Your questions about the first debate, answered

Tonight, President Donald Trump and former VP Joe Biden will face off in the first in a series of three presidential debates before the November election. What topics will they cover? Who is moderating? And how will the debate account for social distancing requirements in a post-coronavirus world? CNN’s Chris Cillizza has all your answers, and more.

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86 comments

    1. Biden is incapable of winning anything. Its the reason they keep him in the basement, out of the public eye, and ordered their pet media too not ask him any questions that will leave no doubt that his mind is shot. If Biden walks out naked, farts, and then leaves, the biased media will declare him the winner. It’s not that he won but rather the media has set the bar so low for Joe that just showing up is enough for his brainwashed hateful follower to support him for their first win in 4 years. They’ll all suffer the consequences after and argue that Joe is a total failure due to what Trump left him.

    1. @Drunk_Emma that’s because most people with a college education are being indoctrinated without even knowing it. You should really look at the educational system and what they have been teaching about politics over the last 30 years and see the difference between college graduates from previous generations and how they understand the real world better than today’s graduates.

    2. @Scooter Blalock . . . . . . .That is what I’m wondering also, what kind of drugs is Senile Biden going to be on tonight for the Presidential Debate, will he be Coked up or Crack, or some other upper or will it just be Adderall or some other similar type drug. The whole world knows that Joe Biden is going to be doped up for the Presidential Debates, which is why the Senile Biden Campaign REFUSES to take a drug test, President Trump offered to do the same but Senile Joe Biden’s Handlers REFUSE to do any type of drug test!!!! I wonder WHY???? hahahahahahahahahha

    3. To examine both candidates we should ask ourselves which of them has a tendency towards uniting the American people. At a time when hatred and division are so rife and so intense, no government can function, whoever is elected. For this reason, in the end, the only thing that will determine the fate of America is the level of connection and solidarity among people. If Americans cannot find a way to bridge the chasms that have been carved among them, the country will collapse into a violent mayhem. The next president’s first, if not only task, will be to patch up the fractions of American society and heal the hatred that’s been brewing everywhere.

    1. MY NAME IS TRUMP AND I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACY TODAY,BUT I DIDN’T. PEOPLE STILL CALL ME A PATRIOT LMFAO😎😎😎😎

    1. @Real Donald Trump Senile Joe Biden is literally getting SLAUGHTERED in the debate, Trump is beating Senile Joe Biden so badly in the debate that it looks like President Trump is bullying an old senile guy!!!!

    2. MY NAME IS TRUMP AND I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACY TODAY,BUT I DIDN’T. PEOPLE STILL CALL ME A PATRIOT LMFAO😎😎😎😎

    1. Biden requested a break every half hour…the dude can’t even standup for more than 30min. You think he can do pushups? lmfao@YOU

    2. Joe is wanting breaks, now this would completely ruin it being a debate he needs his coaches 🤣🤣🤣 what a jackass

    1. Fake news will cut away to fact check Trump to prove he is lying 🤣🤣. Then declare Biden the winner before it’s over. CNN AND MSNBC SUCKS 🤣🤣 TRUMP 2020 🇺🇸

    2. @Real Donald Trump I thought I was watching a Benny Hill rerun Trump is pathetic lol he can’t help praising himself so much it’s sickening,especially since he’s the only one.

    3. MY NAME IS TRUMP AND I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACY TODAY,BUT I DIDN’T. PEOPLE STILL CALL ME A PATRIOT LMFAO😎😎😎😎

    1. @Liam Porter . . . . . . . That is what I’m wondering also, what kind of drugs is Senile Biden going to be on tonight for the Presidential Debate, will he be Coked up or Crack, or some other upper or will it just be Adderall or some other similar type drug. The whole world knows that Joe Biden is going to be doped up for the Presidential Debates, which is why the Senile Biden Campaign REFUSES to take a drug test, President Trump offered to do the same but Senile Joe Biden’s Handlers REFUSE to do any type of drug test!!!! I wonder WHY???? hahahahahahahahahha

    2. @Dr. Jamal Washington I am guessing Adrenalin or adrenochrome. I love the way the medical clinic is right next door. Hence the request for “toilet breaks”. He won’t be able to stand up for a full 90 minutes without falling over.

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    2. @Ms. Sonya Bosco Will you let me eat your box? I bet you, you’ll turn for President Trump after you know what effort means. 🇺🇲

    1. @Jodie Banks . . . . . . That is what I’m wondering also, what kind of drugs is Senile Biden going to be on tonight for the Presidential Debate, will he be Coked up or Crack, or some other upper or will it just be Adderall or some other similar type drug. The whole world knows that Joe Biden is going to be doped up for the Presidential Debates, which is why the Senile Biden Campaign REFUSES to take a drug test, President Trump offered to do the same but Senile Joe Biden’s Handlers REFUSE to do any type of drug test!!!! I wonder WHY???? hahahahahahahahahha

    2. @Jordan Right, that’s what the link was in my post – to Joe Biden’s tax returns. He has nothing to hide. The ‘now what’ is for Trump.

    1. @Rachel Ash still zero evidence… but Biden and Antifa we have video evidence he supports… see the difference yet child?

  1. “if they want to be the party of the poor, they have to keep you poor.” that’s it. they are not concerned about the plight of black americans living in poverty, crime, and subpar education. in fact, it is the reason why they promote policies at the local level that are designed to keep far too many black folks in dire straits. it is why they support rioting and looting in predominantly black areas. “racism is ginned up by people who want “POWER” and who benefit by keeping black americans ignorant, marginalized and dependent.” the last thing BLM, THE FAKE NEWS MEDIAS, JESSIE JACKSON, AL SHARPTON, OBAMA, and THE DEMOCRATS want are self reliant, independent, black americans. The democrats own the education system, the media, Hollywood, Big Tech and administrative government. If there is systematic racism or oppression, it’s at the feet of democrats. Lifelong democrat politicians who never did anything to improve the lives of their constituents, only to pander with the race card every time election season rolls around should be a wake up call for all to see the true hypocrisy/racism that exists within the democrat party.

    1. @Floyd Fluffnstuf search up joe Biden 1988 lmao they made fun of him a lot back then oh yeah all that you just mentioned is bs

    1. @Floyd Fluffnstuf Trump can only say bigger better more than anywhere in the world its like eat sleep rave repeat with him. Never on heard him say a 3 syllable word!!!!!!

    2. @Mystery Man Trump can’t even read without help. He mispronounces words & can’t speak in sentences without a teleprompter & even then screws up.

    3. @TripleAstyle1 A exactly. Biden and his supporters know Joe can’t even read a teleprompter lol Their only hope is cheating.

    1. MY NAME IS TRUMP AND I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACY TODAY,BUT I DIDN’T. PEOPLE STILL CALL ME A PATRIOT LMFAO😎😎😎😎

  2. Democrats asked for new rules, they want potty breaks every 15 minutes.

    Hell nah, strap a nappy on Biden and send him out. Deal with the messy nappy after the debate.

    1. Rachel Ash aftermath prediction- snowflakes will claim trump lied 10 times but will come out with 10 lies of their own to try prove him wrong.

  3. saying he has been on the senate for 180 years and just not even noticing the mistake is a gaffe of epic proportions, not something expected from a future prez.

  4. Never forget how CNN got caught interfering with the elections and gave Hillary Clinton the debate questions in 2016.

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