Haley Campaign Press Release - Trump Forfeits the Debate Stage

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Donald Trump is raring to debate President Biden early and often, "starting now," as Mr. Trump told a Fox News town hall on Tuesday night. "You really have an obligation to debate," he insisted, with a typical lack of irony. "When you have the final Republican, the final Democrat, you have the two people, you have to debate, regardless of polls."

Obligation? How about debating Nikki Haley first, since the GOP primaries are still under way? Republican candidates have held five debates, but Mr. Trump has sat out every one. "Bring it, Donald," Ms. Haley said last month. "Show me what you got."

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Mr. Biden may well decline any debate with Mr. Trump in the fall, and Mr. Trump's lack of nerve to take on Nikki Haley means the former President has given the current President an all too ready excuse.