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Harris won the debate because she knew exactly what buttons to push to help Trump express himself in the manner that is most revealing of his character,
Her strategy in the debate was to put Trump on trial,
She didn’t do much to define herself or her policies in the positive sense,
She won the debate and not just by default,
Tomeka M Robinson, a professor of rhetoric and public advocacy at Hofstra University, told Al Jazeera That is not only not disqualifying, but it doesn’t hurt him,
Harris has adopted the persona of the prosecutor during this campaign,
David A Frank, a rhetoric professor at the University of Oregon told Al Jazeera These performances aren’t really debates at all,
In the first debate, while Biden was mainly the agent of his own destruction, Trump did help by sitting back, staying calm, and staying largely on-message,
Nick Beauchamp, a political science professor at Northeastern University whose work includes modelling political debates, told Al Jazeera In the Harris-Trump debate, by contrast, Harris’s constant needling, jibes, and minor insults appear to have played a large role in causing Trump to perform poorly, with increasingly angry and incoherent diatribes,
Trump needed to talk about his policy ideas more rather than relying on leaning into the same dangerous rhetoric about immigrants and reproductive justice,
She was beaten badly last night,
Trump claimed in a post to Truth Social I imagine and have actually a plan to build what I call an opportunity economy…his plan is to do what he has done before, which is to provide a tax cut for billionaires and big corporations.”
He ended up selling American chips to China to help them improve and modernise their military.. he actually thanked President XI for what he did during Covid-19,
I think that the most likely scenario is that you will, in fact, see a rise in the polls. Why? Take a look at the last four times we had a first debate and look at those winners. Did they see a rise in the polls? Yes. Mitt Romney in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden in 2020, and Donald Trump earlier this year. They all saw rises in the polls of two points or more,
We'll see if that holds, but the bottom line is I would expect to see a polling bump down the road if history is any guide,
I know everyone in the world has said this, but the inability or unwillingness to realize when he’s being baited and not fall for it is constantly baffling,
a longtime Republican operative said While I don’t think the debate hosts were fair to @RealDonaldTrump @KamalaHarris exceeded most people’s expectations tonight,
Elon Musk posted on his social media platform X on Tuesday night People are suffering in this economy and left and right politicos want to talk about abortion,
It is important that transgender individuals who rely on the state for care receive the treatment they need, which includes access to treatment associated with gender transition,
Do you think it’s strange that someone could support something as radical as sex change operations paid for by taxpayers for convicts and illegal immigrants … and not get asked a question about it
Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked Trump in a post-debate interview