{"id":2007372,"date":"2023-08-21T19:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-host-steve-doocy-says-trump-may-actually-be-helping-biden-by-skipping-debates\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:06:53","slug":"fox-news-host-steve-doocy-says-trump-may-actually-be-helping-biden-by-skipping-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-host-steve-doocy-says-trump-may-actually-be-helping-biden-by-skipping-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News host Steve Doocy suggests Trump&#8217;s decision to skip debates could potentially benefit Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-host-steve-doocy-says-trump-may-actually-be-helping-biden-by-skipping-debates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Did Trump \u200bHelp Biden by Skipping the Debates?<\/h2>\n<p>In\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-sanction-of-rep-ted-budd-reaffirms-falsehood-of-pat-mccrory-attack-ad\/\" title=\"Russia's Sanction of Rep. Ted Budd Reaffirms Falsehood of Pat McCrory Attack Ad\">surprising twist<\/a>, &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends&#8221; co-host Steve Doocy suggested this week that\u200d former\u200d President Donald Trump may have \u2062inadvertently helped President Joe Biden\u2063 by skipping the Republican Party&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-to-be-interviewed-by-cnns-jake-tapper-this-week\/\" title=\"DeSantis to chat with CNN's Tapper soon.\">presidential \u200cprimary<\/a>. Doocy argued that Trump&#8217;s\u2063 absence opened the door for Biden to avoid\u2062 debating him if Trump becomes the Republican Party nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy&#8217;s \u200bremarks on Monday came after Trump referenced a CBS News \u2064national poll\u200d that showed him leading at \u200c62%, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at \u206416%, and other candidates in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-host-steve-doocy-says-trump-may-actually-be-helping-biden-by-skipping-debates\/\" title=\"Fox News host Steve Doocy suggests Trump's decision to skip debates could potentially benefit Biden.\">low single \u2064digits<\/a>. \u2064Trump used this as justification \u2064for his decision not to participate in the debates.<\/p>\n<p>According to Doocy, Trump believes that voters already \u2063know \u2064who he is and boldly declared, &#8220;I \u2064WILL THEREFORE \u2063NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064Doocy pointed \u200dout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surgeon-general-calls-on-big-tech-to-impose-consequences-for-violating-platform-policies-proactively-provide-info-from-credible-so\/\" title=\"Biden Surgeon General Calls On Big Tech To Impose \u2018Consequences\u2019 For Violating \u2018Platform Policies,\u2019 \u2018Proactively\u2019 Provide Info From \u2018Credible Sources\u2019 To Fight \u2018Health Misinformation\u2019\">potential unintended consequence<\/a> of Trump&#8217;s decision. &#8220;Unfortunately, \u2063by skipping the debates, Donald Trump may actually\u2063 be helping Joe Biden because he&#8217;s giving Biden an\u2062 excuse for not\u200c debating him,&#8221; Doocy explained.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy\u200d revealed that Ronna\u200d McDaniel, former chairwoman of the\u2062 Republican National Committee, had tried to convince Trump \u200cto participate\u2063 in the first debate. But Trump \u2063remained firm in his decision, stating,\u200d &#8220;Nope, \u2062not going to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Brian \u2064Kilmeade expressed skepticism, questioning\u2063 how Biden could rationalize avoiding a debate with Trump. Doocy \u2062responded, &#8220;Because if Donald Trump says, \u200d&#8217;everybody \u2063knows me, I don&#8217;t need to do it,&#8217; then Joe Biden goes, &#8216;everybody \u2062knows me, I&#8217;m president&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Ainsley Earhardt chimed in, suggesting that Biden would love \u2062to have an excuse not\u2062 to \u2063debate. Kilmeade added, &#8220;I mean, if [Biden] doesn&#8217;t want \u200dto do the debate, I could totally understand it because he can&#8217;t \u200cget through a sentence. If \u2064you watched him \u2063over the weekend, just slur his way through that mini summit \u2064and who knows what&#8217;s going to happen in Hawaii.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doocy concluded by emphasizing Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-should-leave-an-open-door-when-creating-new-industries\/\" title=\"Conservatives Should Leave An Open Door When Creating New Industries\">potential response<\/a> if Trump \u2064doesn&#8217;t participate in the debates. \u200d&#8221;Joe Biden would love to see Trump not do it,\u200d then he&#8217;s got a perfect [response]: &#8216;I don&#8217;t have to do it either then, \u2064he didn&#8217;t do it!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox &#038; Friends co-host Steve Doocy: &#8220;By\u2063 skipping the debates, though, Donald \u200cTrump may actually be helping Joe Biden because he&#8217;s giving Joe Biden an excuse for not debating Donald \u200bTrump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XBUwjiaQdy\">pic.twitter.com\/XBUwjiaQdy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Rantz \u200con KTTH Radio \u2062(@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1693724130804470119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; co-host Steve Doocy implied that Donald Trump&#8217;s absence from the Republican Party&#8217;s first primary could benefit President Joe Biden. 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