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The Guardian

Republicans dismayed by Trump’s ‘bad’ and ‘unprepared’ debate performance



GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debateUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s campaign was in damage control mode on Wednesday amid widespread dismay among supporters over a presidential debate performance that saw Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, repeatedly goad him into going wildly off-message and missing apparent opportunities to tackle her on policy.Even with Trump insisting to have won the debate “by a lot”, Republicans were virtually unanimous that Trump had come off second best in a series of exchanges that saw the vice-president deliberately bait him on his weak points while he responded with visible anger. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/11/trump-harris-debate-republican-reaction

Author : Robert Tait

Publish date : 2024-09-11 17:49:34

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