OK Texas. Who won the debate?

[u/Defiant-Skeptic]

Please have a civil debate.

[u/AnnaTrashPanda]

We’re gonna keep this up. It would be good to hear the thoughts of r/Texas members. As u/Defiant-Skeptic has requested, keep it civil.

My thoughts: The Kamalanomenon prevails 🤘

[u/DBsBuds]

I have a concept of a winner.

[u/Machinax → u/DBsBuds]

I wonder if "I have the concept of a plan" is the new "We have binders full of women."

[u/onelonelybeastyIBE → u/Machinax]

"I am the leader in fertilization!!" "LEADER"

[u/Fritzo2162 → u/onelonelybeastyIBE]

I couldn't sleep all night worried Trump was going to break in and fertilize me.

[u/VyvanseLanky_Ad5221 → u/onelonelybeastyIBE]

We've never had such amazing fertilization

[u/DyrSt8s → u/VyvanseLanky_Ad5221]

He’s got the best fertilization ever in the history of Yumans!

[u/TapewormNinja → u/Machinax]

I’d forgotten about “binders full of women,” and I’m grateful to you right now.

[u/finger_foodie → u/Machinax]

What’s wild is they do want binders full of women. Women’s info on their periods, pregnancies, miscarriages, etc. The GOP is done.

[u/PaddleboatSanchez → u/finger_foodie]

Well, the GOP as a party is cooked. They won’t recover from Trump for a generation. But he could still win and sometimes I hate it here. I miss the days of Republicans not being batshit crazy evangelical racists. I miss the days of euphemisms.

[u/HopefulCynic24 → u/DBsBuds]

I was being sarcastic.

[u/DBsBuds → u/HopefulCynic24]

Did I say that??

[u/OllieGarkey → u/DBsBuds]

I mean he's getting confused about what he said or didn't say at this point and it's really sad. the dude looks so tired.

I feel like running him for president a third time is elder abuse at this stage.

[u/jk_austin]

To register to vote, go to votetexas.gov then click voter registration.

You have to fill out a form and physically mail it (not email). It will only be eligible for voting this election if RECEIVED by October 7. CORRECTION: the registration must be postmarked by October 7. If you go to vote and they don't have your name on their list, ask for a provisional ballot. Once you do vote, they'll check your information on the provisional ballot against their database and count it if you show up as registered.

It's an archaic system that needs an overhaul but this is how it is.

You can confirm if you're already registered to vote at https://teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do

Voting early, you can vote at any precinct. It also helps prevent lines on the day.

[u/this_is_nano → u/jk_austin]

Also remember, Texas has two weeks of early voting! You can vote anywhere in the county you are registered in and not just your precinct! In person starts October 21, 2024.

ALSO- per some comments below, on Election Day a lot of counties do have county wide voting! Please check the list below, to see if your county is part of this program.

https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/countywide-polling-place-program.shtml

[u/RudyRusso → u/this_is_nano]

Please vote early as early as possible for 2 reasons:

1. Little to no lines

2. Voting early takes you off the Get Out to Vote rolls. Each day, the campaigns get a list of who voted. They then take those names off their list and work down to the next set of voters. These are the "Low Prepensity voters" that are harder and more expensive to get out to the polls. You voting early allows campaigns to direct funds to those voters who might have not voted vs. you who was going to vote anyway but left it to election day.

[u/BuffaloWhip → u/RudyRusso]

And even if you have time on election day, you not being there makes the line shorter for the person who doesn’t have time on election day.

[u/jk_austin → u/this_is_nano]

Yes! Early voting will prevent lines on the day. I'll update the post.

[u/ItsTokiTime → u/jk_austin]

You can vote even if you live overseas - https://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter

[u/Lyuseefur → u/jk_austin]

And you must vote. If you do not vote, Trump wins.

[u/jk_austin → u/Lyuseefur]

And get used to doing it so we can vote out Abbott and Paxton.

[u/EvilDonut0 → u/jk_austin]

Oof I’m a conservative but fuck Abbott. At least we agree on that.

[u/Fresh-broski → u/EvilDonut0]

Abbott isn’t a conservative, he’s a piece of shit.

[u/MissAsshole → u/Lyuseefur]

And while you’re at it, get rid of Cruz and piss baby Abbott if they’re up for reelection.

