presidential debate

RNC and Trump Campaign Say They Will Oppose Changes to Debate Rules

RNC and Trump Campaign Say They Will Oppose Changes to Debate Rules

Both the Republican National Committee (RNC) and President Donald Trump's campaign say they will oppose changes to the structure of…

4 years ago

H.R. McMaster Criticizes Trump for Not Condemning White Supremacy

H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, said the President's refusal to condemn white supremacy during Tuesday night's…

4 years ago

Steve Doocy Against Muting Mics: “The Guy Who Pushes It, You’re Going to Wonder What Was His Agenda”

"Fox and Friends" host Steve Doocy says he's against muting mics despite criticism of President Donald Trump's behavior during Tuesday…

4 years ago

Biden: Trump “Looks Down” on the American People

Speaking the day after the first presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle, Democrat Joe Biden said President Donald Trump…

4 years ago

Trump Claims Biden Has Lost Suburban Voters by Not Committing to a “Law and Order” Agenda

The morning after the first presidential debate of the election cycle, President Donald Trump claimed his rival, Democrat Joe Biden,…

4 years ago

Representative Eric Swalwell Declares Trump “Truth’s Worst Enemy,” Says Biden Won Last Night’s Debate

Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) declared President Donald Trump "truth's worst enemy" in an op-ed for Fox News. He declared the…

4 years ago

Biden Campaign Rolls Out Slew of Digital Ads After Last Night’s Debate

Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign has rolled out a slew of digital ads to shape the national conversation after last…

4 years ago

WaPo Reporter Philip Bump: Trump Encouraging Supporters to Have “Violent Response” to Election

Washington Post reporter Philip Bump says President Donald Trump is encouraging his supporters to have a "violent response" to November's…

4 years ago

Pete Hegseth: Biden Won’t Condemn Black Lives Matter in Response to Trump’s Refusal to Condemn White Supremacy

After President Donald Trump failed to condemn white supremacy during last night's presidential debate, Fox personality Pete Hegseth said Democrat…

4 years ago

Trump Claims Victory Via Online Polls – But Breitbart Poll Says He Lost

Trump tweeted his usual list of online polls after last night's debate, but one was missing: Brietbart, which proclaimed Hillary…

8 years ago

A Befuddled Donald Trump Claims Hillary Clinton Has a ‘Highly Overrated Intellect’

"I understand the subject matter very well. I don't think she does. I think she frankly is a highly overrated…

8 years ago

Bill O’Reilly Calls the Most Un-American Thing Trump Said Last Night His ‘Smartest’

"I'm going, that's the smartest thing he did all night because that...coalesced his base back together because they feel [about…

8 years ago

Kellyanne Conway’s Bizarre Objection to Hillary Clinton’s Debate Performance

"@HillaryClinton is back to form: pedantic, lawyerly, technocratic, (woefully untruthful) responses."

8 years ago

Mike Pence Says He is ‘Proud to Stand With’ Admitted Sexual Assaulter Donald Trump

"Congrats to my running mate @realDonaldTrump on a big debate win! Proud to stand with you as we #MAGA."

8 years ago

Last Night, Donald Trump Claimed Grabbing a Woman’s Genitals is Not Sexual Assault

"That is sexual assault. You bragged that you have actually sexually assaulted women. Do you understand that?" And Trump answered,…

8 years ago

In Plan to Jail Clinton, Trump is Thinking Like a Dictator, Not an American President

Republicans claim President Obama runs the country like a dictator, but last night, we saw a real dictator unmasked.

8 years ago

More Bad News For Trump As Latest CBS Poll Has Clinton, Democratic Enthusiasm Surging

Rising Democratic enthusiasm comes at a time when many voters across the country are already casting their ballots.

8 years ago

Donald Trump Makes His Bad Week Worse By Claiming He Won Debate Despite Bad Mic

"I won the debate if you decide without watching the totally one-sided 'spin' that followed. This despite the really bad…

8 years ago

With a Single Remark, Hillary Clinton May Have Destroyed Donald Trump’s Campaign

Hillary Clinton's mention of Alicia Machado as Trump's victim Monday night derailed Trump's campaign by triggering a personal vendetta

8 years ago

Far From Surging, Trump Hopes to Keep Momentum Alive by Pretending to Win

Trump claims he is beating the system as his supporters game the system by rigging online polls to show he's…

8 years ago

Trump Takes Teleprompter To Florida To Stop The Bleeding After Disastrous First Debate

"Almost every single poll had us winning the debate against crooked Hillary Clinton," Trump said with a straight face.

