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Harris’s coaching and planning paid off tonight as she scored winning points in nearly every aspect of her performance in this debate,
She narrowed her eyes to emphasize disbelief at his words
James praised the Democrat's practiced palette of facial expressions Her raised chin and brows, her shaking head and knowing smiles or her pursed lips all gave the impression of intelligent evaluation and mockery,
She controlled our attention and made her points personal and relevant,
Harris has been unable to make any effective defense on the important immigration issue, and his litany of her documented radical positions went totally unanswered,
'I believe' and 'I have a plan' and 'I know,' however many times you repeat them, do not equal 'I have a dream,'
Harris stuck to her strategy,
Republican strategist Alex Conant said Optics are important in presidential politics,
Then the immigration question happened,
Jennings told the Washington Examiner It is absolutely well known that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president because they're so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors,
You've heard tonight two very different visions for our country, ... one that is focused on the future and the other that is focused on the past and an attempt to take us backward. But we are not going back."
It's obvious that she's memorized things,
said Lillian Glass, also a body language and communications expert, who said She is very clearly intentionally getting under his skin. He is unable to control himself. You can see when she lobs something out there and he just grabs it and goes full unhinged around ridiculous issues,
said Adrianne Shropshire, executive director BlackPAC, a left-leaning political action committee that focuses on Black voter mobilization and engagement Their approaches were very different,
said behavioral scientist Abbie Marono It was a power move,
said body language expert Mark Bowden, referring to Harris' pursuit of Trump for a handshake Does that sound familiar?"
he asked, in an apparent reference to her 2020 debate with then vice presidential candidate Mike Pence, whom she rebuked for doing the same You're not running against Joe Biden, you're running against me,
Power move. He wanted to refuse. She cornered him, right up in his space. Brilliant strategy from the start."
Some saw it as a strategic move by Harris, with one commenter declaring He tried to run away like a coward. He probably thought she was going to KO him. She had to chase him down to shake his hand."
The comments continued with one user speculating Tonight’s debate wasn’t Harris versus Trump, it was Old Kamala versus New Kamala. Despite an attempt to rewrite history on her support for the most fringe radical policies on everything from the border and immigration, fracking and energy, Bidenomics, and our fundamental government principles, it’s clear she still refuses to be honest with the country about where she stands,
Sentinel Action Fund President Jessica Anderson said in a statement