• Nougat@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    And lied while doing it, imagine that:

    “I think it’s very important to have debates, and we’ve agreed with Fox on a date of September 4. We’ve agreed with NBC. Fairly full agreement subject to them on September 10. And we’ve agreed with ABC on September 25,” the former president said. … An ABC source was confident that the network’s debate would be the first one between Trump and the vice president, as the Harris campaign has indicated she will not agree to the Fox News debate.

    A source familiar with the NBC negotiations said September 25 was “one of the dates” given to the campaigns. While the network has been in discussions with both camps, the Harris campaign has not formally accepted.

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      3 months ago

      The use of both “we’ve agreed” in the first sentence, and “subject to them” in the third makes me believe he means we == Trump campain and them == Harris campaign. So lying liar though he is, I don’t read that as him claiming Harris agreed to a Fox debate.

      • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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        3 months ago

        You’re right about use of “we” and “them”, and right that he doesn’t claim Harris has agreed to fox.

        But that next sentence:

        Fairly full agreement subject to them on September 10.

        Says “I’m only doing it if she does fox first”