{"id":2247687,"date":"2024-05-18T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokes-he-will-demand-a-drug-test-from-biden-before-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T18:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T22:41:14","slug":"trump-jokes-he-will-demand-a-drug-test-from-biden-before-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokes-he-will-demand-a-drug-test-from-biden-before-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump quips about demanding a drug test from Biden before debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-jokes-he-will-demand-a-drug-test-from-biden-before-debate%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=2247687&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--><p>Presidential candidate Donald Trump humorously speculated that his\u200d rival, President Joe Biden, would be notably\u2063 energized before their much-anticipated debate, hinting at\u200b a potential \u200cdrug test. Biden confirmed his involvement in two debates against \u200bTrump, set to be hosted by CNN and ABC News. Trump playfully shared his thoughts on the upcoming debate at the Minnesota \u200cRepublican Party\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dni-ratcliffe-attends-army-navy-football-game-with-president-trump-we-wonder-what-they-might-have-discussed\/\" title=\"DNI Ratcliffe Attends Army \u2013 Navy Football Game with President Trump \u2013 We Wonder What They Might Have Discussed\">annual event<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> jokingly predicted that his opponent, President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, would be so \u201cjacked up\u201d before their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3006254\/trump-prepared-attempts-rig-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"anticipated debate\">anticipated debate<\/a> that he might request a drug test.<\/p>\n<p>Biden announced that he would participate in two debates against Trump hosted by CNN and ABC News. Trump offered some predictions surrounding the debate during the Minnesota Republican Party\u2019s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to be so jacked up for those, you watch,\u201d Trump said of the debates. Later, he suggested he would \u201cdemand a drug test\u201d before the two got on the debate stage. Speaking to attendees of the National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits on Saturday, the former president said his successor was \u201chigh as a kite\u201d during this year\u2019s State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>The president announced he would not participate in the debates scheduled by the Commission on Presidential Debates and instead agreed to two debates on June 27 and Sept. 10. Before the announcement, Biden\u2019s campaign chairwoman, Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/15\/2024-election-presidential-debates-biden-trump\/6b0eb9aa-12b5-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> penned a letter listing gripes with the timing of the debates, among them noting that it was too late in the election year to hold debates. As a result, the commission issued its response at the beginning of this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CPD purposefully chose September 16 after a comprehensive study of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-speaks-for-white-liberals-black-leaders-entrepreneurs-slam-stacey-abrams-over-georgia-boycott\/\" title=\"\u2018She Speaks For White Liberals\u2019: Black Leaders, Entrepreneurs Slam Stacey Abrams Over Georgia Boycott\">early voting rules<\/a> in every state,\u201d a CPD spokesperson wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/debates.org\/2024\/05\/01\/cpd-statement\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cIn-person early voting in North Carolina does not begin until October 17. On September 16, the day of the first debate, Pennsylvania voters can receive, complete and return ballots at their county boards of elections. Every other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-slams-biden-for-backing-out-of-debate-at-hbcu-cant-defend-his-failing-policies\/\" title=\"Youngkin criticizes Biden for canceling debate at HBCU, citing inability to defend failing policies\">state starts early voting<\/a> later, as of the most recently published information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, O\u2019Malley also accused the CPD of being \u201cunable or unwilling to enforce the rules,\u201d pointing to the 2020 elections, claiming Trump broke debate rules with no consequences and wasn\u2019t tested properly for COVID-19 before the debate, as he was positive during the event. Over 73 million viewers tuned into that debate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump humorously suggested that Joe Biden might be so energized before their upcoming debate that he jokingly mentioned considering a drug test. Biden confirmed his participation in two scheduled debates with Trump, hosted by CNN and ABC News. Trump shared some light-hearted predictions about the debate during an event in Minnesota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2247688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-28-Apr-2024-07-02-PM-4695-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-28-Apr-2024-07-02-PM-4695-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}