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Debate Round 3:
Donald Got Trumped!
Wednesday night’s Debate Round 3 in Las Vegas picked up where we last left off. “Fisherman” Hillary Clinton set the bait, and it didn’t take long for her to get a bite.
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If anyone was unclear if Donald Trump has the temperament to be President of the United States, Debate Round 3 answered that question beyond a shadow of a doubt: NO! In fact, Trump is so thin-skinned, he proved he can be easily snared with the slightest of effort.
For the first several moments of the evening, Donald Trump successfully displayed the days of practice his handlers forced him to endure. He appeared presidential. He appeared diplomatic. He even appeared as if he might finally be able to keep his cool under pressure. However, all it took was an obviously baited comment about his manhood and those days of debate prep quickly went right out of the window.
“When it comes to the wall that Donald talked about building, he went to Mexico, he had a meeting with the Mexican president, didn’t even raise it,” Mrs. Clinton said, adding “He choked!”
Well, “The Donald” simply couldn’t help himself and his debate performance immediately went downhill from there. For the rest of the night, Donald Trump kept taking the bait while Hillary Clinton simply kept reeling him in.
Trump tried to make up points by bragging that Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t respect Mrs. Clinton enough to be president, to which she replied with more fresh bait: “That’s because he’d rather have a puppet for a president.”
“You’re the puppet,” Trump interrupted, sounding very much like a 12-year-old brat in a “No, YOU’RE ugly” sort of way.
At one point, Trump even told Mrs. Clinton, “You’re a nasty woman” — a comment not at all well received among female voters.
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However, the entrée of the evening came when moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump if, win or lose, he would accept the outcome of the election. “I’ll tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense,” Trump barked defiantly, effectively declaring he would not support America’s concept of the peaceful transfer of power. If Donald Trump hadn’t already lost the election, that single remark sealed the deal.
Almost immediately, critics within Trump’s own party pounced on his remarks as dangerous to our very existence as a democracy.
“Like most Americans, I have confidence in our democracy and election system,” Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina said. “During this debate, Mr. Trump is doing the party and the country a great disservice by continuing to suggest the outcome of this election is out of his hands and ‘rigged’ against him. If he loses, it will not be because the system is ‘rigged,’ but because he failed as a candidate.”
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona echoed those words, tweeting that Trump “saying that he might not accept election results is beyond the pale.”
The public also weighed in on Trump’s verbiage. According to a new CNN/ORC poll, 52% to 39% voted in favor of Hillary Clinton winning Debate Round 3.
With The Washington Post, Red State, and a host of other major news sources reporting that traditionally Republican states such as Arizona, Georgia, Utah and even Texas are now in play for the Democrats (including presidential and down-ballot races), the writing is on the wall: Donald is about to get TRUMPED!
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Yes indeed DJ. A great summary (as usual) and completely accurate. Hillary came prepared to handle her business…and handle it she did. Honestly after awhile her handling of Trump began to look like child's play to me, as in playing Checkers not Chess. That's how easy it was for her to bait him. We all know the man can't help himself. He can barely keep it together for more than 20-30 minutes before quickly reverting back to being himself – which of course reminds voters of who he actually IS…which is why he AND the Republican party appear to be on their way to a major defeat on Nov. 8th. Just think of the nightmare America. if not the world, would be facing had that dangerous moron been able to hide his True self until AFTER the election..!?! Thankfully, Trump's ignorance, arrogance and narcissistic ego Always guides him, which is… Read more »