousands of threads /r/the_donald readers post here from their hugbox, right?

Why is he backing out?

so you dont want one hugbox interfering with another hugbox?

I'm a Bernie supporter and I don't think Trump is a pussy. I think any nominee debating someone who isn't the opposing party's nominee would just be a glaring amateurish silly stupid mistake.