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'Chill The F**k Out': John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden | The Pennsylvania senator reminded panicked Democrats on Friday that he too had a bad debate once, yet he went on to win his Senate seat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-debate-john-fetterman_n_667ea850e4b0415858d6a2f1
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u/jmcgit Connecticut 6d ago

Biden's opponent is a TV grifter too

Though frankly that's probably the only reason Biden still has a chance

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u/BLF402 6d ago

If you go back and watch the debate last night Biden was more on point when it comes to the platform whereas trump was just spewing nonsense lies and self congratulatory rhetoric.

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u/jmcgit Connecticut 6d ago

Sure, but that’s not going to help him. You don’t win debates by being right, you win them by being persuasive.

Nobody expected Trump to go out there and tell the truth, but they hoped Biden would be able to expose his lies to a national audience and make him look like the clown that he is. If Biden can’t do that, it’d be nice if the candidate was someone who can.

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u/Onslaughtered 6d ago

Yeah not how debates work so 🤷🏼‍♂️. Debates aren’t pointing out the lies and deception. It’s about answering your prompts.

Not saying either candidate looked like their peak self but at least Biden had answers vs. spewing the same lies and rhetoric by by trump