8 years ago

Joe Scarborough Pretends Drudge Poll Actually Means Something

"The fact that you have 80 percent of the people revved up enough to go to those polls suggests something…

8 years ago

Donald Trump Interrupted Hillary Clinton 51 Times Last Night

As Ezra Klein said, "So now we're going to see whether a man repeatedly shouting over a woman on national…

8 years ago

Trump Didn’t Even Try, But Chuck Todd Charges That Hillary Clinton Was ‘Over-Prepared’

"Hillary Clinton you could tell spent a lot of time preparing for this debate. Hillary Clinton was at times, you…

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Is Steamrolling Donald Trump At The First Presidential Debate

Donald Trump was expected to be the loud, aggressive candidate at the first presidential debate, but it is Hillary Clinton…

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Pounces And Crushes Trump After Lester Holt Presses On Tax Returns

Trump's bad debate got worse when Hillary Clinton pounced after Donald Trump was pressed on releasing his tax returns.

8 years ago

It Took Less Than 10 Minutes For Hillary Clinton To Get Donald Trump To Crack At Debate

Hillary Clinton got Donald Trump to crack within ten minutes of the beginning of the debate by calling out his…

8 years ago

Bill O’Reilly Thinks Trump Will Make Clinton Cry Tonight

"Trump may make her cry. I mean, that could happen. Anything could happen."

8 years ago

Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald to Live Fact-Check Debate on Twitter

"Tonight is the ultimate test of whether journalists want to be journalists or blow hard entertainers who talk about expectations."

8 years ago

Alex Jones Wants Donald Trump to Accuse Hillary Clinton of Treason Tonight

In what is no doubt a big seller to Trump's alt-right crowd as well as the die-hard Hillary haters who…

8 years ago

Scandal Erupts Over Trump Using Foundation To Dodge Taxes Hours Before Debate

Hours before Trump steps on stage to debate Hillary Clinton, a new report raises questions about whether or not Trump…

8 years ago

Even RNC Chair Reince Priebus Can’t Sell Trump As Qualified And Ready For Debate

With more than a hint of desperation, RNC Chair Reince Priebus tried to sell Trump as ready for presidential debate…

8 years ago

Media Rocked By New Poll Of Voters Demanding That Moderators Fact Check Debates

Voters are demanding that the debate moderators fact check the candidates during the debate according to a new poll.

8 years ago

All News Networks Have Refused To Fact Check Trump Live During The Debate

Every broadcast and cable news network have announced that they will not be fact checking Donald Trump on screen live…

8 years ago

On Day of Hofstra Debate, Fox News Still Pushing Trump’s Debunked Birther Lies

Steve Doocy claims if Hillary Clinton uses 'the birther nonsense' against Donald Trump it will be 'ironic because her campaign…

8 years ago

Executive Director of the Commission on Presidential Debates Says Let Trump Lie

"What is a big fact, what is a little fact?...I don't think it's a good idea to get the moderator…

8 years ago

With One Day To Go Before The Debate, Trump’s Campaign Just Made A Giant Blunder

Donald Trump's campaign manager raised expectation's sky high for Trump while lowering the bar for Hillary Clinton during a Sunday…

8 years ago

Paul Krugman Scolds the Media – Demands They Do Their Job

Reporting that doesn’t accurately reflect the huge honesty gap between the candidates misleads readers, giving them a distorted picture that…

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Drops A Debate Bomb On Trump By Releasing 19 Pages Of His Fact Checked Lies

The Hillary Clinton campaign held a special press call to call on the debate moderator, media, and voters to fact…

8 years ago

Trump Is Now Openly Begging Debate Moderators Not To Fact Check Him

Donald Trump is openly begging debate moderators to allow him to lie at will because fact checking would be "unfair."

8 years ago

Sharp Tongued Candy Crowley Won’t Be Bullied on Romney Fact Check

Despite right wing efforts to smear and damage her, debate moderator Candy Crowley is refusing to walk back her accurate…

12 years ago

Obama Gets His Swagger Back With A Strong Debate Performance Against Romney

President Obama rebounded with a much stronger second debate performance, debunked the lies of Mitt Romney, and likely took control…

12 years ago

People Make a Mistake When They Conflate the Lies of Ryan with the Lies of Romney

To suggest that t Obama should have handled Romney's lies like Biden did Ryan's is to miss the bigger point:…

12 years ago

What did Romney Really Achieve?

Post debate discussion focused on Romney's energy and ability to take down Jim Lehrer. One problem: he isn't running against…

12 years ago