What could have been.
A year ago this month, Democrats were scrambling for their footing. A few months before that, Joe Biden had been awakened from his afternoon nap, handed a script and told to read some words. It took fifteen takes to complete the video. When it was done, TeamAutopen had produced a video challenging Donald Trump to a debate. Bad move. Trump quickly accepted.
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Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.
Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.
Well, make my day, pal. pic.twitter.com/AkPmvs2q4u
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 15, 2024
It was obvious that the “make my day pal” short had taken several takes and had been sewn together like Frankenstein’s monster. There was no doubt that there would a debate, but Joe was poking the bear for an early bout. Debate before the