A previous debate between Donald Trump and President Joe Biden went so poorly for Biden that he ended up dropping out of the race and endorsing Kamala Harris.
Me too, and that was just from my friend group sending despairing texts to each other because half of them were watching it. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it myself because I was afraid of how Biden would do, and my concerns were fully justified.
So glad the DNC was able to pull out of that tailspin.
She needs to hammer him on his rich tax cuts and the state he left the economy in. There way too many people who believe everything was better under Trump and only care about money and earning.
Vice President Harris on debating Trump: "He plays from this really old and tired playbook, right? There's no floor for him in terms of how low he will go and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth, and we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruth."
Via The Rickey Smiley Morning Show
You think he's going to lie? Anyone who doesn't know with 100% certainty at this point that he's going to lie has either been living under a rock for the better part of a decade now, or they're effectively braindead. Trump lying every time he opens his mouth is approaching death and taxes levels of certainty.
I don't disagree but her saying "I know he's going to lie" would be really dumb. Saying "I think he's going to lie" leaves open the possibility that he will overcome his lying nature (which would be a win for Harris anyways) while also reinforcing how predictable is.
It's a good statement as-is and anything stronger would have been unproductive.
I disagree, this smacks of the same limp wristed response that Democrats have been using for decades now. That's how we ended up in this situation in the first place. It's beyond time everyone stop pretending the emperor has clothes and actually acknowledge it. Trump lies. He always lies. I don't think he's ever given a single speech where he hasn't lied at least once. There's a reason his lawyers will move heaven and earth to prevent him from testifying in front of a jury in all his legal cases, and it's because doing so would be an absolutely guaranteed way to catch a perjury charge.
So yes, she should have just said "Trump will be repeating lies during the debate, so we're preparing to counter them. At this point everyone knows all his favorite lies, so we've got a pretty good idea of what we need to be prepared for."
That would have been an actually good statement that clearly sets expectations and shows an understanding of the situation. Soft peddling anything with Trump and the MAGA crowd just wastes time and makes you look indecisive.
No I'm criticizing a weak wishy-washy statement of the kind that has been made repeatedly for decades now and allowed Trump to happen in the first place. We need to stop treating Trump like an adult and start treating him like the petulant child he is. He deserves absolutely no respect. People need to stop being afraid to speak the truth about him.
There are only two kinds of people in Trump's orbit, morons, and grifters trying to exploit the morons, with Trump occupying the point in the Venn diagram exactly in between the two.