I'm going to put together a thread covering the Donald Trump/Kamala Harris debate. Follow along for clips and commentary.
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Harris walks right up to Trump and shakes his hand
Harris uses the first question to make a pitch for her economic agenda
Yikes -- Trump uses his first response to do his migrants are taking Black jobs bit
Harris points out that Trump left the economy in shambles, our democracy under attack, and brings up Project 2025
get a load of Kamala Harris's expressions here as Trump talks
Trump short-circuits while talking about "money for our country." Harris's facial expressions continue to steal the show.
OMG -- watch Harris as Trump calls her a Marxist and brings up her dad
oof -- Trump confuses Virginia and West Virginia while pushing his disgusting lies about women murdering their babies with help from doctors and Democratic politicians
WOW -- Linsey Davis fact-checks Trump awful lies about abortion. Kamala hammers the point home that Trump is a liar.
damn -- Harris addresses Trump directly while making the case against abortion bans
LMAO -- Trump throws JD Vance under the bus while dodging a question about if he'd veto an abortion ban
Trump claims he's been "a leader on IVF, which is fertilization" 😳
Harris invites people to attend a Trump rally to see how weird and dark they are
Trump is triggered by Harris bringing up people leaving his rallies early! And watch Harris's expressions here.
OMG -- Trump brings up debunked stories about migrants eating pets in Ohio, which prompts David Muir to fact-check him. Harris laughs it off and talks about her Republican endorsements.
Trump, who started the debate off calmly, is now yelling about migrants
David Muir debunks Trump's lies about crime. Trump responses by accusing the FBI of fraud. Harris then brings up Trump's criminal charges and the fact he has been found liable of sexual assault.
"This is someone who has openly said he would terminate -- I'm quoting -- terminate the Constitution of the United States" -- Harris is really taking it to Trump
eesh -- an angry Trump tries to blame Kamala Harris for a registered Republican shooting at him
Trump brags about his wealth while Harris glares at him
"Wait a minute, I'm talking now" -- Trump to Kamala Harris
David Muir asks Trump if he regrets anything about January 6. Trump responds by bringing up Ashli Babbitt and attacking a cop.
Trump lies that he had nothing to do with January 6
"Let's turn the page on this" -- After Trump sounds like a crazy person while trying to blame Nancy Pelosi for January 6, Harris calmly explains why Trump's conduct on that day and after the Charlottesville rally should be disqualifying
"I don't acknowledge that at all" -- Trump is still lying that he actually won the 2020 election
David Muir fact-checks Trump's lies about the 2020 election. Trump responds with crazed ranting and raving
"Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people" -- Kamala Harris
(watch Trump -- this one stung him)
Harris says that world leaders are laughing at Trump. Trump responds by bringing up his endorsement from Orban.
(Kim Jong Un must be miffed that Trump didn't mention him by name)
Harris endorses a two-state solution for Israel/Palestine. Trump responds by blathering about how Harris purportedly hates both Israel and "the Arab population"
"Donald Trump is weak and wrong on national security" -- Harris is really taking it to Trump with every response and is using Trump's own words against him
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MUIR: Do you want Ukraine to win this war?
TRUMP: I want the war to stop
(that's not a yes)
Trump says he met with Putin sometime after he left office. Was this known?
Trump again refuses to say whether he wants Ukraine or Russia to win
"You're not running against Joe Biden. You're running against me" -- Kamala Harris
After telling Harris to shush, Trump suggests Putin might use nuclear weapons against the United States 😳
Muir catches Trump in another lie
Harris says she supported Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan and points out that America is not currently at war anywhere in the world for the first time this century
Trump disavows his own comments about Harris's racial identity as though someone else said it, but then doubles down on them. Harris responds by pointing out Trump's long history of racism while Trump nods.
Trump says "a lot of people agreed with me" on the Central Park 5 -- the five innocent Black teens he called to be executed
"She is Biden" -- Trump is starting to hallucinate
"What I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country" -- watch the moment where Trump hangs his head here. He knows he got cooked.
DAVIS: 9 years after you started running, do you have a healthcare plan and can you tell us what it is?
TRUMP: Obamacare was lousy healthcare
(In other words no, he doesn't have a plan)
DAVIS: You still do not have a plan?
TRUMP: I have concepts of a plan
Harris begins her response on climate by pointing out that Trump thinks climate change is a hoax. Trump responds by ranting about Hunter Biden.
Harris: "Access to healthcare should be a right, and not just a privilege of those who can afford it. The plan has to be to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, not get rid of it"
here's the entirety of Kamala Harris's closing statement
here's the entirety of Donald Trump's (very bleak) closing statement
wow! Jake Tapper strongly pans Trump's debate performance, including him bringing up debunked smears against migrants
Brit Hume on Fox News: "Make no mistake about it -- Trump had a bad night .. this was pretty much her night"
Hannity attacks the ABC moderators, which makes sense since Trump's performance was indefensible
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holy shit -- i missed the moment during the debate where Trump said Harris "put out"
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