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President Trump delivered a powerful America First message directly to the American people focusing on reining in inflation and strengthening our economy, securing our border, and peace through strength foreign policy,
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a statement at the tail end of the debate While Harris lied about her radical positions and spoke about things she would supposedly do as president, and despite the biased moderators shamelessly covering for Harris, there are two problems that Americans were reminded of in prime-time: she has a lifelong record as a Marxist, and she's the sitting Vice President who could secure the border and bring down costs today,
Joe Biden set the bar low enough to bunny hop over it and she still somehow managed to limbo underneath."
Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said on X at the end of the debate The moderators didn't do their job, but President Trump did do his job."
JD Vance, R-Ohio, similarly told Fox News host Sean Hannity She talks to us like toddlers but is doing a good job of provoking him,
the GOP lawmaker said during the debate The important thing is (Harris) did not let Trump rattle her. She seemed to be rattling Trump more than he was rattling her, and that was a revelation, I think, for a lot of Americans.”
He's got fairly instinctive gut instincts about the way the world works and the way America should work, and he sticks to that,
I don't think this guarantees that she'll win the (election). In lots of ways, though, she corrected all sorts of misapprehensions,
Lynch told CNA’s Asia Now programme I think Donald Trump came across as very, very angry. I don't know if that's going to succeed with American voters, because his anger was right there up front,
said William Schneider, professor emeritus from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government She marched over to him to grab his hand at the beginning, which I think knocked him off balance, and he took a while to recover from that,
Lynch added, referring to a surprise handshake they exchanged before the debate began She actually found a way of construing that flip-flop as a defence of American national economic interests, that we can achieve economic energy independence through a reversion to fracking.”
Did she convince people that she could do the job? I think she went some distance in doing that, but she was very defensive about a lot of points on the Biden record,
There are still 56 days to go and a lot can happen in politics, and especially a lot has happened and will happen in American politics in this current season,
She has clearly prepared a series of topics she knows he is sensitive about, and kept these jibes coming even if they are not central to the audience’s concerns, because they provoke Trump into displaying his angry side,
Kamala looks glamorous ... Trump has the amazing habit of repeating himself,
Gregrich said, ... he said First, to differentiate herself from Trump, and second, to bait and anger him in order to provoke unappealing rants,
Harris knows what to say at the moment that gets under Trump’s skin, ... Trump was on defense. Harris stuck to her points, was coherent and frankly, more professional than I have ever seen her. Trump missed too many opportunities.”
one voter said, while another stated I don't think Trump was at his best — too rambly. He would have been better had he stayed calm and made more of an intentional effort to answer the questions. Harris made a strong showing. It's not clear that her words actually stand up to scrutiny, but she sounded confident and seemed to make sharp and effective attacks against Trump,
The split screen and the angle of the camera works to Harris’ advantage,
Harris was prepared and ready for Trump. She answered the questions well and took this opportunity to show why she is a better candidate.” ... I was leaning towards Harris before the debate and she made a good case for herself in her first real live event. Trump just seems to want to rely on fear-mongering and that doesn’t get real things done in people’s lives.”
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