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Can Biden avoid the debates?

10 July 2020

2:16 AM

10 July 2020

2:16 AM

In an opinion column for the New York Times, Thomas Friedman proposes that Joe Biden debate Donald Trump only if the president meets two conditions. Trump must release his tax returns and agree to a non-partisan panel of fact-checkers. The fact-checkers, he says, should point out the debaters’ errors in real time and conclude the event by summarizing their findings.

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