There were three big moments in this debate: The first was the moment where she explained what he does at these rallies and how people get bored and leave quickly. I think that unraveled him. The second was where she explained how he disavowed the Constitution and she went through a prosecutorial cadence about how the insurrection never should have happened. And then the last thing was explaining to the American people what she wanted to do. It was a very healing, very embracing message. For those moments and so many more, she won the debate.
Reproductive Freedom for All president Mini Timmaraju
There was lots of gold [for campaign advertisements] tonight! Abortion is continuing to be the most salient issue of the election and how we’re able to move independent voters to our side. I think you’re going to see a lot of content based on this debate on reproductive freedom. I think Trump was largely incoherent, but the points he did make made it clear he’s not backing down from his pride in overturning Roe v. Wade, so there’s a really good clip right there.
He would not commit to vetoing a national abortion ban, which is basically admitting he supports a national abortion ban. And he’s really unhinged when confronted on this issue, because he knows it’s a loser for him and his party. Kamala Harris, in contrast, was really able to tell the story and bring the lives of women who have been impacted by these bans to the stage. It was really what she’s so good at. I think we’re going to see some content with the contrast and she made the contrast very, very clear.
Donald Trump Surrogates
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton
The [ABC News] moderators were not good. It was three on one. They continued to engage in so-called fact-checking of Donald Trump. They never did that to Kamala Harris. They never pressed her on all of her lies and her misstatements, which were legion as I’ve been pointing out. But then again, that’s what Donald Trump has gotten for nine years. He has always gotten the press that is unfair and biased towards him.