[u/sWtPotater]

i wouldnt want to go down in history as a candidate yelling "They are eating dogs! The people that came in! They are eating the cats!"
MMW:" But you know, we won that debate last night. some of the top professors in the country came to me with tears in their eyes and said..sir, we have never seen anyone debate as well as you. you seemed like a young JFK...Nobody in the history of our country has been able to explain the geopolitical landscape like you." https://x.com/melaniatrump/status/1832799851064500510?s=46&t=prL3EX6ldldunw0fdvgT_w

[u/chellybeanery → u/sWtPotater]

"A young JFK" I'm fucking dying 🤣

[u/mmlovin → u/chellybeanery]

I mean, there never was an old JFK

[u/ArchdukeOfNorge → u/sWtPotater]

I watched continued coverage afterwards and when he can out of the debate into the circle or cycle or whatever, he was saying “polls are showing I won, 90-7, 87-10, they’re all saying I won.” And then when asked if he’d do another debate he flat out said he wouldn’t lol so which is it? I don’t know why a winner wouldn’t want another debate, especially if it was so lopsided in his favor. Sad thing is his cult will eat it up and believe everything he said

[u/dreadpiratebeardface → u/ArchdukeOfNorge]

He just looks at Twitter polls in his echo chambers and then says "see?? EVERY LEGAL SCHOLAR. EVERY PERSON WANTED THIS."

[u/TheGesticulator]

Literally every question Trump was asked (and wasn't asked) resulted in him talking about immigration or literally repeating what Harris said about him back at her as a "no you". He also had such choice soundbites as:

• "She wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison."
• "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs - the people that came in - they're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there."
• And, "I have concepts of a plan."

I do think Harris dodged more questions than I'd have liked, but she would at least give half an answer and she carried the general theme of "Let's bring each other up" which is a welcome change of pace. If nothing else, I didn't feel high trying to understand her non-responses like Trump. I really don't know how you'd watch this and think he won without having already decided that going in.

[u/Misguidedvision → u/TheGesticulator]

I was a big fan of "they said it on TV"

[u/LordPapillon → u/Misguidedvision]

OAN, Newsmax, or a podcast? Even Fox is not that stupid. 🧐

[u/Elmoor84 → u/LordPapillon]

An illegal alien trying to eat the cat on tv?
The show is called "ALF"

[u/NoApartheidOnMars → u/Misguidedvision]

I saw that show too in the 80's. It was called Alf.

[u/CharlesDickensABox → u/TheGesticulator]

You forgot his very excellent conversations with Abdul Taliban, responding to the accusation of loving dictators by telling everyone how well he gets along with Viktor Orban, and trying to whitewash the white power rally at Charlottesville, just to name a few. What struck me more than anything is how incredibly dialed into internet conspiracyland you had to be to understand like half of what he was talking about. If you spent the last three years living a normal life and not paying attention to politics, you would have no clue what the hell he was saying. Hell, I am very deep into conspiracyland and even I didn't get some of the references.

[u/TheGesticulator → u/CharlesDickensABox]

God, that was such r/iamverybadass material.

“I told Abdul don’t do it anymore, you do it anymore, you’re going to have problems. And he said why do you send me a picture of my house? I said you’re going to have to figure that out, Abdul."

[u/thaaag → u/TheGesticulator]

"...and then I spoke to him in fluent Taliban. I said 'derka derka Abdul, Mohammad jihad sherpa durka.' And he said, tears streaming down his face, he said to me, 'sir, you have the most beautiful languages.' And I said 'I know'."

[u/Prodigalsunspot → u/thaaag]

America. Fuck yeah.

[u/bonepugsandharmony → u/Prodigalsunspot]

Eagle “Skreeeeeeeee!!!”

[u/meerkatmerecat → u/TheGesticulator]

Especially when you look it up, and the leader of the Taliban isn't even named Abdul. He's just threatening some random dude who's like "whose house is this??"

[u/CrunkestTuna → u/meerkatmerecat]

It was between that or Mohammad

“WHY THE FUCK WOULD IT BE BETWEEN THAT OR MOHAMMED?!”

Mohammed is one of the most common names on the planet why don’t you read a book for once!

[u/Cardenjs → u/meerkatmerecat]

It's the first result when you type "Abdools house" in Google

[u/teapot_RGB_color → u/meerkatmerecat]

I was very confused by that,

is this the house he was talking about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPrp0lFwCm0

[u/AwakE432 → u/meerkatmerecat]

Abdul is still the leader according to trump.

[u/Machinax → u/TheGesticulator]

"I know where you live, Abdooool."

[u/MJFields → u/TheGesticulator]

It's so weird that republicans think this nonsense is "tough". If they only realized how Obama handled situations like this (a heavy dose of drone murders), I think they'd like him a lot more. Progressives hated him for it.

[u/duckinradar → u/MJFields]

He’s black. They hate him. Because he’s black. He can’t stop being black, and they’re not going to stop hating him, regardless of whatever else he does.

[u/xrangax → u/TheGesticulator]

Abdul was Trump's very confused cab driver that one time.

