Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:19 pm
Within the first twenty minutes of the debate, Donald Trump tried to play the Bill Clinton is an abuser card, and it horribly backfired by opening the door for former Sec. Clinton to level him.
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.@HillaryClinton on @realDonaldTrump: "This is not who we are." pic.twitter.com/HaZGTGiKZL
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Trump opened the door for Clinton to run down the list of all the people that Trump has attacked and insulted. Trump tried to turn the topic to Clinton’s emails. Trump repeated the same lies that he and the Republican Party have been pushing for years.
Clinton said that everything Trump said wasn’t true. Trump started to grow visibly angry. His sniffling problem returned. He constantly began to interrupt. At one point, Trump suggested that if he were president, Clinton would be in jail.
Trump thought he was looking tough, but he came off looking and sounding like a crazy person who was pushing one conspiracy after another.
What started as a Trump attack on Bill Clinton that was designed to excuse his bragging about sexual assault on an audio tape, turned into a revealing look at Donald Trump’s character that backfired on the Republican Party and their nominee.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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