It’s not a candidate issue, when the media and messaging doesn’t get to the other voters.
If a scientist going up against a fraud, and the fraud wins the debate, then it’s not a debate.
This is what happened back when experts went to Fox and talked about climate change in the 90s.
They were simply obliterated. Even if a point was made, it would be killed and something else floated during the evening shows.
Because it’s not a debate. It’s not about truth, or democracy.
Trump dodged every debate after Harris came on the scene. He was not humiliated for this.
One team wants to win. The other team wants a functioning nation.
The electorate is functionally irreconcilable if the message never gets to them, and their party punishes bipartisan behavior.
And this is not what america was set up to survive. It was assumed that people would reach across the aisle.
Even if you win the next election. The ground work for Trump 3.0 and beyond remains.
People need to look at Fox News, and develop ways to get past their censorship and message curation.