The Democrat debate last night featured a number of facepalm-worthy moments, including some candidates criticizing President Trump for taking out Soleimani and Joe Biden tripping up at the opening bell.
Another big tell came when Tom Steyer said that Trump’s been “crowing” about the economy, and that’s where the Democrats need to focus in order to take him down in the upcoming election:
A visibly frustrated Tom Steyer said he's tired of hearing the same debate over and over again on health care: "How are we going to beat Donald Trump? It's the economy, stupid" https://t.co/eOAk0p3YSv pic.twitter.com/iUKpwhXV2i
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 8, 2020
It doesn’t matter anymore that Donald Trump is a crook and he is bad for the American people. We have to take him down on the economy and get him out of the White House as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/OwFxYkYMMS
— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) February 8, 2020
The Dems have been constantly trying to downplay the strong economy, asking voters to believe them over their lying eyes, but what’s Steyer have in mind?
“He’s gonna beat us unless we can take him down on the economy,” Steyer just said.
Uh
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 8, 2020
This is hilarious. Tom Steyer "The economy isn't working" and "We have to take him down on the economy." Good luck on that. #DemDebate.
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) February 8, 2020
It isn’t difficult to read between the lines on this one:
What he really means is let’s hope the economy tanks
— David “Ok Boomer” (@david42317) February 8, 2020
Nothing like rooting for bad things to happen to the American people as a platform… ?
— Matthew Betley (@MatthewBetley) February 8, 2020
So… tank the economy and blame it on Trump? https://t.co/zX4939UVu1
— Reynolds, Dale (@DReynolds5294) February 8, 2020
Democrats continuing to root against the US https://t.co/h8CzKFLNcq
— Bill Sandow (@Bsand13) February 8, 2020
The economy is on fire. The only way you can take Trump down on the economy is if it goes south suddenly. Is that what you're rooting for, Steyer? Are you hoping for economic misery for the American people because it suits you politically, @TomSteyer https://t.co/0R1ZdWvhUM
— Kim Priestap (@kimpriestap) February 8, 2020
The rest of the Dem field didn’t seem to want to go down the path Steyer suggested:
Notice no one even mentioned the economy after that.
— R. M. Megginson (@MegginsonR) February 8, 2020
They preferred to talk about abortion and Medicare for All.
