Opinion: The Debate Exposed Something About Trump That Most Of Us Already Knew

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : My favorite moment was when Trump went on a tirade about immigrants eating house pets.
50% : Harris didn't just destroy Trump in this format.
47% : As Trump turtle-walked his way to the podium, it looked as if he planned on avoiding the vice president during the opening handshake.
43% : If Trump did anything on Tuesday, it was convince undecided voters that Harris is the right pick for president.
42% : But it wasn't courtless jestering from Trump.
31% : And that's mainly because Trump wasn't simply outmatched -- without the court, he was just a jester.
28% : Don't get me wrong, all of this happened Tuesday, but there were three differences that effectively made this debate less pomp and more circumstance, and completely exposed Trump for the drunk-off-power manchild that he has always been.
28% : But Trump doesn't just lie, he reaches into the depths of fears held by many Americans.
27% : The proverbial curtain rose and Trump had no one to play to, no one to play off of.
26% : "The proverbial curtain rose and Trump had no one to play to, no one to play off of.
25% : If you were a racist before this debate started then Trump hit enough dog whistles to get you running to the polls to pull the lever for decaf Hitler.
21% : In that moment Trump wasn't just a fear-mongering old man; he was an old man who lost his place in his monologue and was just ad-libbing himself into embarrassment.
19% : Second, moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis were fact-checking Trump in real time, which didn't stop his lies but added context to them.

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