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I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate."
Harris, speaking at a rally shortly after Trump's post went live, said When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, 'I WANT A REMATCH.'"
He posted on Truth Social Despite the best efforts of Kamala Harris and the media to portray the debate as an overwhelming win for her, voters did not see it this way,
THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!"
the former president wrote on social media site Truth Social, after participating in a debate against President Joe Biden in June and Vice President Harris earlier this week I wasn't debating one person, I was debating three."
Following the debate, Trump blasted ABC hosts David Muir and Linsey Davis on his social media platform Truth Social, writing I think it was one of my best debates, maybe my best debate,
That's what they saw tonight and what they should see at a second debate in October. Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?"
Harris' team signed off on their "victory" news release after their event The 28% growth in the overnight ratings implies a national audience of over 65 million, but the overnights haven’t been all that reliable as a predictor of the nationals lately, at least in sports, so I’d make that projection with low confidence.”
Debates can shape narratives and provide key moments, but their significance often depends on the viewer's perspective,
Agranoff said in a text to Newsweek on Wednesday He landed few blows against Harris, and the longer the debate proceeded, the more blows Trump landed against himself,
The overall tenor of Harris' presentation was more optimistic and forward looking,
For deeply entrenched voters, they may reinforce existing beliefs rather than shift opinions,
If Trump didn't tank his presidential run tonight, it will prove that debates don't matter much,
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,
She didn’t do much to define herself or her policies in the positive sense,
That is not only not disqualifying, but it doesn’t hurt him,
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 These performances aren’t really debates at all,
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 Her strategy in the debate was to put Trump on trial,