On Aug. 1, Andrew Blake wrote in the WashingtonTimes an article titled “Stone: Trump Campaign Is `Outgunned and Outmanned,’” in which Stone says Trump should use his power to “‘control what debates are ultimately heard by the American people,” acknowledging that Stone said this “during an online discussion organized by a political action committee devoted to promoting the ideas of late conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche.”
“`Everything depends on this November. We are outgunned and outmanned, but I have great confidence in the President’s skills as a communicator and as a campaigner… I hope he does not agree to the debate schedule as put forward by the Presidential Commission on Debates, which is not appointed by the President, is not a commission, and is not about debates,’ said Stone. `I think the President can command how and when, and under what format he debates, and he should use that power to control the dialogue on debates and control what debates are ultimately heard by the American people.’”
The paper notes that the Commission on Presidential Debates has scheduled a debate between Trump and Biden for Sept. 29 in Cleveland, followed by a debate in Miami and a debate in Nashville, on Oct. 15 and Oct. 22, respectively.