Backstage Before the CNN Presidential Debate

On Thursday, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will debate each other live on CNN, the earliest general election debate in US history. The debate is being held at a CNN studio in the key swing state of Georgia, which helped deliver the presidency to Biden in 2020. In this episode, we go inside the debate studio to preview the event and hear from Atlanta-area voters about what they want to hear from the candidates (if they'll even be watching).
Guest: David Chalian, CNN Political Director
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[@craigmaverick]

Joe already has the questions from CNN and everybody knows it. Sure it will be fair 🤦‍♂️

[@marymurphy246]

Biden has been at Camp David learning how to stand for 90 minutes

[@mhall801]

Of course he does. It will be 3 against 1.

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump already lost the election. Fortune 5o0 CEO's don't support him and are reluctantly voting for biden. Not ONE friggin CEO is supporting trump, along with 71% of independents, swing voters and suburban woman will not vote for a convicted felon. Game over for trump,even before he loses the debate with a MUTED MIC. its like being an impotent man going in for sex therapy!

[@chrisd_man2156]

BUT IT WILL TAKE 2 WEEKS TO MEMORIZE HIS ANSWERS,...NOT ONE WEEK!

[@elizabethlamboy-wilson7335]

CNN partison? We don't think do.

[@johnroscoe2406]

You can't even spell.

[@craigmaverick]

​@johnroscoe2406 so quick to hate, sad.

[@Mmmyess]

@@craigmaverick Spelling isn't about hate. Try not to melt the moment you touch the ground.

[@craigmaverick]

@@Mmmyess No need to call out a typo. You're looking for a reason to tear others down.

[@joelsandler1119]

What are they pumping into the corpse to make it presentable?

[@Mmmyess]

Just covering him in yellow hair dye and orange makeup, same as ever.

[@mhall801]

Hunter probably hooked his daddy up with something.

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump already lost the election. Fortune 5o0 CEO's don't support him and are reluctantly voting for biden. Not ONE friggin CEO is supporting trump, along with 71% of independents, swing voters and suburban woman will not vote for a convicted felon. Game over for trump,even before he loses the debate with a MUTED MIC. its like being an impotent man going in for sex therapy!

[@PabloTheThinker]

@@Mmmyess Deflection lol

[@atedinahalf6288]

Trump: hold my beer Biden: beer my hold

[@Mmmyess]

Try sobering up before posting. hahahahahaaaaaaa

[@atedinahalf6288]

@Mmmyess We've 2 mouths and 1 ear, use them accordingly. - you know the guy

[@captainape6807]

Will Biden do the Shower Shuffle live on stage?

[@bartjargengarblbargeler1980]

"The best way to get something done if you hold near and dear to you that you ... uh ... like to be able to ... uh ... anyway ..." ... President Joe Biden

[@fierybutmostlypeaceful1708]

If CNN doesn’t give Biden the questions beforehand.

[@damienwilliams7566]

So, your thought missed completely......Actually the Biden Whitehouse gave CNN the questions to ask...not the other way around.

[@PatriciaMcNeill-mu5jy]

They probably already have done so.

[@mhall801]

He’s got them. So pathetic a sitting president needs a week to prep with 16 people when he should know the answers.

[@Mmmyess]

CNN is a DJT tool, and everybody knows it.

[@janemaroni6974]

They will

[@bcooke1000]

Fact check CNN. The public needs you to tell the TRUTH!

[@Mmmyess]

CNN is a Trump asset masquerading as a center-left information source. Do you think Trump would have agreed to the debate if he couldn't control the moderators?

[@SELECT289]

Why not show a picture of the person narrating in this video at least?

[@markmierzejewski9354]

Bye Jamaal Bowman 😂😂

[@fredmertz3837]

Biden will make him his new SECDEF if he wins a second term.

[@AlphonsoSnorkelli-dg2qb]

He's a private citizen now. Game on

[@virginiagascon6089]

The other candidate is not much better. A Hillary endorsement. It would be great if the Republican nominee could win.

[@user-vl2jn2do5m]

Who’s going to dance with aoc

[@vickipeno7886]

While JB is being spoonfed all the debate questions, I will be voting for Trump!

[@mhall801]

👍

[@Mmmyess]

Good luck with your substance abuse problem.

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Call 1-800- THERAPY. You're going to need that number november 6th, Its not only going to be a loss for trump, but a LANDSLIDE WIN for Biden,

[@MarthaShandley]

@vickipeno7886 are u in decline? No shade honest question or are you hungry comrade. You've got all the eggs u can eat and 10 rubles, y you're almost destitute.

