Trump turned to an ex-Democrat to help with his debate prep. It didn't work

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Source: The Independent

10 hours ago


Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democrat who left the party and pledged allegiance to Donald Trump, was roasted online for her role in the former president’s debate preparation after his rambling performance opposite Kamala Harris. Once the Democratic representative for Hawaii’s second district in the House, following a failed 2020 presidential run, she veered to the right eventually even becoming a fill-in host for Tucker Carlson on Fox News.

This culminated in endorsing Trump for his campaign to return to the White House, being named co-chair of his transition team (alongside Robert F Kennedy Jr), and giving Trump advice as his first debate against Harris approached. No matter what Trump says after the fact, Harris is seen as the clear winner of the September 10 debate hosted by ABC News, and fingers are being pointed as to who was to blame.

Harris spent days preparing in Pittsburgh, holding mock sessions on a stage with lights to recreate the debate environment. Trump instead relied on informal chats with advisers, campaign appearances and media interviews to prepare, with Gabbard — who had a memorably hostile exchange with Harris in a Democratic presidential debate in 2019 — offering advice. On a call with reporters on Monday, Gabbard said Trump would treat Harris the same as any other opponent.

“President Trump respects women and doesn’t feel the need to be patronizing or to speak to women in any other way than he would speak to a man,” she said. Fast forward to late on Tuesday night, Gabbard was challenged by a NewsNation reporter in person about how the debate went. Asked if she felt they had prepped enough for the debate, she gave a stern “yes” in response, adding: “We stayed focused on the issues that matter the most.” The clip posted on X, formerly Twitter, then cuts to Trump’s now infamous (and totally baseless) statement about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating people’s pets.


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Shout out to Tulsi Gabbard for her brilliant debate prep — and to RFK Jr, for lending Trump his brain worm.

Well done you two!!!

#TrumpIsCOOKED
3:24 AM · Sep 11, 2024

[getagrip_already]

1. You cant prepare an idiot to not screw up...

Not that i like tulsi, but the problem is tsf.

He cant be prepared because of who he is. He is too easy to bait and distract. He cant avoid being the problem.

Lets stop blaming the prep team. They arent going to be potus.

The problem is trump. He is unfit. Period.

[relayerbob]

2. The only people blaming the prep team are other Trumpers

The rest of us know he's nuts

[Cha]

17. So is Tulsi. It's all their Faults for being such GD Putin Puppets.

[Jack Valentino]

8. Nobody can turn a pig's ear into a silk purse!

[NoRethugFriends]

3. she was never a real Democrat

She grew up in a crazy cult and has always been a loon

[Cha]

16. Yeah, Tulsi was a Big Fat Fake from the start. A Prolific Liar.

[canuckledragger]

4. She was never really a democrat thoguh, was she?

People tend to become democrats after having enough of the republican party's lies, fascism and hypocrisy...not the other way around.

Kind of like Joe Lieberman, who ran and was elected as a democrat but always voted with the republicans. He was never one to begin with.

[Ray Bruns]

5. Loved the SpongeBob interlude.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. ...

[IronLionZion]

6. All the prep in the world won't keep that bloviating blowhard from being himself

[groundloop]

9. I look at it another way..... tRump hired Gabbard and Gaetz to prep him, that was his first fuck up in the debate.

President Biden and VP Harris have assembled a great team to help run the country.

VP Harris has a great campaign staff, their good preparation shows.

tRump only hires the "best" people, and we've seen the results yet again.

[RussBLib]

10. Goodbye Tulsi

...she blew it because she wouldn't blow him. See Laura Loomer.

[Blue for the win]

11. Russian

I'm sure Tulsi made sure Trump had all the Russian talking points in line. Because she is allegedly a Russian asset and I believe it

[SWBTATTReg]

12. How appropriate, two losers helping each other, tRUMP and tULSI.

[Martin68]

13. Don't blame the debate coaches. Dump is untrainable. He's rabid dog.

[Cha]

15. Oh I'm thrilled Gabbard is being called OUT. lol

[Martin68]

20. Nothing special. Trump is Trump. Let's call her out on her real idiocy.

Let the MAGAts take pot shots at nothing.

[Cha]

14. "President Trump respects women and doesn't feel the need to be patronizing or to speak to women in any other way than "

“President Trump respects women and doesn’t feel the need to be patronizing or to speak to women in any other way than he would speak to a man,” she said. Fast forward to late on Tuesday night, Gabbard was challenged by a NewsNation reporter in person about how the debate went.

What a Gaslit Liar ol Tulsi is.. "Respects women".. I had her number in 2014. But she's gone beyond anything I imagined her to end of as... a Freaking Asshole Mouthpiece for TSF.

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Mahalo, BRDS!!

[Trenzalore]

18. Tulsi is as looney as he is lol

[wolfie001]

19. "Slaggy" Haberman should do a book deal with her

Sorry, couldn't resist. And yes, she's slag from the former trump administration.

[Zambero]

21. A job well done Tulsi!

Now go and help out Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, and Kari Lake.
Gosh, I'm beginning to wonder, given "results" thus far, might Gabbs (and RFK Jr., for that matter) be double agents for Dems??