Donald Trump Releases Statement Backing Out of Bernie Sanders Debate

Trump: “It seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher.”
Donald Trump Releases Statement Backing Out of Bernie Sanders Debate
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Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump seemed to agree to a debate on May 25 following a Trump interview with ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”—but now Trump has released a statement on his official website, backing out of the head-to-head political bout.

The statement opens with: “Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher.”

(DonaldJTrump.com)
DonaldJTrump.com