Biden Camp Slams ‘False, Crazy Random’ Claims From Trump Camp On Debate Rules

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s campaign pushed back on Tuesday against the Trump campaign’s claims alleging that Biden had requested breaks during the upcoming debate on Tuesday night and that his campaign had agreed to allowing a third party to check both his and Trump’s ears for electronic transmitters.

Kate Bedingfield, a top Biden campaign official, denied the Trump campaign’s allegations during a press call and asserted that the President was merely “laying the groundwork” for a poor debate performance.

“We would expect nothing less from the Trump campaign,” Bedingfield said. “We’re not going to play this game.”

Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders slammed the “false, crazy, random assertions.”

“This is absolutely ridiculous,” she told reporters.

Trump campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh alleged earlier on Tuesday that the Biden campaign had originally agreed to the ear checks several days ago, then “abruptly reversed themselves.”

The Trump campaign also claimed that Biden had asked for two breaks to break up the 90-minute debate.

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  1. Those are Diaper Don’s Rules. Anyone check his nostrils?

  2. Avatar for vonq vonq says:

    We need to stop playing Trump’s WWE games.

  3. When ya got nuthin’, you come up with crap like this…

    And I’m fine with an electronics check, right after the drug test of both of Donnie’s nostrils.

  4. Talk that shit now, you pack of freaks, because if your boy talks that stuff on the stage tonight Joseph Robinette Biden will laugh right in his orange face. You up for that? It’ll be the sound bite of the evening, your hero and champion rightly mocked.

  5. Trump is the one who needs the breaks.
    When your Depends are over loaded, they cannot hide the smell.

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