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Debate wrap up: No one has ever so thoroughly dominated Donald Trump (talkingpointsmemo.com)

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She set a tone at the very start when she walked right into his space to shake his hand and made him almost pull back into himself in response. She was in charge and never stopped being in charge.

Harris also managed what neither Joe Biden nor Hillary Clinton nor any of the 2016 Republicans managed to do which is successfully bait Donald Trump and get under his skin. Within a few minutes Trump was visibly angry and not in a way that empowered him but in a way that made him lose focus, go down rabbit holes and generally go off onto damaging tangents. Spittle anger, not righteous anger, shall we say.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 months ago

His face when she told him people left his rallies early was fucking priceless.

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 23 points 4 months ago

I couldn't get myself to watch it, so it actually went well for Harris?

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In the way Biden shit the bed she didn’t, which is to say Trump was and remains his own liability.

She just needed to respond to his bullshit like a sane human, and she did. She was nervous and you could see her reverting to “this is what I practiced” words a few times but frankly she only needed to not shit her adult diaper to win.

She did sieze a few moments to really push the dagger in, she did what Biden ought to have been able to do. Did she distinguish herself? Nope. Not to me EXCEPT relative to how the political discourse has been the last few years.

She’s still the same candidate I chose Bernie over.

BUT juxtaposed to Biden and Trump she’s a fresh of breath air.

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[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That was like watching a boxing match were the loser gets mad and picks a fight with the reff and gers his ass kicked by them too.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

And yet, none of it will matter because anyone who had even been considering voting for the racist cheeto is infinitely entrenched and bound by their own logic.

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[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 15 points 4 months ago

Way to go Kamala!

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

That whole debate felt like an SNL skit. Had to put down my knitting to pick up my jaw off the floor. Absolutely insane. Harris did great.

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