Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery presidential debate

[TomCADem]

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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/harris-puts-trump-on-defensive-in-fiery-presidential-debate/ar-AA1qme22?ocidhpmsn&cvid5f14a68775e540a98410e5e3cb540eb1&ei19

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris put Republican Donald Trump on the defensive at a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes, as both candidates sought a campaign-altering moment in their closely fought election.

A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appeared to get under the former president's skin repeatedly, prompting a visibly angry Trump, 78, to deliver a series of falsehood-filled retorts.

At one point, she brought up Trump's campaign rallies, goading him by saying that people often leave early "out of exhaustion and boredom."

Trump, who has been frustrated by the size of Harris' own crowds, said, "My rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics." He then pivoted to an unsubstantiated claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are "eating the pets" of residents.

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[cstanleytech]

1. She planted her foot up his ass and turned him into a pez dispenser that could only spew bullshit.

Well done Vice President Harris, well done.

[moniss]

2. I'm surprised he didn't have the bandage on his ear.nt

[hay rick]

3. He thinks the voters prefer candidates who don't get shot in the ear.

[DallasNE]

4. Harris Commanded The Stage

Game, set, match. She looked presidential and he looked lost. It looked like she knocked him off-balance at the opening when she went over to shake his hand. And it went downhill from there.

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[NH Ethylene]

5. That was a great move.

I wonder what she was planning to do if he refused to shake hands.

[question everything]

6. Did they also shake hands at the end?

[SunSeeker]

9. I wanted to know too, but the camera cut off from the stage before they left the stage.

Or at least that's what happened at MSNBC. I have Directv, which has ABC blocked because of its dispute with Disney. Maybe ABC showed it. Maybe ABC will put a full length video of the debate on Youtube showing what happened.

[SunSeeker]

10. Found a full clip! Trump scrammed stage left without shaking hands, leaving Harris, who then exited stage right.

It's at about 1:36:00 in this ABC replay:

[cstanleytech]

11. I'm betting that he was cussing a storm up at his campaign staff and blaming them.

[question everything]

16. Thanks. Pathetic

[DallasNE]

17. No

Trump instantly exited the stage.

[progree]

7. " microphones were muted when it was not their turn to speak " - was that true?

from the article, last paragraph:

As agreed by the campaigns, there was no live audience and candidates' microphones were muted when it was not their turn to speak

I didn't watch the debate, but I looked at some "latest discussions" thread titles and there were a lot of threads demanding they mute his mike.
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[LauraInLA]

8. They announced they'd allow 1-minute rebuttals/responses (can't remember which) and I

thought that after a while, when he’d try to complain about something Harris said, they’d turn on his mike in mid-stream and count it as a response. It seemed like after 1 minute the mod would say, “We have other issues to get to now….” It really did not work out well for him, from what I saw. So Harris got her “live mikes” of a sort, but they followed the agreed-to debate rules.

[DallasNE]

18. That Arrangement Allowed Trump To Have 5 More Minutes Time Than Harris

There was one point late, if I heard right, that Trump proposed ending the debate saying something like "there is nothing more to talk about", but the debate went on.

[LauraInLA]

19. Ooh, I missed that.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

15. I watched and when his mike was muted

he would talk anyhow.......... did that several times.

[TommieMommy]

12. OMG Kamala Harris was amazing 💙💙💙💙

[twodogsbarking]

13. Give Trump a litter box 'cause he shat the bed.

[Novara]

14. EVERY SINGLE TIME she dangled the bait, he took it

What a child.

She was masterful and exposed him for the blubbering idiot that he is. On national TV. And it was so easy. So easy.

I have been waiting for nearly a decade for someone to say "YOU'RE A DISGRACE" to his face. You go, sister.