Trump Should Never Have Had This Platform

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/06/debate-trump-platform-january-6/678818/

45 comments

  1. Lol at these takes. Guys, it’s all on Biden. He’s the one who promised us he had this. He said “watch me”. Well, we believed him, and we watched him. And we’ve seen enough. I want to win this year, not lose. We need a new candidate.

  2. Trump used the ol “baffle”m with bullshit” he said so many lies Biden spent more time call him on his shit then moving forward with what Biden plans to do.

  3. Trump should have been arrested on Jan 7, and still be sitting in a cell awaiting his prosecution.

  4. He should have been prosecuted for treason. Between J6 and the documents at MAL, what the fuck is he doing running for Pres again?

  5. Convicted felon Trump should never have had the stage last night.

  6. Making fun of the handicapped reporter should have been the end of it.

  7. We can play this game all day, but when he wasn’t shown the door by the GOP after disparaging POWs, that was when it became clear that something was going terribly wrong.

  8. Yep CNN screwed the entire country by mis-managing the debate. They just let a known con man and liar spew lies non-stop to a nationwide audience with zero fact checking.

  9. Here’s the sitch

    MAGA has a very clear message: deport, deregulate, dismantle, revenge

    What exactly is our message?

    Not Trump, not Trump, not Trump

    We’ll soon find out of that can win again in 2024.

  10. Exactly….once the 34 felony convictions were handed down, Biden should have issued a statement that he will not be debating a felon. To allow a convicted felon on the stage with the president elevates the felon for no reason.

  11. 1 bad Biden debate = drop out

    34 felonies, cheating on his taxes, trying to overthrow Democracy for Trump = everything is fine

    Media is getting what it wants

  12. That’s the real story , how is this fuck being allowed to run for president in the first place !?

  14. This is what happens when you don’t make an example out of domestic terrorists

  15. CNN really said “What if we gave a malignant narcissist unfiltered access to millions of voters and did absolutely nothing to fact check him”. They gave him basically free promo the first time and theyre doing it again

  16. You know what? Whatever. Some things cannot be stopped I guess. This was Biden’s biggest chance to literally finish him after all the stuff his campaign has been doing, and he literally flushed it all away. All many people will remember is this debate performance.

    The thing is, if your country goes down the drain, a whole lot of things do.

    So yeah, the world is up for some real upheaval in the coming years. Win or lose, this thing you are having in the US is far from over. This looks like the back story of a sci fi movie.

    What an awful time to be alive.

  17. Yeah and half the country shouldn’t be voting for someone who makes no secret of his disdain for representative government. But we live in the dumbest timeline, so everyone needs to start reading books and investing in public education.

  18. He had the platform, and broadcasted pure lies from it.

  19. He never should’ve been allowed into politics in the first place.

  20. No, Biden’s team should have known better than to put him on that stage. Biden is awful without a teleprompter. Anyone thinking Biden debated well has the wool pulled over their eyes.

  21. Second time CNN gave this asshole a platform when he shouldn’t have had one.

  22. Healthcare, supreme court, womens rights, Ukraine, other world leaders views of BIDEN. No question in my mind at all, I and everyone I know will vote for Biden rather than the orange dog dirt who was once president.

  23. The real debate is Biden’s performance v. Trump’s disaster. Mr Biden had his facts and had done his homework. The debate went quite well. Mr. Trump made all sorts of denials. Mr Biden made good points.

    The raspy presentation is a small thing. Mr Biden made good points.

  24. I just wish there was someone who could rub Trumps nose in every one of his lies so hard they’d change his name from Trump to Dirty Sanchez.

  25. Networks tripping over themselves to give convicted felon and traitor a platform to spew unconscionable lies for millions. From every angle it’s corporations competing fuck the American people in the name of money.

  26. I agree, but Biden’s team was the one who challenged him to a debate. They were behind in the polls and thought they could get ahead. It backfired. So…high risk/moderate reward? Hard to say…hindsight is always 20/20. But if they could go back in time, I’m sure they wouldn’t have proposed the debate.

    That all being said; I think he can rebound. He has to find his voice, though. This wispy gravely voice he’s been using is hurting him. He also needs to slow down when he speaks. That was a big part of his problem last night. He was trying to get a lot out. He didn’t need to. It also does him no favors to have Jill walk out there like she’s his caretaker.
    He can come back, but he’ll have to work twice as hard as he would have if he hadn’t bombed that debate.

