Hillary Clinton scoffs at idea of Trump-Sanders debate

Sanders’ manager says, “We hope he will not chicken out.”

It sounds like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump could debate.

Then again, not if you ask Hillary Clinton.

Trump was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night. Knowing, Trump was going on the day before, Sanders gave Kimmel a question to ask Trump: Would he debate him before the California primary on June 7?

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Trump seemed OK with it. Sanders, who was a guest on the show Thursday, immediately tweeted:

Game on. I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7 primary.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 26, 2016

Late Thursday, however, Clinton had this to say about the potential debate:  

Would Hillary join a Bernie/Trump debate? “Oh Wolf, this doesn’t sound like a serious discussion” she says https://t.co/gJhcOt79pS

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) May 26, 2016 

“This doesn’t sound like a serious discussion. …” Clinton said. “I think that it’s, you know, not going to happen.”

Earlier in the day, Sanders’ campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, told CNN, “We hope he will not chicken out.”

A Fox News spokesperson said the network proposed a Trump-Sanders debate in February. Sanders agreed. Trump backed out.

Sanders tweeted this out today:

I am delighted that @realDonaldTrump has agreed to debate. Let’s do it in the biggest stadium possible.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 26, 2016

Trump has, at least, one stipulation for the debate, and that is the the money go to charity. For women’s causes.

“If we can raise $10 or $15 million for charity, which would be a very appropriate amount,” Trump said today from North Dakota. “I understand the television business very well. I think it would get high ratings.”

It appears both Fox and ABC are interested in hosting the debate.

Hillary Clinton appears to be left behind. No comment so far from her camp on the Sanders-Trump debate.

She has declined debating Sanders before the primary to, supposedly, focus on Trump.