Donald Trump Interrupted Hillary Clinton 51 Times Last Night

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:15 pm

Donald Trump didn’t like Hillary Clinton’s criticism. He interrupted her repeatedly – 51 times – while she interrupted him only 17. “Wrong, wrong, wrong, no, you’re wrong, I did not, I do not,” we heard, again and again.

According to Vox’s calculations, he interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate.

Yes, Donald Trump interrupts as often than he lies. No small feat.

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Watch Trump at work:

Vox provides the telling graphic:

Clinton said “When they go low, we go high,” and that is exactly what she did, artfully ignoring Trump’s attempt to bully her into silence. It is possible that it is the sheer number of interruptions that lead some Trump fanboys and fangirls to say Trump won the debate. He was being “strong,” you see.

However, as Vox’s Ezra Klein tweeted,

You can be Trump did not earn too many votes from women last night, women who are used to being talked down to like this by men. He made men look bad; he made himself look worse.

Donald Trump ranted, he was incoherent; Clinton was cool and collected, and had complete mastery of the facts. Lacking those facts, Trump was reduced to repeatedly interrupting his better-prepared opponents in an effort to retain control of the debate, an effort which failed abysmally.

Because, in the end, simply contradicting your opponent is not an argument, and last night, more than ever, Trump needed an argument. Instead, he was the bully he has always been, and this morning, rather than looking presidential, he just looks foolish.



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