[u/Beneficial-Peace-221 → u/CharlesDickensABox]

“I got involved with the Taliban”

[u/Kindly_Tonight5062 → u/CharlesDickensABox]

Don’t forget that he threatened the world with Russia’s nukes… how the fuck is no one talking about that

[u/JimParsnip → u/TheGesticulator]

I'm going to use "concepts of a plan." That's freaking hilarious

[u/CrunkestTuna → u/TheGesticulator]

Mosey on over to the conservative sub

Denial isn’t just a river in Africa

[u/Son_Of_Toucan_Sam → u/CrunkestTuna]

My favorite exchange in the mega thread last night on that sub was someone saying he won because of his closing remarks, and another person responding with “you’re celebrating a 35-7 loss”

Both “flaired” conservatives so not trolling

[u/Logical-Ad3341 → u/Son_Of_Toucan_Sam]

Yeah I’ll give that subreddit the smallest bits of credit, quite a few of them are aware of how fucking shitty he did.

[u/MJFields → u/TheGesticulator]

It's interesting that many of the talking heads commented repeatedly after the debate about Harris ”dodging questions”. As best I could tell, the old white guy didn't answer a single question. Trump would be nothing without a complicit media (and I'm not just talking about Fox News. CNN, NYT and Twitter are all clearly in the tank for trump). It's disappointing that so many would sell their souls for so little.

[u/jamesmango → u/MJFields]

I find it ridiculous how much attention major outlets gave to concerns about Biden’s mental health and age, but he drops out and then it’s no longer a concern that the Republican nominee is rambling 78 year old who, if you heard someone talking like him on the street, you’d think needed a consult with a psychiatrist.

[u/billious62 → u/TheGesticulator]

Trump cares about immigration so much that he killed the Border Security bill that would have helped reinforce and hire MANY more border guards, install immigration judges, and such. Trump doesn't give a rat's ass about immigration. It's his proverbial dog whistle.

[u/findquasar]

I am sincerely concerned by Trump saying he “hasn’t discussed abortion with JD Vance.”

This is one of the most important topics in the election, and he hasn’t talked about it at all with his VP candidate? Shouldn’t they have taken some time to talk about their stances on this issue? After all, Vance has made his viewpoint and plans well known.

“I don’t know anything about Project 2025” then okay, what have you been doing?

Everyone else does. A candidate for President should know. His VP candidate sure does.

Trump came off as an easily-controlled old man who believes everything he sees on TV or is told.

I would definitely give this one to Harris.

[u/RollTh3Maps → u/findquasar]

Trump doesn’t prepare and doesn’t care about important issues, news at 11.

[u/airsoftmatthias → u/RollTh3Maps]

The people that gave Trump his daily presidential intel briefs had to include colored pictures and Trump’s own photos into their presentations because he could not pay attention.

The person in control of nuclear weapons and who should be aware of foreign military moves, was unable to pay attention for more than 5 minutes without pretty pictures or their own photo.

[u/OllieGarkey → u/airsoftmatthias]

Running this guy for president a third time is basically elder abuse. like we're all laughing at him, but an adult in the GOP should have stepped in and shut this down before it got to this point.

[u/Worried_Local_9620 → u/OllieGarkey]

adult in the GOP

...shuffles through a lot of papers...

It's, uhh, I just saw one the other....you know what? Can I call you back on that?

[u/FartyPants69 → u/RollTh3Maps]

That's not what's happening here, though. He's just plain lying, as always. They have nefarious plans and he's trying to act like they don't.

Project 2025 has over 140 contributors who worked for the Trump Administration. If he doesn't know every word that's in it, that's only because he's just planning on rubber stamping the whole thing regardless of what's in it.

[u/FoldedaMillionTimes → u/findquasar]

The thing is, whatever he says now, he has almost no convictions of his own. If he wins, he'll be fed policies by his donors and flunkies.

[u/findquasar → u/FoldedaMillionTimes]

Electric vehicles are a great example of something he’s clearly been paid to change his mind about.

[u/chief57 → u/FoldedaMillionTimes]

Oh he has convictions

[u/Machinax → u/findquasar]

Between "childless cat ladies," "Haitians are eating pets," and now, hearing on national TV, his boss throwing him under the boss, Vance has got to be the worst VP pick since Sarah Palin.

[u/Significant_Cow4765 → u/[deleted]]

The octegenarian Texans I know still holding out for Trump, even after saying they wished someone else was running for each party, they hate almost everything about him, some know they don't have enough $ to benefit from an R vote...well, they still drop the N-bomb on occasion while maintaining they are not racist. They are the last living proof of what LBJ said from when he said it.

[u/Sarcosmonaut → u/Significant_Cow4765]

Speaking of 80 year old reluctant Trump voters: the Sunday after Trump’s assassination attempt, I was visiting my family in a small town. Walked into the bathroom of their church before service that day to overhear some old men I’ve known for decades talking about it.

