I seen it on the television.
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Thank you JD Vance, very cool. Please do something similar again, preferably once right before the next debate, and once before election day.
Their defense will be "I was being sarcastic!" "It was just a joke!" Every time.
"but I saw it on TV!" is the most geriatric and concerning defense trump could have offered
Trump: Don't believe the media
Also Trump: But the TV!
General:
-"Me President! The enemy advances towards all big american cities, what are uour orders?"
The president:
-"This is what we're going to do, I saw this thing on TV one day, you're not gonna believe it."
General: (doesn't believe it.)
...
It's tough to fathom the people who bite at his bullshit. So much of it is plainly made up on the spot with no connection to reality, how does that not bother someone to the point where you might question giving this person executive authority...
Somehow it is someone else's fault that Donald is repeating lies on a nationally televised live event.
I am inclined to agree. People with dementia like Trump might just repeat stuff they heard recently without a deeper understanding.
Who downvoted you? The old senile insurrectionist felon should be rotting in a cell, not be given a national platform.
Let's not pretend Trump isn't exactly as racist as Just Don't Vance.
I saw the clip and I wish the moderators or Kamala had the balls to ask:
Where did you see that on TV and are you concerned misinformation is so advanced that even you are falling for it?
He'd have 100% thrown someone under the bus like he did with Faux News, it was a huge opportunity to frame it in a way that trump would burn any bridge to avoid looking dumb.
I think the point was to show the world how batshit crazy Trump was. He showed it and Kamala moved on to the next topic
Honestly, it reminded me of watching a cross examination in a courtroom drama. You get the witness to say what you want them to say, get it on record in front of the jury, then you move on before they get the chance to undo any of the damage they just did to themselves.
It was perfect!
Does it show him as crazy or do voters eat it up? I have no idea anymore.
His voters think that he is the path to Christian Fascism- their only chance at it, in fact. They will overlook everything because they think they have no choice.
His voters eat it up. Fox news will use every little bit of newspeak to change the story
Fox news actually posted the "He'll eat you for breakfast" line on their Youtube channel. I'm not sure they think that makes harris look bad or if they are trying to wash their hands of trump.
It makes sense that Harris would have to pick and choose what she fact checked or she'd be spending all her time doing that.
Yeah, she was making a very conscious decision to basically always respond, "That's a lie, here's why, not back to the actual question..."
Asking back is playing their game and letting them further their lies and misinformation.
They did ask, Trump talked over the mods. I can't find a clip of the entire exchange, but the mod asked later as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qoaj3YndQ
Wow, I didn't watch the debate and now I'm kind of regretting that decision. That was hilarious.
You can still watch it on CSPAN if you want to. I was glad I went back and watched its entirety because watching her skill at taking him down was something. The first 10 minutes are kind of scary, he seemed normal and accessible. Then she started her campaign.
I may. There's no way watching the debates will change who I'm voting for, so it's relatively low on my list of priorities. But if it's entertaining, I'll give it a watch.
I found it really entertaining if you like someone skillfully tearing someone apart. She let herself and trump get comfortable and then she stabbed him over and over with her words. She said things we've all wanted to say while using a lot of his terms. This was a masterclass. She stumbled maybe 2x in front of a psychopath, I thought it was pretty good.
Here's the CSPAN link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?538053-1/simulcast-abc-news-presidential-debate