Debate thread II: talk about extreme
I assume his advisors told him to use “Springfield” as an, er, dog whistle but he couldn’t resist the full racist blood libel after Harris provoked him about his rallies:
I can’t believe “they’re eating the dogs” was a REBUTTAL to “You say weird stuff at your rallies”— Kylie Brakeman (@deadeyebrakeman) September 11, 2024
What the public/press reaction will be to the normal person against Fox News Grandpa after 20 fingers of banana schnapps I won’t pretend to know, but on the merits I agree with this:
Halfway through:
ABC moderators: grade of A.
KH: grade of A+
Trump: I will need to talk with your parents.— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) September 11, 2024
…I believe that this is what you call a “tell”:
Trump just referred to the January 6 rioters as “we”— Tim Miller (@Timodc) September 11, 2024
…for those of you fortunate enough not to be watching this is the best one-sentence summary I’ve seen:
It's like Harris is debating a live set of 4Chan memes— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) September 11, 2024