The staged G.O.P. debates are being held essentially to offer up Trump a slate of V.P. options 'acceptable' to the RNC.
Somewhat parallel, Biden's handlers announced that there will be no Dem Party debates between Biden and anyone else . . . but in his case it's because they have already selected his replacement, and just haven't yet informed the Dem Party voters who they will be ordered to vote for.
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