Who won the debate? Brian Tyler Cohen weighs in

Brian Tyler Cohen breaks down who won and who lost the first Harris-Trump debate.



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[CantankerousDave]

She pressed all the buttons on his brain's elevator control panel, and it stopped at every single ranty floor.

[shannonfergusson]

Even FOX admitted Trump had a bad night and Kamala Harris definitely won the debate

[Vesperitis]

It wasn’t just that she was poised, she never let Trump rattle her. Even with him interrupting and getting more mic time and blaming her at every turn, she stood there, never took his bait, and turned around to wallop him on the jaw, over and over and OVER again.

[pyrogundam]

Trump had like 60% more speaking time than Harris and she still won; all that extra time did was show how bad of a 2nd term of Trump would be.

[EternalSilverDragon]

Correction: she easily manipulated him not in front of the whole nation, but in front of the whole world. Greetings from New Zealand.

[kspen]

He couldn't look at her throughout the debate. That says a lot. She looked over and spoke at him many times. She wasn't scared like he was.
She was calm and composed, even smiling and laughing the whole time. Dump had a death grip on the podium and looked straight ahead. Then he yelled when it was his turn. Always turning Kamala's comment around and saying she's the liar, problem, etc.
Not one policy came out of his mouth. Kamala had plenty. Dump has had 9 years to figure out a healthcare plan. And he still has nothing. Because he doesn't care.

[melissao.]

That’s the first time in history that any moderator has had to fact check anything about someone eating your cat.

[marcus]

I foolishly ate my dinner during this debate and I nearly choked on my food while listening to Trump's nonsense. I still can't believe he mentioned that lie about Hatian immigrants eating people's pets!

[Poppy-p]

Greetings from Australia
Harris made tRump look like a stubborn, spoilt toddler.
Soo happy for you America
Get voting

[maryp]

I was in a packed bar at a debate watch party. The whole place was laughing hysterically at the migrants eating pets lunatic rant!

[johnnix]

I did like the fact that they " fact checked " at real time. That was, ... EMBARRASSING.

[johnswoboda]

This was a Masterclass. Even with everyone saying she "started a little shaky" reality check: this is a woman who worked as a prosecutor for Alameda County, the City of San Francisco, and Attorney General of California, from 1994-2017, during which time she went toe to toe with everything from corrupt cops up to members of vicious gangs like MS -13. She wasn't nervous. She wasn't afraid of Trump. She was playing him like a fiddle, appearing timid but then as soon as she got him where she wanted, it was all over for him. Brilliant. This modern Viking will be proudly voting for the cunning She-Wolf rather than the rambling old niðingr.

[ridrisco]

Oooh, let’s not forget his Freudian slip, “Good, solid money for our ‘comp(any)… uh country.” 😂

[BreezeDaDon]

Kamala bodied the debate! Trump looked so weak up there, and she exposed his weaknesses even more!

[synchronicity]

a Brilliant showing, Madam President!

[juliedav]

You’re right. I still don’t get why half the country doesn’t see it. Please let this nightmare be over soon!

[shelleyeyre]

She baited him so many times, and he took it every time. Brilliant!💙💙💙💙💙

[AaronEllisOfficial]

She really did look presidential. I got to the debate half way through and when I saw it I was really pleasantly surprised. It was refreshing to see. After 7+ years of Trump's childish nonsense and Biden's lackluster physical and mental presence in front of the cameras, it was so great to see.

[lucillestoudemire]

Thank U KAMALA HARRIS, GO BLUE 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[wilfriedholscher]

Manipulation is why Conservatives chose Trump. They can push Projekt 2025 through and it just costs a Hamburger and a Coke.