Hello and thank you for joining us for our recap of the latest presidential debate. This one may have been the strangest one yet, and that’s saying something.
Both candidates came in swinging with both emotional and expressive arguments. Currently, polls are leaning towards a Harris victory, however, Trump’s base is still confident in his own performance.
From the start, it was clear that Harris was going with an aggressive strategy, attacking Trump on his multiple felonies as well as his controversial opinion on Haitians. This debate was the first to have a live audience, and when she proclaimed: “I do not think Haitian immigrants are eating dogs,” the audience swelled with cheers.
In response, Trump could only say, “Oh my God, somebody help me, I am on fire.”
In fact, much of former president Trump’s rhetoric appeared to be centered around the fact that he had been set on fire.
More than nine times, Trump did not even attempt to answer a question asked by the moderator, instead he would only offer different variations on the phrase, “Please, the fire,” or “Holy God it burns.”
This erratic behavior grew progressively worse throughout the debate, where at one striking moment, instead of responding to Harris’ claim that she would work to reinstate abortion rights, Trump rolled on the ground, yelling in agony.
The debate also saw the return of the former president’s famous insults and name-calling, which his camp had previously been trying to limit. On numerous occasions he cast serious, inflammatory aspersions at not only his opponent but the moderators as well; “Harris set me on fucking fire,” he said at one point, before continuing to accuse Hoda Kutbe and Anderson Cooper of similar crimes.
Politico rated this statement as pants on fire: There is no evidence of any of those people being responsible for Trump’s inflamenent.
In fact, inside sources point to the fire coming from within Trump’s camp. An anonymous source stated: “Rudy Giuliani got into the green room somehow and just started ranting about how Trump needed to do something BIG in order to prove he was still up for the job, then he took out a bottle of lighter fluid and some matches and said ‘Fire can’t burn a dragon’ and then Trump’s eyes got super crazy and he grabbed the bottle and matches before anyone could stop him and ran on to the stage.”
An undecided voter in the audience said the debate was very informative, stating: “On the one hand, Harris seemed really prepared for the debate, and was able to answer everything. On the other hand, Trump demonstrated some serious pain tolerance before he finally passed out on stage.” When pressed on who this voter would likely choose, this anonymous voter said, “It’s still up in the air, but I generally distrust women, so probably Trump.”
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