Regarding Biden, yes, he stumbled and stuttered throughout, but he at least answered most questions with relevant talking points.
He did sound really old though, and the Rs are going to lean into that. They should have given Biden the adderall.
2/9
Given what we've seen from Trump at his rallies, he kept it together better than I was expecting. Really think he took the adderall.
However, as @justinling.bsky.social noted in his tread about the debate, MF that dude ain't shy about being racist.
3/9
Most of Trump's answers weren't even relevant to the question; the moderators even tried a few times to bring him back to the actual question.
It was all just deflection, attacking Biden, and flat out racism.
4/9
With Trump, of course, there was the over-the-top lying, and the truly wild self-aggrandizement.
I get that fact checking in real time is really hard, but Trump got away with lying way too much, being racist, and making truly unbelievable claims. And that's a problem for democracy.
5/9
Also watched some of the post-debate analysis, but I felt like some of those analysts were a little full of themselves.
All of them also seemed eager to jump on Biden's cognitive performance, including the apparently Dem leaning "analysts"
6/9
From what I did watch of the analysts, there was one that made a vague reference to Trump giving "problematic" answers, but no real fact checking, no calling out the shameless racism, or the wild claims Trump made.
7/9
