Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!
Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!
Was tempted to call this "Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo" but a) A lot of Lemmy won't get the OG reference. and 2) "Boogaloo" has been co-opted and carries an unfortunate connotation these days.
Also, while it's Trump's 2nd debate of the season, it's Harris's first...
It's being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That's a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck!
Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here:
Link to the first debate thread here:
https://lemmy.world/post/16973660
That't it! Thanks for hanging with it everbody!
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The articles leading up to this were great. The punditry about how Harris couldn't afford one little gaffe or she's sunk.
No one seemed to remember her from senate hearings. No one remembered that she was a fucking prosecutor. She made a career out of manipulating people into self-incrimination. Her livelihood was arguing people into corners they couldn't escape. Exposing lies was her bread and butter. And she had to do so in a way that made it crystal clear to a dozen randos who were too dumb to get out of jury duty.
And Trump is a stupid, vain, easily manipulated hothead who lies about everything.
And the audience was American voters.
This is familiar territory for Harris. She knows this place like the inside of her eyelids.
Still, I think she could have fact checked him some more. I know it's hard since his lies/min rate is so high, but it just feels like every lie that goes by, might be mistaken for fact.
She could have but that should be the moderator's or platforms job, which they did attempt for about 1/184th of the lies. She did all she needed to do very well
Yeah, they did do some fact checking, but clearly they stick to only three big ones. Is
I'd give it 8/10.