Presidential Debate Thread: Take 2 (Tonight at 9 PM Eastern)

Is there a chance now Don pulls out of a second debate? I think it depends in part on what Fox News coverage he sees tomorrow.

If she ends up doing another debate, she should end up setting all of the terms

I’m against it, but the argument in favor would be that everyone feels entitled to go through life with the memory of a goddamn hamster and there will be shiny objects in the next 58 days. If she can come close to this again when more states are early-voting, it could help at least some.

I think the even the people who like Trump like the idea of Trump but don’t like him speaking. The more he’s out front and center and the less the media can clean up his toxic mess into something coherent and not as offensive the better for Kamala

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https://x.com/cynicalzoomer/status/1833669599445029090

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https://x.com/abbydphillip/status/1833708294524780588?s=46

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Just switched from ABC to CNN and they have the longest table I’ve ever seen

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Putting it out there that you are willing to do another debate is the correct play. It takes away the narrative this one was rigged and now she is hiding. Also doesn’t have to mean you actually go through with it. Just don’t agree to a Fox moderated one.

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I think another debate would just be more of the same. Trump has no answers. And on many questions, he simply won’t answer. He would be the exact dude you just saw. Harris would be just as good. It wouldn’t hurt her. But I don’t think many minds are left to be changed. It’s about turnout now.

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David Urban now saying soldiers are in harm’s way even if they’re not in war zones. Does that go for Tim Walz as well?

Harris doing a victory speech in Philly

Fox has Trump speaking to some crowd saying it was his best debate ever.

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Trump rambling to a bunch of reporters. “The worst poll is showing I won the debate with 71%.” You can hear reporters giggling as they bait him on.

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MAGA mood

Coconut mood

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Lol Trump in the fucking spin room

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For one last LOL for the night, the 2+2 Politics thread on tonight’s debate has 38 posts.

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https://x.com/jheil/status/1833707409186984229?s=46

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Still a coinflip on polymarket. I’d do another debate. Sure, there’s downside risk that it resets the narrative, but as we just saw, the chances of her winning it are probably pretty high

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https://x.com/jasjwright/status/1833711453611712750?s=46

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Chris Wallace is wrong about this. The Trump
floor is real. And honestly, the Biden performance was still even worse than this besides. But it still is telling that this is the sort of take we’re seeing.

https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1833701180679053372?s=46

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