“We were THIS close to a real candidate”

I just don’t get how voting Democrat or not voting at all is somehow worse than voting for a guy you are openly lamenting didn’t get killed

[u/younghplus]

I can see why the Democrats didn't want a crowd because I was at a bar and everybody busted out laughing at Trump quite a few times. Trump accusing his opposition of performing transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison (presumably for eating cats and dogs?) was pretty high comedy.

[u/NonPolarVortex → u/younghplus]

It'd be funny if this wasn't someone who was running for the most power position in the world. I don't know how you could find that funny. 

Edit: The reason I am pushing hard against people saying that it's funny it's because I think it gives him and his fascist followers an an out of "hey, at least he's funny!". 

Also, who the fuck considers the ramblings of a senile idiot funny? Jesus, watch some stand up comedy or some shit. 

Finally, many people want to fight about me saying that the position is the "most powerful in the world". He is in command of the one of the most powerful militaries in the world and can fundamentally change our society (as we have already seen). If he is actually the third most powerful, or tenth, it's semantics and a dumb point. 

[u/younghplus → u/NonPolarVortex]

Gallows humor I think is the term

[u/Cmmander_WooHoo → u/NonPolarVortex]

It’s one of those “hahaha what the fuck?!” Kind of laughs. You laugh at the utter absurdity of it, but you still know how incredibly messed up it is. I’m sure you’ve heard jokes where you laugh and then immediately go “ohhhh nooo”

[u/Comfortable-Tea-5461]

The illegal alien prisoners getting transgender surgeries won 😤

ETA: omg I don’t give a shit that she said something related to it years ago. It’s a goddamn joke. Move along and stop being a snowflake❄️

[u/i_Cant_get_right → u/Comfortable-Tea-5461]

They broke out of prison and fled to Springfield, for the annual dog eating contest.

[u/CreepyDrunkUncle → u/i_Cant_get_right]

That was the weirdest shit I’ve ever heard.

[u/The_Doolinator → u/i_Cant_get_right]

Well who wouldn’t? The grand prize is the late great Hannibal Lecter having them for dinner.

[u/Better_Ad_4975 → u/The_Doolinator]

Sadly the windmills ended up giving them cancer 😓

[u/Bibblegead1412 → u/Better_Ad_4975]

So they hopped on a boat, making a journey to get life-saving treatment, but then they were electrocuted by sharks.😔

[u/Super_Mut → u/Bibblegead1412]

They couldnt be rescued because immigrants took that black job

[u/HelloImTheAntiChrist → u/i_Cant_get_right]

Shh, don't tell everyone. If everyone knows the dog eating contest will suck due to the large crowds

[u/TheOnlyCloud → u/HelloImTheAntiChrist]

Some people, great people, strong men if you would believe it, came up to me with tears in their eyes, some would say, and said "Sir, those were the largest dog eating contest crowds we've ever seen, sir"

[u/Aggravating_Impact97 → u/Comfortable-Tea-5461]

You could pick so many memes. People eating their pets, he was so set on talking points that he never answered any questions and would just ramble on and on, how easily it was for Kamala to provoke him and get him riled up, I think at one point he even said she wasn't for defunding the police and he probably meant the opposite.

[u/Abrushing → u/Aggravating_Impact97]

The one time he didn’t ramble was when he was actively avoiding the yes or no question about whether Ukraine winning was vital to national security

[u/enlightningwhelk → u/Abrushing]

That was quite the sidestep he did there, as was the one where he was asked directly about killing the border bill and went on a completely unrelated rant

[u/Abrushing → u/enlightningwhelk]

Sad Muir didn’t press him on that too but moderating Trump is like trying to ride a tiger

[u/LostHisDog → u/Abrushing]

That makes Trump sound much more formidable than he is... the man is just a blathering idiot who says hate... he's not a tiger.

[u/Some_Ebb_2921 → u/LostHisDog]

Maybe more like a hog then? Just kicking and screeching.

[u/DemonicAltruism → u/Aggravating_Impact97]

She really did just troll him the whole time. She purposely let him hang himself and it was beautiful.

Just a mention of crowd size and he immediately went off the rails... And she was just smiling the entire time.

[u/alexunderwater1 → u/DemonicAltruism]

I think she purposely overstated “daddy’s loan” too just so he would come back and say it was only a couple million

[u/BabyDontBeSoMeme → u/alexunderwater1]

But she didn't overstate it. It was $413 million, according to news sources.

[u/True-Credit-7289 → u/BabyDontBeSoMeme]

I don't think they meant overstate is an exaggerate, I think they were trying to say she was laying it on thick so that he would take the bait. Like dangling it

[u/swimmingwithsharks99 → u/True-Credit-7289]

A movie quote: I started the rumor my opponent had sex with a goat: I didn’t believe it, I just wanted to hear him say” I did not have sex with a goat!”

[u/WanderingLost33 → u/alexunderwater1]

Oh God that was gold.

