In their first face-to-face meeting, the Democratic nominee humiliated the former president.

Even so devoted a bootlicker as Senator Lindsey Graham declared the debate a “disaster” for the ex-president.

Donald Trump is so feral and narcissistic, so unrestrained and so outside the norm of American politics, that he’s difficult to debate. It’s disorienting. Very few people have been able to stand up to him without being pulled into the muck. In the past, even when he lost debates on points, he dominated his opponents.

But on a Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris cracked the code.

  • Clent@lemmy.world
    11·
    3 months ago

    That’s what debates have been pre-Trump.

    There were never any surprises. They were expected to be composed and articulate.

    It was mostly about getting voters to tune in at prime time because despite there being round the clock news, most people don’t actually pay close attention to politics.

    • humble peat digger@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      I remember now what I always hated about debates, they were always boring reminder that both parties are the same