# 2020 POTUS Debate 2 (22 October) follow-along and discussion thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634 "2020-10-22T22:20:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/101 "2020-10-23T01:32:04Z")

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Nice, to the Tax returns. No answers for Trump on that one.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/102 "2020-10-23T01:32:23Z")

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Oh the under audit excuse AGAIN

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/103 "2020-10-23T01:32:45Z")

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“Oh, I’ll release my tax returns … in two weeks. Alongside my healthcare plan.”

[/sarcasm]

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/104 "2020-10-23T01:32:53Z")

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Nobody told Trump he was pre-paying taxes. Sure.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/105 "2020-10-23T01:32:54Z")

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Ohhhhh… AUDIT. Well that settles it.

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/106 "2020-10-23T01:33:02Z")

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Nice job to Biden for turning that around and putting Trump on defense.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/107 "2020-10-23T01:33:31Z")

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“You’re the big man, I think. Maybe you’re not. You’re the big man, I think.”

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/108 "2020-10-23T01:33:52Z")

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moderator is doing pretty well I think

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/109 "2020-10-23T01:33:53Z")

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Big man?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/110 "2020-10-23T01:34:21Z")

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Clarence Clemons sadly passed away, but I don’t know what he has to do with this.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/111 "2020-10-23T01:34:27Z")

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I agree. Welker is holding it all together pretty well so far.

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**Author:** ![JBlackstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jblackstone/32/5256_2.png) [@JBlackstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBlackstone)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/112 "2020-10-23T01:34:30Z")

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Biden should remind Trump that his kids are legally forbidden from running charities because they’re such crooks.

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**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/113 "2020-10-23T01:34:33Z")

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Something having to do with Hunter Biden emails and that whole nonsense I think.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/114 "2020-10-23T01:34:41Z")

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“I get treated by the IRS very unfairly”. Time to take a drink every time trump uses the word “unfair”

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**Author:** ![JBlackstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jblackstone/32/5256_2.png) [@JBlackstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBlackstone)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/115 "2020-10-23T01:35:08Z")

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Biden said C’mon again. Drink!

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**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/116 "2020-10-23T01:35:09Z")

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As an aside, I need something soft to throw at the television when Trump’s playing his invisible accordion.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/117 "2020-10-23T01:35:12Z")

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prepaid taxes? Got nearly $100M refund he shouldn’t have gotten, and as soon as he is ex president he’s gonna be on the hook again.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/118 "2020-10-23T01:35:19Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> Time to take a drink every time trump uses the word “unfair”

I can get behind that idea. As soon as I refill my glass.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/119 "2020-10-23T01:35:20Z")

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Man, I’ll be very sick. No thanks.

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**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634/120 "2020-10-23T01:35:30Z")

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I don’t love this affectation.

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