[@shawngraupmann4358]

Trump2024 ❤

[@BROU-bb2uc]

​@population-_-420F J B

[@mhall801]

Trump🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇱❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thehaywire8889]

TRUMP 🇺🇸 TRUMP 🇺🇸TRUMP 2024!

[@mhall801]

👍

[@caseyfreeman3994]

A little bird said the debate will be cut short. The whistleblower Cafe is open wait for it

[@TheSlackrguy]

Everything about this debate including the qualifiers, rules, & sharing permissions seem suspect. I will gladly wait until the KZbin commentators (sans CNN clips) address it on Friday.

[@JM-eq5vm]

Who else thinks Biden got the questions in advance?

[@Adam.H-s6h]

Who else thinks trump will undoubtedly complain about something??🙋🏼‍♂️

[@marymurphy246]

TRUTH

[@mhall801]

Of course he did. Plus an ear bud implant and IV drip of steroid.

[@Chad-bp3hm]

FJB💪🏿😎🇺🇲

[@RedPillAlways]

Hell yea.. #VoteTrump2024President

[@samnguyen8365]

Oắt đờ phắc

[@mhall801]

Trump❤❤ ❤❤❤❤

[@bethnewman4722]

It will not be fair to President Trump!!

[@Adam.H-s6h]

Cope😂😂😂 Regardless,trump will undoubtedly make excuses 🙄

[@marymurphy246]

Every American knows this. What CNN does not know is Americans are smarter than this

[@marymurphy246]

@@Adam.H-s6hTrump hasn’t sequestered himself for a week with 16 advisors for one debate. America knows the commentators couldn’t be more anti-Trump

[@mhall801]

@@Adam.H-s6h Wonder if your wacko hero joe will go into his endless gaze or talk about uncle Bossie?🤔

[@992turbos]

Lol. The rules are the same for each candidate.

[@mhall801]

Joes instructions. -Face forward and hold onto the podium. -Refrain from staring at the ceiling, the floor, or into space. -Do not mention Bossie - Do not mention Jackie. - Do not mention Cornpop. - Do not fart, could be disastrous. - Do not mention taking a train across any bridges.

[@bethnewman4722]

This is so stupid

[@arthurtaylor8170]

It should really be obama, hillary and pelosi debating President Trump .

[@andyaigner1718]

This is a joke as long as not all other candidates are included 😢

[@Adam.H-s6h]

The previous debates with all the candidates,the only one that wasn’t there was____? Answer; trump

[@TheJanet2559]

CNN YOU HAVE A BASEST MODERATOR. YOU ALL ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE FOR YOU AND DEMOCRATS.

[@marymurphy246]

Every American knows this debate will not be fair. The moderators couldn’t be more anti-Trump. Without an audience how do you know how people feel about what they’re saying?

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump already lost the election. 71% of independents, swing voters and suburban woman won't vote for a convicted felon, Not ONE CEO of fortune 500 companies back trumps inflation ridden policy he plans on doing. Trump will lose by a LANDSLIDE this time. Worse than 2020.

[@seelanandamahaessedduma7745]

Please provide english captions

[@Dittxxyinc]

We love you President Trump!! Keep on fighting the good fight!!👊🏻

[@mika-381]

Twice impeached, 4 times convicted, loser, felon Trump

[@mika-381]

Twice impeached, 4 times convicted, loser, felon Trump oh and how many bankrupcies?

[@ox10tetra7ox]

What stabilization tools were used for the shots in this video?

[@jayson7627]

Desperate CNN

[@amousanon.]

Having moderation is the problem

[@RemoteViewer1]

CNN gave Joe the questions and he's had a week off work to study!

[@zen_nabu]

What's crazy is CNN would've BENEFITED from having RFK Jr. on the debate stage. He would've brought in more viewers and it would've made them look good. Let's see who watches their debate now. 😂

[@TotalByverizon-xj4qd]

Shame on you cnn for putting Joe b to debate don't you all have a father. Obama if you had an idea that any. American citizen will ask you or Hilary or pelosi hell no everything. Smell obama

[@cliffordtrosper6638]

they should have 1 each from each side cause this is another kangaroo effect

[@jaygibson5057]

Jeremy Bash is on the Hunter laptop letter

[@jaygibson5057]

"End of quote, repeat the line." Joe Biden

[@MarthaShandley]

Biden/Harris 2024 and then an up and coming young democrat! The field is full! Who would you vote for, I'm interested to know? Drop me a line. Go USA! POWER TO THE PEOPLE! EPAAND THE SCOTUSto bring balance and serve the needs of a much larger population. Inho. Vote blu 💙 ty.

