No one thought the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Thursday, June 27, would be the epitome of statesmanship and oratory. Or, as Lawrence O’Donnell said afterward on MSNBC, “In any sort of normal universe, you would think the candidate who, during a presidential debate said, ‘I didn’t have sex with a porn star’ was the loser of that debate. Both of those things were on display — and how — during the CNN Presidential Debate. Presidential debate reactionsNothing about this debate inspired anything but disappointment and disillusion. Not from the CNN moderators“All of the details of the debate, none of that matters,” Brit Hume said.

Source: CNN June 28, 2024 13:46 UTC