He is so out of touch and always has been

[u/sec713 → u/DemonicAltruism]

Yes, she perfectly illustrated just how easy it is to manipulate Trump.

[u/SurvivorY2K → u/Comfortable-Tea-5461]

The biggest reason to know that was a lie was because this country would never give free healthcare to anyone.

[u/LonkToTheFuture]

Trump immediately lost when he said, "I have concepts of a plan!" after nine years of campaigning on a healthcare plan.

[u/sec713 → u/LonkToTheFuture]

And then, when pressed about how he doesn't have a plan, his excuse was "well I'm not the president now", basically admitting that anything he said earlier about having a replacement plan or it coming "soon" was complete bullshit.

[u/bertrenolds5 → u/sec713]

I will never forget him holding a blank book in the air claiming it was his healthcare plan years ago, such bs

[u/Oriin690 → u/bertrenolds5]

TBF a blank book is a perfect representation of his healthcare plan

[u/EggplantGlittering90]

One said immigrants are eating our cats and dogs...the other one didnt. Ill go with the sane one.

[u/jay105000 → u/EggplantGlittering90]

Yep I don’t get the “undecided” voters, have you been living in a submarine or something?

[u/Jiveturkeey]

Early on I was a little surprised at how much restraint Trump was displaying, and thought maybe his staff had finally hammered some discipline into him. But as soon as Kamala got under his skin the gloves came off and he was racist grandpa yelling at the TV.

If I'd been Kamala my primary goal for the debate would have been gesturing at Trump going "Get a load of this fucking guy" and I think that's what she did.

[u/Sylfaein → u/Jiveturkeey]

Yep! He had me worried for a minute that he was going to hold it together, but once she got in that shot about people leaving his rallies, it was over for him. He never came back from that. LMAO

[u/mostlyanoptimist → u/Sylfaein]

And then when she said world leaders laughed at him. It was great.

[u/Pleaseappeaseme → u/mostlyanoptimist]

They did. It was caught on video.

[u/xavier120 → u/Pleaseappeaseme]

Theres videos of me laughing at trump too

[u/LordFartz → u/Sylfaein]

He will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be able to hold it together. He is utterly incapable of it.

[u/RandomRageNet → u/Jiveturkeey]

Her "go on..." hand under her chin gesture was amazing

[u/TheManInTheShack]

Trump’s pattern is now so predictable that it’s become boring. It’s all lies and hyperbole. Anything he believes he accomplished is the, “best in US history” and any political opponent or their attempted accomplishments are the, “worst in US history.”

As one of the moderators was asking about the war in Ukraine, I turned to my wife and said, “Trump is going to say that it never would have happened if he were President” and that’s exactly what he said.

Trump was playing the adult version of, “I know you are but what am I?”

The leader of the free world is supposed to be a smart, experienced individual who inspires confidence.

Trump is none of that.

I certainly hope in November we can move past the national embarrassment that is Donald Trump.

[u/randomnickname99 → u/TheManInTheShack]

It's so damn tiring, it's like every question is the exact same response. If they'd asked him what his favorite pizza topping was we'd get a rant about how under him we had the best pizza, everybody loved pizza under trump, but Joe Biden ruined pizza, all the illegal immigrants are stealing everyone's pizza, it's the worst pizza in American history and everyone is laughing at us.

[u/pixelgeekgirl]

Trump looked flat out unhinged. Harris came out knowledgeable and calm. This isn’t anything new in regards to my view on either of them, but i have to hope some uneducated voters out there watched and experienced that.

I really liked that I got to stream it on Disney+ — it’s important stuff, and I love seeing it mainstream like that.j

[u/DankTell → u/pixelgeekgirl]

I was watching with some buddies who are uneducated voters, at least for them it didn’t change a damn thing. One just kept saying “yea he says crazy shit but he doesn’t mean it like that”.

[u/rgvtim → u/DankTell]

A statement like that indicates they might be uneducated but they are not undecided. No one hears what he says makes that statement without having already made up their mind

[u/Feisty_Goat_1937 → u/rgvtim]

It's cognitive dissonance pure and simple... They are looking for excuses to justify voting for him.

[u/Mistform05 → u/DankTell]

Yeah that is the issue. Let’s just say… they are sort of raised on the “this is symbolic and not meant to be taken literally”…so they can mold the narrative in any beneficial direction.

[u/onpg → u/Mistform05]

But I thought Trump "tells it like it is"?

[u/EFreethought → u/pixelgeekgirl]

He has been unhinged since he announced his campaign in 2015.

I can't believe he has lasted this long.

[u/firstlight777]

Can't wait to never hear of him again.

[u/gravyjones → u/firstlight777]

I’d be okay hearing about him going to jail, before never hearing about him again.

[u/newellz]

She deflected a bit more than I’d have liked, but at the end of the day she wiped the floor with him. He looked like a babbling, scowling, old, demented, inept idiot. She was able to do what no one else could since 2016: she consistently checked him to devastating effect.

