Papa Biden On Debating Trump: 'It Will Depend On His Behavior"

By Chris Walker, Truthout

Following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris suggested that he might not engage in debates with former President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential rematch.

Following the speech, ABC News asked Harris whether Biden, the incumbent Democrat, was preparing to debate with Trump, who is now the presumptive Republican nominee following Nikki Haley’s departure from the primaries.

“We’ll get to that at some point and we’ll deal with that,” she said.

The Biden campaign has stated that whether the two will debate will be decided later in the election season.

Biden himself also hasn’t committed to debating. Speaking to reporters as he was leaving the White House for an event in Philadelphia, Biden said that a back-and-forth with Trump on a debate stage “depends on his behavior,” referring to Trump’s erratic tendency to interrupt and attack his political opponents.

Shortly after Haley’s departure from the race, Trump demanded that he and Biden take part in a debate, as they had during the 2020 election season.

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