Inside the spin room: Surrogates weigh in on presidential debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Republicans and Democrats want to see Harris and Trump go head to head again before November's presidential election.
51% : Kilpatrick predicted Trump would perform better in 2024 with Black voters in Pennsylvania, adding that Biden had stronger numbers due to events in 2020, including the murder of George Floyd and the national debate about race it unleashed.
50% : "They know with Trump you're going to get a secure border, a good economy, and not a war," Scott said in the spin room.
49% : According to 2020 exit polling, 92% of Black voters supported Biden in Pennsylvania, while 7% backed Trump.
49% : U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-4th District) told reporters in the spin room earlier in the evening that she wanted "Kamala to be Kamala" during the debate and for her to avoid taking the bait on "nonsensical" things from Trump.
41% : While Trump made an appearance in the spin room, Harris visited a nearby watch party at Cherry Street Pier.
39% : "Following the debate, Trump made an appearance in the spin room, declaring victory and airing some grievances.
38% : "The other thing that stood out to me was the way Kamala Harris not only prosecuted the case against Trump, but also made clear what her vision is for moving us forward.
38% : "Tim Murtaugh, a Trump campaign senior adviser, said Trump has wanted three debates all along and Harris wanting more would be an "indication that she knows that she has more work to do.
36% : "Trump also claimed there were "a lot of great polls out" that showed he had won the debate, even though television commentators noted that a candidate entering the "spin room" was generally a sign the debate hadn't gone well.
31% : "Polling between Harris and Trump has been neck and neck in several battleground states, including Pennsylvania.
30% : "I think there were several moments where Donald Trump seemed unhinged, kind of spewed conspiracy theories and a whole lot of nonsense, and it was kind of a reminder of the chaos of Trump in the past and so that stood out to me," Gov. Josh Shapiro said in the spin room inside the Convention Center a few blocks away from the debate stage.
17% : Joining Donalds at the cheesesteak spot in North Philadelphia on the bus tour was former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a former Democrat turned independent whose prison sentence was commuted by Trump.
17% : Though he backs Trump, Kilpatrick didn't underestimate Harris and the impact the debate could have.
11% : "U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told reporters that he saw the debate as a "slight win" for Trump and said Harris didn't directly answer questions related to policy.
7% : Scott said "everybody knows Trump," and argued that the debate would be more about Harris having to defend the Biden administration prior to the debate.
6% : "There are a lot of voters in Pennsylvania who care about energy and who care about fracking, and President Trump effectively made the case that Kamala Harris believes in ending fracking," Gaetz said.Tuesday night was the second presidential debate of the cycle, but the first time that Trump and Harris faced off since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.

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