Harris plans to troll Trump over second debate during Alabama football game | CNN Politics
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When former President Donald Trump looks up from his seat in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday night during the Alabama-Georgia football game, he may see more than just 100,000 fans watching a high stakes college football showdown. That’s because Vice President Kamala Harris plans to troll her opponent over his refusal to debate her for a second time — from the skies.
  • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
    82·
    2 months ago

    To save some people a click

    The Harris campaign has arranged to have a small plane fly over Tuscaloosa during the game with a banner declaring, “Trump’s Punting on 2nd Debate.”

    […]

    The Harris campaign will also air a national ad during one of the most highly anticipated games of college football where she calls on the former president to meet her on the debate stage one more time.

    “Winners never back down from a challenge,” the ad’s narrator says. “Champions know it’s any time, any place. But losers, they whine and waffle and take their ball home.”

  • ganksy@lemmy.world
    911·
    2 months ago

    Cool and all but the best way to troll someone is not to tell them ahead of time.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      No, the best way to troll someone is to tell them what you’re going to do, make it clear they can’t do anything to stop you or change your mind, and then follow through.

      This is being done in an extremely intentional fashion.

      It’s also underlining the value of freedom of speech, which I am also sure is quite intentional.

      • barsquid@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Donald will whine about this all the way up to the game, making him look like more of a clown than usual.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
      18·
      2 months ago

      The bigger point is media attention to bring his dodge of a 2nd debate back into memory. Telling it ahead of time gives you twice the coverage on it: news that you’re going to do it and coverage after the fact once you have done it

      Plus you’ll get more people filming and looking out for the plane too

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      they’re not trying to scare him. they announce it because they know he won’t be able to not look at it.