    I don’t think last night changed anyone’s vote. It might have convinced some people to stay home, though. That’s an issue for down-ticket candidates.

  27. Any yet the media won’t quit putting him up any chance they get

  28. If only there was somebody on Stage last night to oppose Trump

  29. Wasn’t it Biden’s campaign team’s idea to do this shitty debate anyway? Talk about arrogance 🤦‍♂️

  30. Headlines Should Never State The Fucking Obvious

    Fucking shit heads…

  31. Dems should have put up a candidate that could easily thwart Trump on this platform. Should have been a dunk. Let’s stop making excuses.

  33. Biden would’ve looked *even worse* if Republicans actually chose a reasonable candidate

  34. the real tragedy of this debate is the total failure of the system in normalizing a candidate that couldn’t answer a single debate question to save his life.

    the fact that we’re even discussing biden being old as opposed to tubz blustering and bullshitting his way through this debate (not to mention his entire life) is pathetic.

    i’d vote for a dead skunk before considering voting for the orange clown.

  35. I agree, but it happened; We need to take a deeper look, at how this happened; and I’ll give You, a clue:

    The Republican Party, begat Joseph McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, Roy Cohn, Lee Atwater, and J. Edgar Hoover. They, in turn; begat Richard Nixon, as President, who then begat William Rehnquist, and Lewis Powell. Nixon “set the table”, along with Gerald Ford; for Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan then appointed Sandra Day-O’Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, to The Court, and elevated Rehnquist to The Chief Justiceship. He attempted to appoint Robert Bork, to The Supreme Court, after Bork, as Solicitor-General, did Nixon’s bidding, and fired Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Reagan also chose George H.W. Bush, as His Vice-President; Who then succeeded Him, as President.

    Bush then appointed David Souter, and Clarence Thomas, to The Court. Bush, in turn; begat George W. Bush, and Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush then Pardoned Katherine Harris, and appointed Her, Florida Secretary of State. Harris was responsible for The Florida Central Voter File Scandal, disenfranchising an estimated 60,000 Legitimate Florida Voters; This may, and probably; resulted, in the Florida 2000 Presidential Vote Mess. The Reagan, and George H. W. Bush Appoointees, to The Court; then “snatched” Bush vs. Gore, away from The Florida Supreme Court, turned the 14th Amendment, on its head; and chose George W. Bush, as President, by Judicial Fiat, ignoring The 9th, 10th, and 12th Amendments, as well as The 14th Amendment; in the process.

    George W. Bush, then begat Samuel Alito, and John Roberts, as Supreme Court Justices. Mitch McConnell, partially begat, by Ronald Reagan; illegally refused to accept Barach Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee, nominated; due to the untimely death, of Justice Antonin Scalia, and held that seat, open; for Donald Trump, Who appointed Neill Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and; as a “Lame Duck” Appointment; Amy Coney-Barrett; to The Court.

    This has been, a 50-, to 60-Year Project, by The Republican Party (Also, see; The Powell Letter, or Powell Manifesto); and, in the Process, They created a “Frankenstein’s Monster”, named Donald Trump; although Ronald Reagan was also a “creation”, as was George W. Bush. All three Presidents, may have “finished”, The United States of America.

  36. Exactly.

    The media is treating Trump like he’s a regular candidate and he’s not.

    I refused to watch the debate because I won’t treat Trump as such and will not give him any of my time.

  38. “The debate was a travesty—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency.”

    Exactly. He was a failed coup leader. He should have been arrested on January 7th.

  39. The msm including CNN platformed him in 2016.

    Let us not forget.

  40. He should be in Jail amd Biden should be in a nursing home.

  41. He demanded death sentences for the Central Park 5. In the 80s during the Cold War he questioned our foreign policy after a trip to the USSR and he bankrupted casinos. Need I say more?

  42. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.lyndon b johnson

  43. CNN is selling out our country in exchange for views

  44. CNN letting Trump just go up there spewing lies and filth, and leaving it up to Biden to be the one feeble bastion of sanity which the whole county is dependant on.

  45. Everyone is mad about last night. And everyone is looking for someone to blame. But the only reason we’ll ever get more Trump is if we don’t vote. Trump could roll around in shit and foam at the mouth and he wouldn’t lose a single vote. We can’t let one bad debate keep us from doing the same. Project 2025 is very real. Vote!

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