Trump: incoherent rambling about immigrants stealing then eating pets and Democrat governors aborting newborns
Kamala: “He lost the election, and he’s clearly having a hard time processing that.”
Also Kamala: I am your opponent, not Biden.
At one point in his rambling, he said Kamala IS Biden. Thinking back on it, I bet that’s why.
Trump was abysmal… and it frustrates me that it probably didn’t hurt him all that much. Yes, he looked like an angry incoherent buffoon and a spoiled pouting baby. He probably lost a few votes.
But that same performance from anyone else would have tanked their campaign. If Harris had been even slightly “off” or had a cold or made any significant mistakes, that’s all the fucking MSM would be talking about today. Thank the stars she completely kicked his ass and looked good doing it.
But it’s batshit that Trump can be so unhinged and still be in the running. He talks like the idiots who vote for him. His freakshow antics are good for ratings. That’s it. That’s the magic formula. It’s dumb, it’s dangerous, it’s simple, and it works.
It’s almost enough to make me think citizens should have to pass a basic civics exam to vote. I am not really there yet, but I can see some good arguments for it.
Tests related to voting have tended to break the other way.
If it was done online where they can be truly impartial, I think they could be fine, as long as it’s just one page of questions so you can do it in like a minute
I talked to some friends after the debate who claim to be independent and they said they still thought they both were terrible. I don’t understand how anyone could equate Harris with Trump, especially after Jan 6
I guess with the constant outrage machine and fear mongering that goes on 24x7 now, some people have just grown numb. It just doesn’t register with them that democracy itself is on the line right now. If Trump wins, people could get put into camps. The very real possibility of that just doesn’t sink in. They have forgotten that our nation has been to these dark places before. Our history is stained with that sort of regressive authoritarian nightmare stuff.
She was coached very well and must have come across presidential to undecideds.
I doubt he will be participating in another one. He will stick to his “old man yells at cloud” gig until November.
Controversial but I was surprised at how well trump did for himself.
He managed to dial down the lies and rhetoric from “how stupid does he think the audience is” to “obviously bullshit”.
Well done to Harris of course, in particular for calling his playbook tactics out at the start, then repeatedly calling out the lies and dog whistling each time - the way to beat a manipulating bully is to shine a light on their behaviour plainly in public and she nailed it.
Bonus points to Harris as well for laughing at him whilst maintaining class.
I don’t know that Trump gained any voters last night, but I think he lost some.
Yup. Maybe not very many, since he didn’t go full Colonel Jessep, but I can’t see anyone but the true believers being pleased by his performance.
Even Fox News was finding it hard to say good things. They were going with “ABC was the real loser because they suck.”
Ya’ think?
And this coming from a noted (and respected) conservative think tank. It really says a lot.