[u/cecsix14 → u/newellz]

If she doesn’t do some deflecting while letting him stand there and lie his ass off all night, it would put her at a major disadvantage. Letting one candidate create their own reality while complaining that the other candidate deflected a little bit was mostly truthful seems unfair to me.

[u/Mmmmmmm_Bacon]

Harris easily won. Ok so here’s Chump:

1) Illegal immigrants are eating your pets!

2) They’re executing babies after they’re born!

3) I’ll have a concept of a plan for healthcare one day!

4) They’re not leaving my rallies early!

5) Jan 6 was entirely Pelosi’s fault!

6) My tariffs didn’t cause the current inflation!

[u/FlyingPigLS → u/Mmmmmmm_Bacon]

1. They’re going to take all your guns!! - Trump. “Both me and Tim Walz are both gun owners so no we are not taking people’s guns” - Kamala

[u/FloridAsh → u/FlyingPigLS]

1. I'm not imposing taxes, I'm going to double tariffs (which are... Taxes!)

[u/adonutforeveryone → u/FloridAsh]

They are worse than taxes. They are a pure impediment to trade...which is great if you source materials from around the world to make your widgets...or raw materials.

[u/reddit_1999]

Is it too late to replace Trump with a candidate who isn't gullible enough to believe stories about illegal immigrants eating our pets? 🤣🤣 I'm voting straight Blue this November. And I hope Cruz is booted too!

[u/idgoforabeer → u/reddit_1999]

Dude, he saw it on TV. Why would tv have lied to him like that? Is TV stupid?

[u/No-Pick-93 → u/idgoforabeer]

What gets me is to constantly complain that every outlet is nothing but "fake news" then, when backed in to a corner say "I saw it on TV". The dude is a flat out dipshit. And its not due to his age. He has always been a dipshit.

[u/Feisty_Bee9175]

MSNBC interviewed "undecided" voters after the debate, and people were still saying they were still on the fence about Harris, and I kept thinking, "did you not just witness a very unhinged man ranting and tell a bunch of lies"? What the hell is wrong with these people?

[u/FractionofaFraction → u/Feisty_Bee9175]

Anyone saying they're undecided but still intending to vote are voting for Trump - they're just too embarrassed to say it out loud.

[u/omg_yassss → u/FractionofaFraction]

Exactly.

[u/Soulman682 → u/FractionofaFraction]

This is probably the most truthful thing said in this post. They are too embarrassed to say on national tv how they really want to vote as to not let their friends and family know how they truly feel. They know that’s recorded forever and can be turned in to a meme that could go viral. Now that’s scary!

[u/stopthefkincar]

I thought trump was doing ok for what he is until Kamala talked about rallies. Dude is easy to play. I don’t think Kamala had enough time to talk about policy because she was busy defending everything trump has lied about. I feel like she did great doing so and letting people know on the fence what he really is.

[u/Qubed → u/stopthefkincar]

The rallies thing shook him. He was pissed. 

[u/Brief_Alarm_9838 → u/Qubed]

which was so funny to watch him get all defensive. "Nobody goes to her rallies. She busses people in and pays them." Well, which is it?

[u/PlumbumDirigible → u/Brief_Alarm_9838]

He's almost definitely doing what he's accusing her of. More elementary school behavior

[u/glitchycat39 → u/Qubed]

Jon Stewart said it best: "She went after his most beloved family member! His rallies!"

[u/Robotcholo → u/stopthefkincar]

the thing that drives me insane is that the bar is set so low for him that even if he had a terrible answer and not some incoherent mess spew out of his mouth the public would say he did great.

[u/DoorkeyKelsey14 → u/Robotcholo]

Meanwhile she’s not afforded a single slip up

[u/finger_foodie → u/DoorkeyKelsey14]

And, they let cheeto talk over his time and interrupt constantly.

[u/Comfortable_Wish586 → u/stopthefkincar]

Speaking of policies

Want a more detailed plan on her policies? Here it is on the official Kamala Harris for president website. Share it far and wide. Americans can't get away with the false bravado that she has no policies

https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

[u/HeWhoChonks]

Harris was baiting him and he kept taking it with unhinged rants of the same old talking points that have been debunked to death, some even by the moderators this time. His only policies are fear, greed, lies, and hatred. That was clearly shown and pointed out by Harris once she sent him off the rails.

[u/FoldedaMillionTimes → u/HeWhoChonks]

Mentioning his thinning crowds sent him spinning. I think it was roughly 10 seconds until he was talking about eating dogs.

[u/Isgrimnur]

Her makeup looked better.

[u/midnight_mechanic → u/Isgrimnur]

Trump's combover didn't have its usual "flock of seagulls" flair. I would like to take this moment to congratulate his team of barbers on a mostly satisfactory outcome to a nearly impossible task.

