[USA] Presidential Debate Mega Thread

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i hope she can draw attention to the fact he cant answer a question without rambling through 5 unrelated topics.

He’s now claiming that’s “the weave” and it’s intentional.

www.theguardian.com/…/election-trump-speeches

Trump rebrands his ramblings as ‘I do the weave’ – but is he just losing it?

Ex-president tries to fend off criticisms of mental acuity that plagued Biden as he waffles about sharks and batteries

The Guardian
So I put an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.
That is so much this debate on Trump’s side. I don’t even care much about what Harris says at this point.
I don’t think I can watch it tonight. I’m feeling too anxious. How are folks feeling this evening?
I’m feeling good. Sadly, for both sides. Harris is the better speaker, but MAGA will only listen to Trump’s lies
If she fucks up once, we will never hear the end of it. He will be able to say whatever he wants.
Trump is gonna ruin the moment

I keep quoting this bit from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in the hopes that it will happen to Trump. It hasn’t happened yet, but if we’re lucky tonight…

his own major intestine, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain.

Why are you wishing death on someone?

Yes, I am wishing that Donald Trump’s intestine ends up throttling his brain like in a comedic science fiction novel.

On a same level of things that are possible, I am also wishing I held the world speed record for the 100 meter hurdles.

Oh so we can wish death on people and as along as we’re not capable of making it happen it’s okay?
Sorry… you’re asking if it’s okay to wish someone die in a way that is literally impossible? Sure, why not. Go for it.

Seeing as I can’t actually make it happen and it’s not going to happen because I wished for it, that means its okay with you for me to wish for your death?

Let’s maybe focus instead of not wishing death on people? How about I wish Trump was in jail for his crimes and wasn’t able to compete in the race.

You are welcome to wish that my large intestine becomes sentient, makes its way through my body up to my brain and then starves it of oxygen for the betterment of humanity.

Why do you think I would care about that even a little?

Clutch those pearls harder, daddy.
Any suggestions of the best channel/link to watch it?
WATCH LIVE: Harris and Trump debate — PBS News simulcast of ABC’s 2024 Presidential Debate

YouTube
Watching the pre-show and evidently there’s a new TV show with Don Johnson coming. The commercial has me wondering how many times people can sample Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love”.
Don Johnson is still a thing, huh?
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Gonna need something stronger than that.
Until this very moment, I honestly didn’t believe he would show up.
When he’s not talking, his eyes look like he’s falling asleep.
Don’t be silly. He isn’t in court.

“She doesn’t have a plan. Take a look at her plan. She doesn’t have a plan.”

Trump logic on full display tonight.

They’ll execute the baby. lmfao
He’s been trying to convince people of that one for months now. I don’t even think most Republicans buy it.
just posted a similar one. wow. just wow.
This is really a Trump’s Greatest Hits tonight.
I just had to turn it off. He’s running on a loop
It just got hilarious. Trump is arguing with the moderator about pets being eaten.

Moderator: “You said you would be good for women’s reproductive rights. What did you mean by that?”

Trump: “Ramble… lie… ramble… lie… abortion should be illegal, ending Roe v. Wade was good… ramble… lie…”

lol. their executing babies. self destruction is going well.

“Well there she goes again… it’s a lie.”

Dude, you are so not doing the Reagan thing right.

Hats off to anyone who can suffer this. Cheers for keeping me informed and laughing.
Honestly, between him sounding totally unhinged and just repeating every single lie he’s made already, it’s not that hard to sit through. She sounds competent. He sounds like angry old man yelling at cloud.

I checked in long enough to hear him ranting, hear a competent response from her, and figured it was better for my sanity to assume the rest would be the same and that she could handle it well enough.

Thank you for your service lol.

your missing out. this is hilarious.
You heard it folks, he’s the leader of fertilization.
Not a surprising comment coming from a rapist.
The moderators need to stop Trump from talking out of turn. So much for the mute button.

So much for the mute button.

They have a button. Singular

oh but hes a leader in ivf. oh wait not its probably after birth. are virginians insulted by this at all?
Well… so much for muting mics between responses.

I mean, not muting is what Harris fought for… are they also leaving her unmuted?

If they’re leaving her unmuted as well, hopefully it works out like she had hoped, if they’re muting her and letting him ramble… what the fuck?

now its gonna be ww3
now their eating the pets
What the actual fuck was that? Did he actually just say that!!!
Yes. They’ve been pushing this crazy racist lie that Haitians in Ohio are eating people’s pets.
Trump on immigration: “People don’t leave my rallies. They don’t go to her rallies. Also, WWIII is going to happen because immigrants, but the towns are too embarrassed to talk about it, but black people are eating dogs. People go to my rallies because they want to Make America Great Again which is a great phrase. She is destroying this country, it will be Venezuela on steroids.”
shes follows all my policies. im gonna buy her a maga hat. shes going to stop on day one. ummmmmmm
Furthermore: “I fired most of the people I hired because they did a bad job. Biden didn’t fire anyone because of Afghanistan and people died and I got to know their family. They should have fired all the generals! I fire people who are bad at their jobs. Those people write books about me, but no one else can write books. They didn’t fire the economists, look at the inflation. And just to finish- I got more votes than any Republican by far.”

“It was a perfect debate, nobody’s ever seen the level of debate I brought”

Calling it now

nobody’s ever seen the level of debate I brought

Well…

but the towns are too embarrassed to talk about it, but black people are eating dogs.

Is that a direct quote?

lol. more votes than any republican president. oh wait more votes than any president. you know. except for the ones who have gotten majorities.