Trump, as you might have seen elsewhere, and Melania have tested positive. VP and Mrs Pence were negative. Wallace told F&F: "I'm gonna have to get a test..."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/moderator-chris-wallace-details-debate-safety-procedures-after-trump-tests-positive-for-covid-19 (link) Tom Wolper, to PGage, Oct 1st: > The Commission needs to inform both candidates that the moderators of >> remaining “events” will have the power to enforce the rules both campaigns >> agreed to, including turning off microphones when the other side has the >> floor, when time has expired, or when candidates ignore the direction of >> the moderator. If they don’t want to accept that they should not show up. >> > > It is a given that no matter what rules are set Trump is going to break > them if it is to his perceived advantage. So the debate organizers can > change the rules, get both campaigns to agree to the new rules, and at the > debate Trump will still break them without a second thought. If the > organizers push to make a structure where Trump can't storm and bully, his > campaign will not agree to them. > > There has been a great expansion of the executive branch and its powers > since FDR first took office. There was always an assumption that there > would be some institutional check on that power if needed and maintaining > the integrity of the democracy would be more in the interest of both major > parties than short term partisan advantage. Trump, along with his cronies, > lawyers, and Attorney General, have challenged any attempt to hold him > accountable for anything including following the law. Trump has now > internalized that he can simply act with impunity and he will not be held > to account. But the political institutions and political media are in > denial about this and they would rather watch government operations and the > rituals around the election turn into a farce than try to design the > processes to account for Trump not following rules or laws. > B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8ff560e0-aa5c-4038-9e08-1c64e0d64507n%40googlegroups.com.