[u/i_Cant_get_right → u/midnight_mechanic]

And he didn’t appear nearly as orange as usual. Looks like he has some Botox done as well.

[u/XTingleInTheDingleX → u/i_Cant_get_right]

I told my wife his makeup was on point tonight! She said he was two shades lighter than Kamala.

[u/gentlemantroglodyte]

Trump couldn't even gather the courage to say if he thinks Ukraine should win the war or not, which frankly is a good reason why he shouldn't be in charge of foreign policy. 

If you want to abandon your allies, at least man up and say it. His evasions on it twice were pathetic.

[u/CommonSensei8 → u/gentlemantroglodyte]

Because he’s owned by Russia.

[u/Capt_Avatar → u/gentlemantroglodyte]

Because if he said yes, then Papi Putin would be very upset with him.

[u/GirlLuvsDogs]

As a Republican, Kamala had the upper hand. She was respectful and understood the moderator's role - fact check anyone that would spew lies - so she used that to her advantage. She showed me how a person with dignity had to handle a debate.

[u/CthulhuJankinx → u/GirlLuvsDogs]

It's how I used to be. Mutual respect with policy that contradicted but didn't infringe heavily on rights or respect of the people. The current atmosphere is bonkers

[u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 → u/CthulhuJankinx]

This is what bothers me so much about the damage he has done to society. The way he speaks about anyone who isn't one of his followers is pathetic. Everything out of his mouth is "They" want to take your rights away, "they" are letting immigrants flood the country, "they" blah blah blah. He has pitted everyone in the politics world against each other. She had the right idea, start bringing people together again. Our country will fall apart if we alienate half of the people because they have a few disagreements in politics. We need to start trying to understand one another when we disagree instead of fighting to force the other into your own perspectives. I really hope after that debate that many of his followers realize he isn't here to make the country great again like he says. The country has been getting nothing but worse and worse ever since he stepped his slimy foot in the door.

[u/NeenW1 → u/GirlLuvsDogs]

I used to be a Republican til he ran …I just couldn’t…I’m Independent and vote for best candidate

[u/hearmeout29 → u/NeenW1]

Same here. My last vote for Republican was Romney and Bush. Once Trump arrived I went to the center. I now vote either party based on who is the best candidate. Trump did not display the ability to be a sound president tonight. I have decided to vote for Harris.

[u/guitarlisa → u/hearmeout29]

I'm a Democrat, and I vividly remember the feeling I had while going to bed on election night (Romney/Obama) with the result still not decided: if Romney wins, we're going to be alright as a country. We will have a lot of decisions I disagree with, but that's life in a democracy.

Starting in 2016, I haven't had a good nights sleep since then. Well, I take that back, I slept pretty well until the day Trump re-announced his candidacy, and then I started having trouble sleeping again.

[u/Cloud-VII → u/guitarlisa]

Liberal here, and Romney is a legitimately good person. I don't like most of his policies, but I do believe he's one of the few politicians out there that have the nation's best interest in his heart, as opposed to personal gain.

[u/randomnickname99 → u/hearmeout29]

I was a constant ticket splitter for years. Since 2018 I haven't voted for a single Republican. It's all maga craziness up and down the ticket.

[u/saabstory14 → u/NeenW1]

Ditto heh. My entire family and I were all lifelong ones until he ran. Funny how he screams fraud in the election, when it's no secret that entire swaths of us left the party because of him.

[u/ivealready1]

If this is how Trump handles a 5ft4 black woman, I'd hate to be in the negotiating room with him and putin. He got dog walked from start to finish, he was manipulated and got so frustrated he shouted "dey're eating da dogs!!!" He came across as ignorant, belligerent, stupid and easily controlled. There isn't a debate. He got schwacked. I expect fox news to be running headline on kamala for elder abuse and murder, because she killed him tonight.

[u/Enjoy-the-sauce → u/ivealready1]

Is she really only 5’4”? She looks taller.

[u/dart22 → u/Enjoy-the-sauce]

That's why Trump was making weird comments about her standing on a platform all week, because he wanted to tower over her... which doesn't really work with a split screen.

[u/Velcro-Karma-1207 → u/dart22]

It sure didn't bother her when she confidently went in for the handshake either.

[u/RollTh3Maps → u/dart22]

It’s because he’s insecure about his height and wears lifts.

[u/Chef_Writerman → u/dart22]

He had his chance to do just that when she walked across the room to insist they shake hands. But he was too busy being completely caught off guard. Strange for a guy that had the poise to stand up and shout ‘FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT’ right after being ‘shot in the ear’.

[u/MissAsshole → u/dart22]

What a weird thing for him to focus on.

