• Nobody@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It almost has to be Alec Baldwin doing Trump at the no-show debate. Recent complications aside, his impression has always been the definitive one.

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      3 months ago

      I feel like there’s be some ethical, possibly legal, problem with presenting an imposter as an opponent at an official debate. It’s a bad precedent. Besides, Baldwin comes with too much baggage right now

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        3 months ago

        Besides, Baldwin Trump comes with too much baggage right now

        Really? baggage is what makes him worse than Trump?

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          I didn’t say he was worse than Trump, just that running a shoddy film production that culminated in him fatally shooting someone doesn’t make him a good associate of a presidential candidate

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            3 months ago

            I would argue that 34 felony counts doesn’t make Trump a good presidential candidate, but that didn’t stop him. What’s Alec Baldwin gonna do that will stop him from running at this point??

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              I don’t think anyone here is going to dispute that. Just that Harris doesn’t need to associate herself with Baldwin

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        3 months ago

        Sure there would be trouble if they honestly and seriously tried to get him to present himself as the real Trump. Parody however is free and clear.

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          3 months ago

          There are FEC rules about debates:

          "The debate must include at least two candidates and must be structured so that it does not promote or advance one candidate over another. (FEC.gov)

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            3 months ago

            They should just have her on SNL sending multiple trumps at once. Probably at least Baldwin and James Austin Johnson.