Donald Trump got to Kamala Harris’ core problem in his debate close, waving off all her promises about what she’d do in office: “Why hasn’t she done it already?” NY Post Editorial Page Editor Mark Cunningham shares this story.
Hard to think of a better riposte to her “We won’t go back” slogan — which aims to appeal to Americans’ desperate desire for change from the Biden policies she shares.
Harris had a pretty smooth night: She did her homework for once, including prepping lines guaranteed to get under Trump’s skin — some of which plainly did put him off-balance.
And of course she had backup from the moderators, ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis — who targeted far more tough questions at Trump than at Harris, and all of their “fact-checking.”
Worse: Whenever she started to babble in trying to defend her own record, they rescued her by changing the subject.
And by changing it again whenever Trump was truly on a roll.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/opinion/harris-survived-the-debate-with-a-huge-assist-from-the-moderators-but-trump-scored-crucial-points/
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