r/politics • u/chatoka1 • 4d ago

Undecided Voters Say They Now Support Joe Biden After Debate

https://www.newsweek.com/latino-voters-donald-trump-joe-biden-debate-election-1918795
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u/Jackinapox 4d ago

I wonder if it's because Trump ignored all the questions and spent his time blaming other people for his failures.

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u/Irishish Illinois 4d ago edited 4d ago

I wish the moderators had pushed back on that a bit infinitely more. At the very start he asks "can I respond to that?" and they say no, sir, we're asking a different question. And I'm like good, excellent, keep him on topic. But then almost every subsequent question he'd just pivot to completely unrelated talking points, and rare was the occasion where the moderators would admonish him. Did he ever even try to address how his insane deportation operations would work or did the mods just let it go?

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u/Doongbuggy 4d ago

cnn is owned by a conservative now so really unsurprising this happened, they let him skirt 3 really important questions, about the creation of a state of israel/palestine (i forget which), denouncing j6, and abortion i believe

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u/LostInThoughtAgain 4d ago

And he pulled the same shit regarding honoring the election results! Kept wandering off topic, and then basically said "Only if I say they're fair"

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u/jlindley1991 3d ago

This stuck out to me as well. You could tell that he was actively steering away from giving a yes or no to this question (even when the moderators said to answer in a yes or no) because he has to maintain an avenue to claim that it was rigged against him. I kind of wish Biden had responded to that question saying that win or lose, he'd accept the results as it reflects the will of the voters.