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Was tempted to call this "Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo" but a) A lot of Lemmy won't get the OG reference. and 2) "Boogaloo" has been co-opted and carries an unfortunate connotation these days.

Also, while it's Trump's 2nd debate of the season, it's Harris's first...

It's being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That's a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck!

Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/10/debate-trump-harris-2024-live-updates/75145043007/

Link to the first debate thread here:

https://lemmy.world/post/16973660

That't it! Thanks for hanging with it everbody!

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh shit. Kamala going for a straight up low blow by talking about trump's low attendance .

Countdown to the n-word

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I’ve already lost count of trump’s lies, and we’re not even 10 minutes in.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

One thing I'm trying to be mentally prepared for: Trump doing reasonably well. He's not a good debater, and he's not even going to debate, he's going to try to put on a show. But while the man has very few actual skills, brainless spectacle is one of them. So I'm trying to be prepared for that.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump whipping out the lie about killing babies after they're born.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And INSTANT smack down by the moderator! Rare debate moderator W

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump going on and on with racist immigration views. Racism is all the republicans have at this point. Be scared of the immigrants! They took our jerbs!

Here comes the post-birth abortion lies.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Harris is winning this. She's legitimately stomping all over him. I think Trump is starting to get rattled.

Ohhh, just called her a Marxist! LOL!

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That debate was terrible. Harris pivoted anytime pushed with past positions and glazed war criminals. Trump has no plans or ideas for anything, and is terrible.

"i have concepts of a plan." is one of the funniest things Trump has ever said. I have to use that one next time I don't turn in work.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

And the moderator having another Billy Madison moment.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Back to the non-sequitur of pipelines. Dude has a unhealthy fascination about hard pipes flowing sticky liquid.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Here come the insults. He's cooked. He knows he's cooked.

[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

“You have no plan.”

Trump: random victim card playing

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 10 points 2 months ago

His rebuttals are pretty much DARVO. You can also tell he's getting fired up and tripping up.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He thinks he can spin Ukraine to his advantage?

Sorority party? What the hell?!

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[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Weak and wrong. Big oof. Kamala sure knows what words to use here.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So... This will be the last debate huh? I think Trump is going to go nuclear after this.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Infanticide. He just can’t get off that lie.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Weaving" from abortion to... student loans? Boss at the beach? What the fuck is he talking about?

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

She is using those prosecutatorial superpowers to mind fuck him lmao

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm generally watching this to see if there's a performance that will genuinely move the polls, but I just don't know. I tend to believe there are very, very few undecided voters, so I'm not sure anything could be said here that's going to swing those voters. At this point it's about not losing support and motivating your supporters.

In that regard, I think Harris is doing well, and I don't think Trump has to do very well. His supporters just want him to communicate anger and hate. He has seemed able to barely trip over that very low bar.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

She’s right, the laughing is on video.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

“Terrah”?

Haven’t heard that one before

[–] Rustywhims@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Fact checking mods is nice to see

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