{"id":2344735,"date":"2024-09-23T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-to-send-staffer-dressed-as-chicken-to-goad-trump-into-new-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:14:45","slug":"dnc-to-send-staffer-dressed-as-chicken-to-goad-trump-into-new-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-to-send-staffer-dressed-as-chicken-to-goad-trump-into-new-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC to send staffer dressed as chicken to goad Trump into new debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdnc-to-send-staffer-dressed-as-chicken-to-goad-trump-into-new-debate-washington-examiner%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=2344735&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>The\u200d Democratic National\u200b Committee (DNC)\u2064 is planning to send a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-100-days-without-a-media-interview\/\" title=\"Biden Goes 100 Days Without a Media Interview\">staffer dressed<\/a> \u200cas a\u2062 chicken to\u200d former President Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s rallies in \u200can \u2064effort \u2063to provoke him into participating in another debate. This initiative follows the first\u200d debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump on September \u206410, where Harris expressed a desire for additional debates, which\u2062 Trump has rejected. \u2063The DNC has launched an advertisement campaign depicting Trump as a chicken, reflecting Harris&#8217;s portrayal of Trump&#8217;s \u2064reluctance to face debate challenges as an \u2063act of cowardice. \u200dAccording to Abhi Rahman,\u200d the DNC\u2019s\u2064 deputy \u2064communications director, Trump once claimed he would debate &#8220;anytime, anywhere,&#8221; but \u2064now appears to avoid facing Harris again due to concerns about how voters would respond to his policies. The DNC argues\u2064 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-stefanik-selected-as-no-3-house-republican-after-ouster-of-rep-cheney\/\" title=\"Rep. Stefanik selected as No. 3 House Republican after ouster of Rep. Cheney\">voters deserve<\/a> the chance to hear both candidates&#8217; differing visions for the country before the upcoming election.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DNC to send staffer dressed as chicken to goad Trump into new debate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1767112\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic National Committee\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> is planning on sending a staffer dressed as a chicken to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> rallies in an attempt to goad him into another debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Shortly after their first matchup on Sept. 10, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> quickly signaled she wanted another, while Trump said there would be no more. Harris has attempted to goad Trump into a debate by portraying his refusal as cowardice, a move now being taken to a new level by the DNC. They debuted an ad campaign portraying Trump as a chicken and revealed plans to have a staffer dressed as a chicken attend a Trump rally.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Courtesy of the Democratic National Committee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t so long ago that Donald Trump boasted he&rsquo;d debate &lsquo;anytime, anywhere,&rsquo; but after Vice President Kamala Harris held him to account for his failures as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> and dangerous second term agenda in their first debate, it&rsquo;s no surprise Trump&rsquo;s turned chicken &mdash; too scared to face the music again,&rdquo; said Abhi Rahman, the DNC&rsquo;s deputy communications director.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people deserve another opportunity to hear Vice President Harris and Donald Trump lay out their starkly different visions for our country side by side before Election Day,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Instead, Trump is busy hiding from the American people because he knows they&rsquo;ll reject his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3101296\/fear-over-project-2025-created-out-of-thin-air-editor-argues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Project 2025\">Project 2025<\/a> agenda to hike taxes on the middle class, ban abortion nationwide, and use the federal government to assert virtually unchecked power over our daily lives. The American people deserve so much better &mdash; and they&rsquo;ll get it with future President Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Project 2025 was formed well before Trump announced his 2024 candidacy, and he has repeatedly distanced himself from it. Democrats have latched on to portraying the project as Trump&rsquo;s blueprint for a second term, citing his relationships with those who work on it.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC released a preview of its billboard image, which featured a doctored photo of Trump in a chicken costume holding a sign saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m afraid to debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump originally proposed three debates, but Harris only accepted the ABC News debate. Harris recently accepted a CNN invitation to debate on Oct. 23, weeks before the election. Trump rejected the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, though viewed favorably in the debate by some analysts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/22\/harris-trump-polls-debate-00180405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"failed\">failed<\/a> to see the event have any tangible impact on polling. Her team is likely hoping for a knockout blow in a rematch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1767112\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1767112\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is set to send a staff member in a chicken costume to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s rallies as a way to provoke him into participating in another debate. Following their initial debate on September 10, Vice President Kamala Harris expressed her desire for another debate, while Trump stated he would not participate again. Harris has been trying to challenge Trump by framing his refusal as an act of cowardice, and the DNC is escalating this tactic. They have launched an ad campaign depicting Trump as a chicken and plan to have someone dressed as one at his rally. <\/p>\n<p>Abhi Rahman, the DNC&#8217;s deputy communications director, commented that it was not long ago when Trump claimed he would debate &#8220;anytime, anywhere,&#8221; but after facing scrutiny from Harris during their first encounter about his presidency and future plans, it&#8217;s understandable that he is now avoiding further debates. He emphasized that Americans deserve another chance to hear both candidates present their differing visions before the election.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC also shared a preview of an advertisement featuring an altered image of Trump in a chicken suit holding a sign reading &#8220;I\u2019m afraid to debate.&#8221; Although Trump initially suggested three debates, Harris only agreed to one with ABC News and recently accepted an invitation from CNN for another on October 23\u2014an invitation that Trump declined. While some analysts viewed Harris favorably during the first debate, it did not significantly affect polling results; her team hopes for more impactful outcomes in any potential rematch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2344736,"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\/09\/Donald_Trump_NC_24_b2.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,7705,33930,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2344735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-dnc","tag-political-satire","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Donald_Trump_NC_24_b2.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344735","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}