Solomon Jones
Contributing Columnist
Donald Trump maintained his composure throughout most of the debate, even as Kamala Harris repeatedly attacked his ego by saying others saw him as a joke. He used a Harris line against her, telling her that he was speaking and asking her to be quiet. But he repeated the line that immigrants are taking African American jobs, and ventured into the ridiculous when he repeated the lie that Haitian immigrants are eating Americans’ dogs. I don’t think those were the kinds of lines that will appeal to undecided voters. (6/10)
This accounted for Trump’s higher than expected 1.8 score, contributing 6 of the 18 points! Otherwise the average is 1.3. What debate did he watch?
Donald Trump maintained his composure? throughout most of the debate, even as Kamala Harris repeatedly attacked his ego by saying others saw him as a joke
Normalization in action. Anything short of a toddler temper tantrum meltdown was “maintaining composure.” That bar was so low he could jump it from within a blood emerald mine.
I also found his score pretty odd. He gave Kamala a 9/10 and wrote:
She was strongest on reproductive health, and when she wasn’t talking, Harris communicated nonverbally, with looks of amusement, bemusement, and even sympathy as Trump delivered lines that ranged from bombastic to ridiculous. She seemed to have a clear plan, and from what I could see, she executed it. (9/10)
I wonder why he thought Trump’s performance was a 6/10 when he thought that Harris clearly dominated the debate? Maybe it was a pity score?
I can believe that is a powerful motivator for a small(ish) subset of the population of Texas, but small(ish) subsets of a population don’t manage to overtake democratic elections without putting their thumbs on the scales.
