DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Trump Blows Up Debate. Trump Blows Up Debate. Trump Blows Up Debate. He may not have had a strategy, but if voters throw up their hands and stay home, it could redound to his benefit. Don’t think it will, though. Guy’s insane. Proved it. Quick polls indicate that Biden ‘won’ the shit show.
Trump Boosts White Supremacists. ‘Stand Back’ is the new Proud Boys slogan. Really. White supremacists exult.
Trump Blames Chris Wallace. Wouldn’t let him interrupt enough. I think Wallace did as well as anyone could have, considering the circumstances.
Schumer To Force Vote On Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions If Supreme Court Deep-Sixes Obamacare. Requires 60 votes. This will put Rethugs in an awkward position.
Rethugs Worry: Early Voting Is Burying Them. I almost think he’s given up on winning the election, but hopes to win the court battles.
What do you want to talk about?
Biden shouldn’t debate again, but he also shouldn’t be the one to withdraw. I think for the next debate he should insist on a mute button, which almost everyone agrees with now. Trump will not agree and will then be the one to refuse the debate.
I also fault Chris Wallace for leading each segment with open-ended questions which invited the candidates (Trump especially) to launch into their own prepared points. Wallace did follow up with some good questions.
Trump’s motormouth is exactly what I’d expect from someone cranked to the rafters. Every accusation is a confession.
The best thing biden did last night was raise nearly $4mil during the debate. Maybe his team (doubtful) had a back door agenda knowing the debate would be a shit show and decided to use that time to canvas donors
Are you even vaguely surprised? Knew Joe would not take Trump’s sh*t, would you? Knew Trump would be unhinged and that no moderator could control it, knew Trump would try his intimidation game and make a royal shitshow of it. Trump has doubled down on white supremacy and made it clear to the world he’s got the racists lily white back. This election will set a new standard for ugly, bet on it.
It hasn’t already?