Rules For Thee...Gearing Up For The "Low-Bar-For-Biden" Presidential Debate | Tomi Lahren

To ensure fairness, debate perimeters have been locked in by CNN. Yes, that sentence is an oxymoron. 

Fairness and CNN go together like toothpaste and your morning coffee. 

But look, we’ve always known the fight for Donald Trump is never gonna be fair. He agreed to this debate knowing that, and we know the scales will never be purposely tilted towards Trump, not by any of the debate organizers anyway.

President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIJIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

But the network aside, let’s take a look at some of the rules.

There will be two commercial breaks during the 90-minute duel and the candidates will NOT be able to consult with other members of their campaign during those breaks. 

The podiums and positions will be determined by a coin flip.

Their mics will only be hot during their allotted speaking and response time. 

No props or prepared notes will be allowed and each candidate will only be given a pen, notepad and bottle of water. 

And for the first time in recent history, there will be no studio audience. I’d imagine this is to eliminate the possibility of a lil terrorist heckling in support of jihad or intifada. 

These rules don’t seem too unreasonable to me. Pretty standard stuff. 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, right, listens during the U.S. presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Photographer: Morry Gash/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

But I still have questions. 

Will they be drug tested or checked for ear pieces ahead of the debate? If Joe has to be pumped up with something, we should know what it is. 

The no prepared notes rule is great, but do we know Joe won’t be given the questions ahead of time?

All valid questions. 

And speaking of questions, will the so-called neutral moderators with a record history of bashing Trump, be asking questions voters give a damn about? Like the economy and the open border? 

Or is this gonna be another worthless virtue signal with fake concerns about transgender migrants impacted by climate change? 

Because we deserve better. 

I also think it’s a mistake for the Right to set the bar so low for Joe. We’ve created a narrative that if he manages to stand and stay awake that’s a good night. Don’t give the Left that out, my friends. 

Let’s set our expectations high for Joe and let the cookie- or the ice cream cone-crumble where it may. 

But those are just my Final Thoughts.