Folks, even pundits on Fox News are bemoaning that Kamala did to Trump in this debate exactly what Trump did to Biden in theirs. That’s all you need to know about who won this debate.
Still, I’d be remiss not to make just a few observations.
Kamala’s boss moves
When they were introduced, she manhandled Trump by bounding over to his podium and forcing him to shake hands. That clearly threw him off, and he never recovered.
Exhibit A that Trump never recovered was when he found himself pleading for her to stop talking over him. Too many commentators missed the import of his complaint. Kamala was simply giving the bully a taste of his own medicine…
Mercy, please…
Kamala warned that all Trump would have to offer during their debate was tired, racist tropes about migrants. And, sure enough, that’s all he offered:
Moderator: Mr. Trump, you promised the American people a big, beautiful alternative to Obamacare. What is it?
Trump: The Haitians are coming, the Haitians are coming, and they’re eating your cats and dogs!
If there’s a ‘mercy rule’ in presidential debates, ABC should have enforced it. Because it got to the point where Trump looked like he was trying to commit political suicide before Kamala beat him to a pulp.
Poor guy, he was performing as if he were at one of his campaign rallies. And the small crowd size in the studio probably only reinforced his confusion…
Taylor Swift
Just when Trump thought his night couldn’t get any worse, Taylor published her endorsement of Kamala. It resounded throughout the media like the final nail in the coffin of his presidential campaign.
After all, Taylor didn’t just endorse Kamala; she dissed Trump by condemning the AI-generated post he published, falsely claiming she had endorsed him.
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