#TimWalz reply excerpt
“…I see a candidate out there who refused…he lost the election. This is not a debate. This [reality doesn’t exist]…anywhere other than in Trump’s world. When Mike Pence made that decision to certify that #election, that’s why #MikePence isn’t on this stage.
“Where is the firewall? If he [#Trump] knows he can do anything including taking an election, & his VP’s not going to stand up to it?…Will you [#JDVance] keep your oath of office, even if the president doesn’t?”
#debate
#DailyShow coverage of the #VPdebate:

“Michael Kosta goes live after the first & only vice presidential debate between #TimWalz & #JDVance. The stakes are as low as possible: one of these men will lose & we’ll never hear from them again, & one will win, become vice President, & we'll never hear from them again.”

#Walz#Vance#Debate#Election2024#Vote#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZDJwKu7AI

Harris demonstrated in her debate performance how Trump can be defeated by imagining him as an opponent in Mike Tyson’s Punch Out on Nintendo. Hear me out. You observe his obvious fight pattern: he only has 1 move: Roy Cohn’s “hit-back-harder” but that’s it. There’s variation in whataboutism and/or projection but it’s simplistic to beat once Harris used it to bait and trigger him while dressing him down for her turn to punch, and he was too busy pulling his pants back up to fight back. #debate
PREDICTION

Trolls will be out in force on social media following Trump's colossal embarrassment last night at the hands of a smart, capable Black woman. They were already popping up in my feed here, purporting to be from all over the world, picking, picking away at what they want to pretend is bad journalism (when it exposes Trump) and at Western liberal arrogance — and on and on.

My advice: don't take their bait.

#KamalaHarris#Trump #debate #trolls

Via TPM:

"It’s fair to assume there may be some leveling off of Kamala Harris’ support. But I don’t think there’s real evidence of some kind of sea change in the race....

The debate is going to be a big deal.

Trump is mostly holding on to his faction of the electorate....a small but significant chunk of voters who are considering Harris but are not yet locked in....the debate itself & the...conversations kicked off by it will play a big part in determining how that all plays out."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/another-poll-check-in

#kamalaharris#Debate

Three big organizing goals for us for #debate day:

ONE -> Help us grow this account's followers to 2,000 or more by debate time! We want the biggest reach we can have. We are only about *26* followers away!

TWO -> GIVE here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris and boost it everywhere. Her seeing a huge post-debate number will help the campaign and show that the momentum continues!

THREE -> POST DEBATE: social reaction post-debate can be crucial - across the Fedi and to all your networks! Share posts here that you think are powerful and helpful (and funny)... #LFG#KamalaHarris

Kamala Harris Dnc Debates 2019 GIF by GIPHY News