At a “town hall” meeting moderated by a devoted fan, on a television station that admitted to airing straight-up election lies on his behalf, and featuring pre-screened questions from members of his own political party, Donald Trump insisted that next week’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was going to air on a “dishonest” network that would feed his opponent “questions in advance.”

“Who the hell in New Hampshire would vote for this guy?” Trump went on to ask Sean Hannity and his Fox News audience on Wednesday, per The New York Times, the 78-year-old Republican either momentarily forgetting who his opponent will be in November or simply pining for the days before Harris entered the race and turned polls in the Granite State from purple to blue.

Trump’s rambling projection came the same day as his Democratic rival — that would be Kamala Harris — formally agreed to the rules........

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