CNN Started The Debate At 7:58…

CNN has said this will start exactly at 9:00 and there will be no delay. The latest conspiracy theory for the Crybaby Party continues though. It’s what they do. pic.twitter.com/KvNh2Tkjio

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 27, 2024

 …to make you think it started at 8:00 (CDT). PBS is simulcasting, and in on the fraud.

Pass it on.

Politifact live fact-check is running 4 minutes behind*. Explain that!! Checkmate, libs!

We teach our children to judge people by their character. But here’s why we should choose the next American President based on who has the most “viral” debate moments.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) June 28, 2024

The "third rate magazine" that got the suckers and losers quote was @TheAtlantic. This was when Trump didn't go to a D Day event because he thought the rain would muss his hair https://t.co/rLRm4zudBE

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) June 28, 2024

I was wondering about that.

Fox News' own national security correspondent literally corroborated that Trump called American war dead "loser" and "suckers"https://t.co/dAZwIEN0ag

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) June 28, 2024

Gotta admit:  36 minutes in and I’m ready to go back to Netflix. Although then I would have missed Trump going full isolationist (“Because we have an ocean in between “) and saying Israel should clear the West Bank of all life.

Maybe I’ll put the remote back down.

And then Trump refuses to take any responsibility for J6. It also seems Pelosi AND the mayor of D.C. are now responsible for not taking “10,000 NG soldiers” when Trump offered them. When did Trump offer them? 

Good, now Trump went on to call the J6 committee members criminals, Biden kicked that door open with Trump’s actual felony conviction.

Trump’s reply: “I know what Hunter is, what am I?”

Biden runs down Trump’s list of trials, and Trump whines about how put upon he is and how everyone loves him.

I just remember Trump talked like this in 2020, and he was the incumbent. And he lost. I think he’s reminding people why he lost 4 years ago.

The Charlottesville story (“Good people on both sides”) has been debunked? What color is the sky on his planet?

Trump may be lying, but he's telling his lies in a deep voice

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) June 28, 2024

Trump’s answer on January 6 was completely unhinged.

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 28, 2024

It was non-existent.

I thought Biden was going to be drugged up?

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) June 28, 2024

NEW: Two sources familiar with the situation say “President Biden has a cold.”

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) June 28, 2024

I blame poor debate planning.

“I didn’t have sex with a porn star” is now a line in the presidential political discourse.

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) June 28, 2024

My group of undecided voters are moving away from Trump as he gets more and more vicious towards Biden.

They complain that this sounds like a senior citizen bingo hall argument.

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 28, 2024

I can’t disagree. Most debates aren’t any better than that. This one is just a bit more so.

More and more Trump is responding to Biden’s jibes rather than answering the question put to him. Apparently when he was President “we bought a dog” to control drug trafficking at the border. Yes, that’s a direct quote.

Trump is getting more and more defensive and less and less sensible.

Trump in response to a question about child care: "If he wins this election ... we probably won't have a country left anymore." pic.twitter.com/DyA5Tct8mE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2024

Cognitive tests! Drink!

Trump insists he’s not cognitively impaired because he “took” a “test” that included pictures of a lion, a giraffe, a whale, and a shark and could identify which one was a lion pic.twitter.com/IX8jFSeQJJ

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 28, 2024

And he plays golf! You have to be smart to play golf!⛳️  (now they’re arguing about their golf swings).(Two old men in a bingo hall)

oh my god the old guys are arguing about golf kill me

— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) June 28, 2024

It's almost quaint to remember how panicked Dems were in 2012 when Obama came out a little flat, and wee bit blah, in his first debate against Mitt.

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 28, 2024

Trump: I aced them

Biden: You can see he is six foot five and only 225 pounds. I'm happy to play golf with you if you carry your own bag. Think you can do it? pic.twitter.com/lvob2yUfha

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 28, 2024

Okay, that was a good one.

Actually these two having a golf match and winner is President is a great idea.

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 28, 2024

Without golf carts or caddies, on a course chosen by a neutral third party.

Dems in Disarray

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) June 25, 2024

Evergreen.

Trump ended the debate with a full-blown word salad that made no sense whatsoever.  2 minutes out of a Trump rally speech.

And frankly, debates always mean more to the pundits than to the voters.

*Or struggling to keep up.