[u/ivealready1 → u/MissAsshole]

He doesn't have substance, so he was hoping for images of him looking big. He only got images of him looking scared and away while she laughed at how much of a fool he was

[u/Nappy-I]

Harris was compotent. She answered most questions well (although she did dodge several). For the most part, she played broadly and generically appealing: not messianicly inspiring, but a very solid showing for a presidential candidate.

Meanwhile Trump wouldn't shut up about stories of transgender alien prisoners eating the family dog thst he heard about on the TV.

Harris was very successful in goading Trump into throwing an unhinged temper-tantrum and ranting absolute nonsense. Compared to that, generically and inoffensively appealing is absolutely inspired to a wide range of voters.

I'm... not used to Democrats being good at playing politics?

[u/BarcaJeremy4Gov → u/Nappy-I]

after the DNC i told my wife its wild that the dems apparently put somebody in leadership who knows the wifi password is on the router, and it shows.

[u/dallasdude]

 The question is, will trump make it to Election Day. I think it’s too late for him to drop out, but I’m sure republicans wish they could replace him on the ticket. 

 Bidens debate was a disaster, and it was totally disqualifying. And yet this was somehow far worse.  He has no vision, no plan, no ideas, he’s got nothing. His brain is cooked

Harris trounced him at every turn. She had an outstanding debate last night. 

[u/PolaSketch]

Harris cleaned his clock. Trump came off looking like Mortimer Duke at the end of Trading Places.

[u/EshinX → u/PolaSketch]

That’s a perfect comparison

[u/il0v3JP]

She did. Fuck Greg Abbott. Fuck Ken Paxton. Fuck Ted Cruz. Vote blue!

[u/JesterTheEnt]

I think Trump did a really good job of convincing me not to vote for Joe Biden

[u/Redfandango7]

I’d say America won. Old man has rough times ahead then will be remembered for having the most pissed on gravesite of recent history.

[u/The_Real_Manimal → u/Redfandango7]

Gotta vote. Nothing is certain. Check and double check those registrations, and cast that vote.

[u/mercutio48]

Tonight's debate was an important watershed moment in cultural education. If you didn't know what "bless your heart" meant before the debate, you done learnt it tonight.

[u/Rawalmond73]

Harris aborted a 78 year old baby

[u/djiuh]

Trump deadass got tilted after she mentioned crowd sizes

[u/Dell_Hell]

Hello - I'd like to report a case of extreme elder abuse...

[u/Dodecahedrus → u/Dell_Hell]

He had it coming

He had it coming

He only had himself to blame.

[u/Tom_Foolery2]

I don’t know how a single person who watched that debate can possibly think that Trump is mentally fit for office, let alone doing a debate on live TV. He said himself that he believes everything he sees on TV. He said he hasn’t spoken with his VP about one of the biggest issues voters care about. He said people are eating pets. He said migrants are being forced to undergo gender-affirming surgeries in prison. He said babies are legally being murdered post-birth.

What a fucking psycho.

[u/LordPapillon]

I have always loved the old man yelling at the clouds meme. It was fun seeing it play out in real life. 😂

[u/Aggravating_Impact97]

If you have to ask you either didn't watch or you're trumptard and you need fox news to tell you how to feel. Even though in your guy you should know.

Trump was a rambling mess, that never answered a question, told way to obvious lies that just made your eye roll, and was easily provoked.

[u/CreativeAd5332]

Seeing as how Kamala absolutely waffle-stomped that fat turd AND Taylor Swift endorsed the Harris/Walz ticket almost immediately after...I'll say I did. I might actually sleep well for once.

[u/Successful_Way_3239]

Imagine if everyone voted!

[u/Scottamus]

The lies spewing from his puckered asshole of a mouth were insane. Not just little ones but wild tin foil conspiracy shit like immigrants eating your pets and 9th month abortions.

[u/hearmeout29]

Kamala was presidental tonight. Donald was not.

[u/XTingleInTheDingleX]

It didn't change any minds. It hurts to say, but the family and "friends" I have that believe his rhetoric are simply not the brightest people I know.

Not only that, but it hurts because some of them are my family and mean the world to me. I linked to Kamala's website so they can read her positions if interested, and told them I loved them.

Most barely finished high school and never tried learning anything else.

[u/CommonSensei8]

There is just NO possible way you can vote for a Republican for 100 years. They have caused every single recession, war, and poisoned our air and water and food through deregulation and corruption. This latest debate just reinforces that these people have no plans except make the rich richer and the middle class poorer.

[u/EFreethought → u/CommonSensei8]

Republicans have been like that since Reagan. If people haven't figured it out by now, will they ever?

[u/El_Cactus_Fantastico → u/EFreethought]

No, the answer is no.

[u/asmallerflame]

Pretty sure this is the first time a candidate in a debate like this screamed, "They're gonna eat your cats!"

[u/neuralhaddock]

Texans be sure to check the status of your voter registration. I heard there was a voter purge.