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While Harris was composed for most of the debate, there were moments where she appeared dismissive or condescending, especially in her responses to Trump's more outlandish claims. Phrases like 'we're going to hear a bunch of lies' or her audibly saying 'don't lie' during Trump's speaking time could come across as unprofessional or overly combative."
On the latter, the chatbot said Many voters, particularly moderates and independents, are fatigued by Trump's focus on the 2020 election."
On the topic of January 6, it said Trump's weakest points in the debate revolved around his fixation on past grievances (2020 election), unsubstantiated claims (immigration and crime), and an inconsistent foreign policy narrative. These points likely played into Harris's hands, as she was able to counter them with clear policy stances and fact-based rebuttals, appealing to voters looking for stability and coherent leadership."
Harris was direct in confronting Trump's positions, often labeling his statements as 'lies' and offering clear rebuttals on subjects like abortion and health care."
ChatGPT also analyzed the first debate for verbal engagement and clarity, as requested Listen, if Kamala Harris sees a bump in the polls from her performance in the debate, where I think most folks think that she won, I could see a world where in a couple of weeks Donald Trump actually says, ‘I challenge her to a debate,
So, I actually think there’s a world in which he tries to flip the narrative and agree to another debate,
She baited him and he fell for it. That was disappointing,
a 47-year-old unemployed independent woman told the Wall Street Journal In our post-debate data, President Trump leads Vice President Harris by 2-points, 48% - 46%, and in the head-to-head ballot, he is up 3-points, 50% - 47%,
Fabrizio and Tunis continued We found that despite the best efforts of Kamala Harris and [the] media to portray the debate as some kind of overwhelming win for her, voters did not see it this way as support for her remained flat,
they wrote in a memo released on Thursday The simple message from focus groups who watched this debate was that your performance was not fatal,
influential conservative radio talk show host Erick Erickson wrote in an open letter to Trump The latest New York Times/Siena poll has Harris trailing Trump among working-class (noncollege) voters by 17 points,
writes Ruy Teixeira, a longtime Democratic political scientist and commentator now affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute The negative case against Kamala Harris is there, but has yet to firmly implant itself in the public mind because she hasn’t had to endure a single withering negative news cycle since getting in the race,
One bad campaign is better than 10 good ones."
Or as the Republican consultant Alex Castellanos put it Vice-President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?"
We just don't think it's necessary...We think we've discussed everything and I don't think they want it either."
When asked about a second debate with Harris during an interview at a rally in Arizona on Thursday, Trump said Kamala should focus on what she should have done during the last almost four year period. There will be no third debate!”
In all capital letters, he added He can’t. He’s going to double down on Hannibal Lecter. Which I’ll admit, is something I never thought I’d post…”
Reacting to Plouffe's post, one X user wrote At long last we discover his spirit animal. The Chicken,
It's too late anyway, ... the voting's already begun, you gotta go out and vote.”
Where she won that debate is she looked presidential,