• Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Thing is Trump made his most ridiculous statements highly memeable.

      “They’re eating the dogs!” is gonna live on like “They’re turning the fricken frogs gay!”

      That might draw enough of the disinterested crowd to figure out what happened that night.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      …and a news media that desperately needs a horse race for clicks will continue to hold Harris to a higher standard than the orange Mr. Magoo.

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        A convicted rapist literally claimed that you’re allowed to murder babies - then we put them side by side and double check if Harris said something that was slightly exaggerated. What’s so weird about it?

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          Ajnt Ornj: “non white ‘illegal immigrants’ are literally coming to eat your pets and the democrats want to let them”

          Media fact checker: "this may not be entirely true, as no evidence has been produced to support the claims, however we found a Twitter post that… "

          Harris: “those polling numbers increased by 18%”

          Media fact checker: “This is blatantly false. The number actually increased by 17.86%”

          Idiots online: BOTH SIDES LIE THEY’RE EXACTLY THE SAME

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      Disinterested voters didn’t watch.

      It was a highly entertaining debate. Plenty of folks who dislike them both showed up with big bowls of popcorn to root for injuries. And Trump was true to form, just stepping into rake after rake for the full 90 minutes.

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      Precisely. Harris is losing ground nationally and is losing ground in battleground states. Unless this debate significantly moves the needle, which I don’t think it will for the very elegant reasons you summed, current trend lines indicate Harris losing steam and Trump continuing to pick up voters. No amount of wishful thinking will change that.