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Even so devoted a bootlicker as Senator Lindsey Graham declared the debate a “disaster” for the ex-president.

Donald Trump is so feral and narcissistic, so unrestrained and so outside the norm of American politics, that he’s difficult to debate. It’s disorienting. Very few people have been able to stand up to him without being pulled into the muck. In the past, even when he lost debates on points, he dominated his opponents.

But on a Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris cracked the code.

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[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t be surprised if he replaced Vance with RFK Jr now as that would kill discussion of the debate.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

He arguably can't.

He and vance are on the ballot. So is RFK, funny enough. Which is why RFK is trying to get off the ballot in swing states. The reason Biden could tag Kamala in is that the DNC had not actually chosen a candidate yet.

My suspicion is that an exception would be made rather than run into the mess of leaving republicans unelectable in states. But it would still be a giant shitshow and not in a good way.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

This may be a cynical take, but it would still be Trump on the top of the ticket, and the media would be immediately distracted from his debate failure. He would most likely come out ahead in the end.