- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debate
Donald Trumpās campaign was in damage control mode on Wednesday amid widespread dismay among supporters over aĀ presidential debate performanceĀ that sawĀ Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, repeatedly goad him into going wildly off-message and missing apparent opportunities to tackle her on policy.
Even with TrumpĀ insistingĀ to have won the debate āby a lotā, Republicans were virtually unanimous that Trump had come off second best in a series of exchanges that saw the vice-president deliberately bait him on his weak points while he responded with visible anger.
The Republican nominee ā who took the unusual step afterwards of visiting the media spin room, a venue normally frequented only by candidatesā surrogates ā was non-committal on Wednesday to the Harris campaignās proposal for a second debate. Despite widespread opinion to the contrary, Trump suggested she needed it because she had lost. āIād be less inclined to because we had a great night. We won the debate,ā he told Fox & Friends.
I have hope that they will not learn from these mistakes and will therefore keep making them. I hope that hope is not misguided.
I hope the crazies crash and burn and a reasonable, rationale alternative is made available to voters. Then Democrats will actually have to try instead of relying on āif you donāt vote for us the Dictator wins.ā