Mark Cuban Will Be Front Row At First Presidential Debate Thanks To Clinton

Mark Cuban arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Las Vegas. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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While a lot of Americans may be ready for the election to be over already, there is one person who is having an absolute blast with it: billionaire Mark Cuban.

Cuban, a notorious Donald Trump troll, who was at one time rumored to be one of his options for a vice presidential pick, has scored front-row seats to the first presidential debate Monday, thanks to the Clinton campaign, and he could not be more psyched.

Cuban has made it clear he is firmly on team Hillary Clinton for the debate, tweeting that he is ready to see a “humbling at Hofstra” University, where the debate will be held.

It turns out the Clinton campaign was behind getting Cuban that ticket, an anonymous aide told CNN.

“He has the best seat we have access to,” the aide told CNN.

Cuban, who owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, can be expected to bring his enthusiasm for competition to the debate, Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon tweeted.

Cuban has been a thorn in Trump’s side for many months, most recently challenging Trump to an interview, in which he cannot mention Clinton, for $10 million to charity. He is also the leading skeptic that Trump is as rich as he claims to be, badgering Trump in the media to release his tax returns.

h/t The Hill

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  1. That’s frickin’ genius. Oughta take the Orange Chimp right out of his comfort zone.

  2. Will this be like an NBA game? T-shirt and jeans and yelling at the moderator?

  3. What will he be wearing? I’m sure it will have big letters:)

  4. Gladly Ms. Clinton understands that this is a TV reality show with some policy thrown in not the other way around. Making fun of him is the best way to demonstrate that he is an unqualified loser.

  5. Avatar for tena tena says:

    I have two things to say about this - go Mark! And you rock, Hillary - John Judis is full of shit. You know exactly what kind of campaign you’re running and from the perspective of someone who was around when Dukakis ran, Hillary is no Mike Dukakis.

    At all, John.

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