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Notes From The First 2020 Presidential Debate
A tale of two right-wingers.
Just a few of my personal highlights from the utter shitshow that was the first 2020 presidential debate.
Both candidates, as expected, used right-wing framing on the issue of healthcare. When Trump predictably attacked Biden as being “far left,” Biden went back to his “I beat the socialist” schtick.
Couldn’t help but notice that when the pandemic situation was brought up, Biden talked about re-opening and giving businesses money for PPE, but there was no mention made of workers or the unemployed. When Chris Wallace brought up unemployment, only to make misleading statements, Biden let that go.
When the candidate’s families were brought up, Biden seemed to deflect with some BS about “your families,” which did him little good, as of course Trump found another opportunity to go after Hunter Biden later. Biden should’ve jumped on that when he had the chance, of course Trump was bound to find a way to get his shots in anyway.
Biden said something about Trump being the only one wanting to defund the police, once again confirming that he’s not listening on that issue.
When the talking point of “violent protests” came up, Biden’s only response was that “violence should be prosecuted,” saying nothing…
