Second Presidential Debate Thread (at 9pm ET)

[John Dule]

"I take full responsibility, but it's not my fault."

[John Dule]

Holy crap, Biden actually managed to say the words "in fact, infected" without tripping over his words. He must've really prepared for this.

[John Dule]

Ok, we need a fact-check on this absurd claim by Biden:

"Americans don't panic!"

[John Dule]

Finally Biden said that COVID-19 would be considered a pre-existing condition. This could devastate millions of people if the ACA were repealed.

I recall him saying that in the last debate too, but I agree he hasn't hit it hard enough either time.

[John Dule]

Oh man I wish Kamala Harris was "more liberal than Bernie Sanders" or whatever nonsense that was

Perhaps he was saying that Sanders is a socialist and therefore not a liberal.

[John Dule]

Biden says "come on" a lot, doesn't he.

Bukkake Biden

Curse you for making me read this with my own two eyes.

[John Dule]

I love how there were people on this forum, who follow politics religiously, who somehow still thought Trump would do well tonight.

2016 PTSD.

But even then, he never did well in the debates!

He actually did disturbingly well in the first half-hour of the first debate, but ran out of energy after that. However, I think that good first impression was important for a lot of people.

[John Dule]

Bold of Trump to go against raising the federal minimum wage.

He could've made a decent argument there. Biden said that raising the minimum wage doesn't cause businesses to go under, but Trump could've pointed out that it does encourage businesses to automate those jobs.

Of course, he did not-- because he is an idiot and doesn't even understand the basic arguments for the positions he claims to take.

[John Dule]

"I'll be President of the United States, not Vice President."

Did Biden just criticize Obama and disavow something the Obama-Biden administration did?

I wish Biden would just straight up say "Look, we had a limited amount of time to push a major legislative effort in the Obama administration, because we needed to pass something before the Republicans got enough seats to block our entire agenda. The president chose to prioritize health care. Now we're going to prioritize immigration."

[John Dule]

Someone check the PredictIt odds on whether Trump starts referencing The Bell Curve before the night is over.

[John Dule]

Hahaha! "I don't care who's in this audience-- every single one of them is more racist than me!"