A lot of cable news pundits (i.e., liberals) are praising the job of ABC presidential debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis. Why? Because they fact-checked Donald Trump, who lied like 33 times, but not Kamala Harris, who told only one untruth, according to CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale.
I was covering the debate, and it didn't take long for me to find the first "Candy Crowley moment." Davis interjected that Trump was telling a falsehood when he said his opponent supported abortions even after delivery. The thing is, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz signed legislation allowing a baby who survived a botched abortion to be denied medical care.
It’s true.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 11, 2024
Tim Walz not only believes in abortion at all stages of a pregnancy, but even after birth.
Walz accidentally voted in favor of HR4712, which provided medical care to babies who survived abortion—but then REVERSED his vote.
Here is his PE that changed his vote: pic.twitter.com/oU2IvYxA0B
OK, so maybe it wasn't such a good idea for the moderators to act as fact-checkers. As I reported earlier, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler was so impressed that he thought Muir and Davis set the model for debates going forward. To me, it looked like the death of the debate … there's no point in having them anymore if this is how they're going to be run.
Also impressed by the moderators was CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, who of course locked down replies. He's a very private person, you know.
Excellent job by the @abcnews moderators
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) September 11, 2024
*fapping intensifies* https://t.co/VQXm4gMc7a
— Sunny (@sunnyright) September 11, 2024
You know his pants were around his ankles the whole time
— Charlie_Don’t_Surf (@dirtyhockeyjerz) September 11, 2024
Well, I guess it was an excellent job, since clearly their job was to make Kamala look better vs. Trump. But if the job were to get her actual policies out to the voter, well, not so much.
— Bob Sutton (@rmosutton) September 11, 2024
The moderators did to Kamala what you did to yourself on the Zoom call. https://t.co/BILUal8HtU
— Ross L.Peters (@indyrallen) September 11, 2024
Look at this jerkoff https://t.co/e7ZGT5Uhn3
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) September 11, 2024
He is applying his unique expertise https://t.co/60NoEjV0I7
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 11, 2024
@JeffreyToobin typed this one handed. https://t.co/RW4uCZD8O5 pic.twitter.com/kRGyT6tW59
— Bonk (@BonkPolitics) September 11, 2024
Of course, Toobin would think they did an excellent job. They let Harris say whatever she wanted without any fact-checking or follow-ups.
Personally, and I hate to say it, I thought Harris won the debate. Not by not being horrible. Trump was off his game, and expectations were so low for the woman who serves up word salad anytime she doesn't have a script. The bar for Harris was low, and she crossed it.
The New York Times seems to have noticed that, like critic scores vs. audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes, the pundits were a lot more impressed that the viewers.
You can sense the desperation and fear coming from the regime: “We rigged that debate perfectly and made it impossible for him to look good, and it still didn’t work??” pic.twitter.com/8dNmtkd7PZ
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 11, 2024
Yeah, the focus groups of undecided voters didn't exactly think Harris ran away with it:
Who do you think took a stronger stance on the border issue?#Debate2024 pic.twitter.com/Z5ZAGrSm0i
— Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) September 11, 2024
PA voters on the debate: “Donald Trump made a strong closing statement by saying, ‘Why didn’t they do all of the things that she’s proposing during the 3.5 years that they’ve been in office?’” pic.twitter.com/h1mARgtJVR
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 11, 2024
PENNSYLVANIA VOTER: "When I saw that we were leaving that amount of high-tech equipment in the hands of our enemy — and later that week I saw them celebrating with our guns in their hands — I realized what a travesty that was." pic.twitter.com/G1jK8szO0m
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 11, 2024
UNDECIDED VOTER: I still didn’t get answers from Kamala to fundamental questions that we need to know as voters.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 11, 2024
DR. PHIL: What did you not get an answer to?
VOTER: Her economic plans… and we know that Donald Trump CAN fix the economy.
pic.twitter.com/j3quhONiDK
Major Garrett: "How will you feel if Trump doesn't win?"
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 11, 2024
Michigan voter: "Petrified." pic.twitter.com/cV3szvVpzR
I admit I'm petrified that the race is as close as it is. Harris is a moron with zero accomplishments. She has to reach back to her days as a prosecutor to find any.
We did find a Harris supporter:
Kamala Harris supporter:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 10, 2024
"She can run over a chiId on live TV, I am still going to vote for her" pic.twitter.com/iaxnQn86ae
Trump called in to "Fox & Friends" this morning and said he wasn't crazy about a debate moderated by Bret Baier and Martha McCallum, which had been proposed — he preferred Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, or Jesse Watters. I'd love to see Harris show up at a debate moderated by Watters. It would be biased as hell, but it would balance out ABC's garbage debate.
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