As Democrats look toward an expected rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden later this year, some are warning that agreeing to debates are a bad idea.
"I would think twice about it," Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-highest ranking Democratic senator, recently told The Hill. "It's just an opportunity for him to display his extremism."
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a close ally of Biden, told the outlet that Trump's conduct at the 2020 debates and the former president's refusal to debate his GOP primary opponents "would make a pretty strong case for not dignifying him as a candidate by sharing a debate stage."
Trump, meanwhile, has shown an eagerness to debate Biden that he hasn't shown toward his rivals, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or former Ambassador Nikki Haley.
