GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debate

GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debate

Donald Trump’s campaign was in damage control mode on Wednesday amid widespread dismay among supporters over a presidential debate performance that saw Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, repeatedly goad him into going wildly off-message and missing apparent opportunities to tackle her on policy.

Even with Trump insisting to have won the debate “by a lot”, Republicans were virtually unanimous that Trump had come off second best in a series of exchanges that saw the vice-president deliberately bait him on his weak points while he responded with visible anger.

The Republican nominee – who took the unusual step afterwards of visiting the media spin room, a venue normally frequented only by candidates’ surrogates – was non-committal on Wednesday to the Harris campaign’s proposal for a second debate. Despite widespread opinion to the contrary, Trump suggested she needed it because she had lost. “I’d be less inclined to because we had a great night. We won the debate,” he told Fox & Friends.

  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
    4·
    2 months ago

    I’m not going to argue every point with you. Waste of my time/energy.

    Translation: I can’t defend the clearly batshit crazy thing so I’m going to try to ignore it.

    You’ve been wasting a lot of time/energy replying here, but for some reason responding to the fact that Trump said immigrants were eating pets, post birth abortions are happening, and children are coming home from school having had gender changing surgery forced upon them, well that’s just minor quibbles not worth arguing about…

    • Letsdothis@lemmy.world
      16·
      2 months ago

      You’ve been wasting a lot of time/energy replying here

      Hah you’re not wrong about that. I’m nearly worn out now.

      I haven’t answered those topics for a few reasons. Some are more nuanced/complicated and require more effort, and like you said, I’ve “been wasting a lot of time/energy replaying” already. But no, they aren’t “minor quibbles” and totally worth arguing, but I have enough on my plate already.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
        4·
        2 months ago

        Translation: it’s indefensible and should disqualify him, so I’m going to try to keep the conversation on other topics as much as possible and hopefully people will forget the completely bat shit insane things Trump claimed.

        • Letsdothis@lemmy.world
          16·
          2 months ago

          Translation: You’re a dumb ass

          Edit: sorry… y’all’ve sapped my energy with idiocy.

          • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
            4·
            2 months ago

            Interesting, you still have the time and energy to respond, but not about the specific bat shit crazy things Trump claimed…