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[–] givesomefucks 118 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I saw the clip and I wish the moderators or Kamala had the balls to ask:

Where did you see that on TV and are you concerned misinformation is so advanced that even you are falling for it?

He'd have 100% thrown someone under the bus like he did with Faux News, it was a huge opportunity to frame it in a way that trump would burn any bridge to avoid looking dumb.

[–] danc4498 82 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I think the point was to show the world how batshit crazy Trump was. He showed it and Kamala moved on to the next topic

Honestly, it reminded me of watching a cross examination in a courtroom drama. You get the witness to say what you want them to say, get it on record in front of the jury, then you move on before they get the chance to undo any of the damage they just did to themselves.

It was perfect!

[–] someguy3 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does it show him as crazy or do voters eat it up? I have no idea anymore.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

His voters think that he is the path to Christian Fascism- their only chance at it, in fact. They will overlook everything because they think they have no choice.

[–] Zirconium 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

His voters eat it up. Fox news will use every little bit of newspeak to change the story

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Fox news actually posted the "He'll eat you for breakfast" line on their Youtube channel. I'm not sure they think that makes harris look bad or if they are trying to wash their hands of trump.

[–] Anticorp 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the point was to show the world how batshit crazy Trump was.

Everyone has already known for decades now. That accomplishes nothing. Causing him to burn more bridges however is a tangible loss.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There are a lot of people, who do not care about politics at all and maybe just go and vote in the next election. Please do not underestimate how little the average voter cares.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Votes come into 2 groups:

  1. Partisans, who follow politics to a degree, informed, and already know who they are going to vote.

  2. The Masses, they don't follow politics. They may watch the debate and probably going to decide who to vote on either one issue or on "vibes".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yup, we talked about the election, and my coworker didn't even know who was running and didn't plan to vote.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It makes sense that Harris would have to pick and choose what she fact checked or she'd be spending all her time doing that.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, she was making a very conscious decision to basically always respond, "That's a lie, here's why, not back to the actual question..."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Asking back is playing their game and letting them further their lies and misinformation.