# Should there be a Democratic Presidential Primary Debate in 2024?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-democratic-presidential-primary-debate-in-2024/985893
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [June 21, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-democratic-presidential-primary-debate-in-2024/985893 "2023-06-21T15:54:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-democratic-presidential-primary-debate-in-2024/985893/21 "2023-06-27T17:39:56Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> What would you expect to happen at this thing that for some unknown reason we call a debate if those three participants were there?
Lots and lots of gotchas.
RFK Jr. taking off his shirt to show how ripped he is compared to Joe\*, and setting a new record for lies and obfuscations in a single appearance.
Marianne Williamson promoting jellied meats\*\* and aromatherapy to ward off the next pandemic, while assuring us she’s not as crazy as RFK Jr.
Joe Biden trying not to trip over things on the way to the podium.
\*bare-chested RFK Jr. images are getting a heavy workout from his supporters on Twitter, thus proving he’s right about vaccines.
\*\*I hear Naomi Wolf is hyping jellied meats as an alternative to We$tern healthcare.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-democratic-presidential-primary-debate-in-2024/985893/22 "2023-06-27T17:58:29Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#):
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> I agree it would be silly, especially given the non-serious nature of those two candidates. If we were talking about Bernie Sanders, Gretchen Whitmer, or Gavin Newsom, that would be a different story.
Agreed. Unless there’s another non-fringe, non-whacko Democratic hopeful in the race beyond Biden, primary debates will only serve to give the fringe candidates airtime to be fringe-y.
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