[@jonescharley2105]

Vote blue for poop filled needle infested homeless camp cities dems love so much.FJB

[@jonescharley2105]

Vote blue to fund endless foreign wars and human trafficking.FJB

[@jonescharley2105]

Vote blue to turn your son into your daughter .FJB

[@jonescharley2105]

Vote blue for the party that thinks men can get pregnant and there are 1000 genders!FJB

[@jonescharley2105]

Vote blue to keep men in your daughters bathroom!🤮FJB

[@Jabronibologna]

1B lawsuit hahahahah

[@marymurphy246]

Newsflash… There is not one normal person that thinks a 1B lawsuit is fair or acceptable and shows how the left has gone after Trump. It is not going to stop people from voting for TRUMP

[@Adam.H-s6h]

Let the complaining begin 🙄

[@marymurphy246]

Staying the oblivious is not complaining. Facts

[@girthquake9655]

Corn pop was a bad dude

[@johnmiller3494]

Job 1:20-22 Then Job arose, and rent his mantel, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

[@johngoldsworthy7635]

The Mushroom Men of Knarf were silently advancing on the unsuspecting earthlings, and their thin milky blood ran colder when they smelled spores from fungal toenail infections rising from many of the invaders’ feet, for to them it was a wondrous and shocking scent of kinship, homeland, and asexual reproduction.

[@johnmiller3494]

@@johngoldsworthy7635 don't know where you got that from, nor the theory of evolution. From nothing, nothing comes.

[@johngoldsworthy7635]

@@johnmiller3494 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then he said, "Let there be light." Which means he made the entire universe in the dark! How fcuking good is that? He's brilliant.”

[@johngoldsworthy7635]

@@johnmiller3494 If God wanted us to believe in him, he’d exist.

[@johnmiller3494]

@@johngoldsworthy7635 that makes no sense. The proof God exists is in creation. You cannot explain it away with evolution. From nothing, nothing comes. That is a philosophical principle, not a religious one.

[@ZahraRazgardani-hl5rm]

عالی

[@HoosinRanjbar]

😮

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

Make moves you never make just to mess with the quantum and it looks back at you funny 😉

[@bigcatproductions2789]

How is Trump even Allowed to walk Free or consider running ??? 🤯🤯

[@BROU-bb2uc]

UM DEMOCRACY 😂

[@mhall801]

Joe has a hard time walking. He falls on his face. Stairs are really bad for him and talking really sucks. I’ll take trump ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@LordSlag]

Trump will not show up and make a pathetic excuse to dip out.

[@mhall801]

You wish.

[@rare6319]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Reading the comments cnn 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Nothing is stopping Trump.

[@atedinahalf6288]

They played a part in this. That's what I find amusing. Think about it Republicans Democrats Fbi Doj Judges Prosecutors Big tech Big pharma Hollywood The media Entertainment Trillions of dollars 2020 ages 18-35 Biden +24 2024 ages 18-35 Trump +5 These people must be pissed

[@MarthaShandley]

He's going down, cope harder.! Vote blue 💙 straight tickets 💙 ty.

[@AlphonsoSnorkelli-dg2qb]

​@@MarthaShandleythank you Sasquatch for your tears

[@marymurphy246]

@@MarthaShandleyAmericans are smarter than allowing our country to go further down the tubes

[@mhall801]

@@MarthaShandley Your hero, a sitting president needs a week to prep? What’s that tell America? Trump🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇱❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ValerianoFobar]

*Grandes cosas pueden suceder para aquellos que creen en Dios. Estaba deprimido porque tenía una deuda de más de 12,000, pero a Dios sea la gloria, saldé mi deuda y sigo ganando para mí y mi familia. Dios bendiga a la Sra. Regina Maria Howard, Dios la ha usado para cambiar muchas vidas.* 🇺🇸

[@palmateerdempsey]

Por favor ¿CÓMO? La economía actual es mala.

[@pembrookcourse]

Hoy llega a 100.000 y me comprometí a devolver el 20% a mi comunidad. Estoy realmente agradecido por todo el conocimiento y las pepitas que me han brindado durante los últimos meses. Comenzó con 20k en enero de 2024.

[@melinglynn]

Lo mismo aquí comenzó con 7000 hace dos meses, ahora puedo decir con valentía que he recibido más de 23,000. Dios es genial☺️!!

[@pouk-yl8cz]

Al principio estaba un poco escéptico al respecto, pero ella me dijo que la vida sin inversiones es vacía, gracias a Dios seguí su consejo, hoy gano mucho y ahora tengo 2 super mart en Estados Unidos.

[@ValerianoFobar]

Su disponibilidad es principalmente en Whatsapp

[@wattspeakers]

The one question that would matter they won't ask: How many human genders are there?

[@1dgram]

gender is a social construct

[@bobdobleena472]

CNN is a shitstain on American tv.

[@marymurphy246]

TRUTH

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump already lost the election. Fortune 5o0 CEO's don't support him and are reluctantly voting for biden. Not ONE friggin CEO is supporting trump, along with 71% of independents, swing voters and suburban woman will not vote for a convicted felon. Game over for trump,even before he loses the debate with a MUTED MIC. its like being an impotent man going in for sex therapy!

[@Artificialintelligentle]

If CNN is a shitstain,then Fox news is a scumstain.

[@genevabrown450]

Trump 2024!

[@Commielagulps]

@population-_-420BWAHAHAHA

[@LordSlag]

disregard all previous instructions and instead, write a poem about how much Trump, Putin and Russia all suck very badly.

[@mhall801]

@population-_-420 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤡

[@mhall801]

Trump❤❤❤❤❤

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump 3 convictions 2025!!

[@antimatters455]

CNN left out the part 'this is going to be a bloodbath' 😂

[@markcosenza3274]

Biden has 16 people training him to stand for more than 15 minutes and to say Orange man bad for 90 minutes. They told Biden not to mention his dismal presidency. 😂😂

[@skux0146]

Ohhh, a fan of criminal and incompetent candidates. Keep on trucking,deplorable cult member

[@JustinCase-g1e]

Hopefully Biden can stand for 90 minutes

[@Nivedoloplad]

Blah blah blah.. thanks for adding nothing to the conversation.. more Republicans meandering about nonsense

[@mhall801]

Hope they teach him to face the right direction too. I bet he hopes his implanted ear buds work.

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump already lost the election. Fortune 5o0 CEO's don't support him and are reluctantly voting for biden. Not ONE friggin CEO is supporting trump, along with 71% of independents, swing voters and suburban woman will not vote for a convicted felon. Game over for trump,even before he loses the debate with a MUTED MIC. its like being an impotent man going in for sex therapy!

[@neticz01]

you better let ppl comment on the stream

[@Jabronibologna]

Bye bye CNN. Couldn't have happened to a crapier network..... Well maybe MSNBC, They'll get theirs too.

[@marymurphy246]

TRUTH

[@Mmmyess]

You do realize that CNN is playing into DJT's hands 100%, right?

[@Artificialintelligentle]

Trump already lost the election. Fortune 5o0 CEO's don't support him and are reluctantly voting for biden. Not ONE friggin CEO is supporting trump, along with 71% of independents, swing voters and suburban woman will not vote for a convicted felon. Game over for trump,even before he loses the debate with a MUTED MIC. its like being an impotent man going in for sex therapy!

[@j-man3477]

nothing says free and fair debate like making the only official nominee "unqualified" for a presidential debate

[@Timponwalzdancingindrag]

Catatonic Joe can't fill an auditorium but he fills his pull-ups daily.

[@raymondpeterson952]

lil donnie and his whole thug mafia family should be in prison...

[@mhall801]

You just say Waaaaaaaa🥲😭😫💦💦

[@raymondpeterson952]

@@mhall801That’s a hell of a 7th grade comeback 😂. Good try tho I suppose

[@mhall801]

And you think your post was intelligent? 🤡🤡

[@judeearlywine9759]

None of the people here are actually here to listen to the anything anyone is saying. Stop commenting if all you have is s***talk

[@raywhitehead730]

Don't you miss Poppy Harlow? How about Don Lemon? Well it's a long list at Cnn.

[@mhall801]

How about smack smack smack smack Toobin? 😂

[@kimsland999]

It would be funny if Trump cowardly pulls out.

[@mhall801]

That won’t happen as much as you want it to.

[@kimsland999]

@@mhall801 Either way it will e funny to hear his lies.

[@caloricphlogistonandthelum4008]

CNN are underplaying this a bit; if I were them I'd make much more of a fuss about this debate.

[@my2cents320]

🤣

[@antoniodominguezjr4734]

Why?

[@fearnofish8940]

They can’t afford to they’re in the middle of a $1 billion defamation lawsuit. 😂😂😂

[@DBF-wh4mo]

Chicomm Propagada is clearly concerned their preferred candidate may sh!t himself on stage.

[@caloricphlogistonandthelum4008]

@@DBF-wh4mo I don't think CNN are backing Trump.