Video Infoblog: Trump-Harris debate: NJ reactions
VIDEO 12 Sept 2024
Most analysts think Kamala Harris not only delivered a strong performance in the presidential debate Tuesday night but that she also goaded Donald Trump into losing his cool. Political pundits say Harris, the Democratic candidate, put former President Trump uncharacteristically on the defensive.
as expected the presidential debate Tuesday night between vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump was must CV it started with a handshake and quickly turned to a fist fight with Trump on the defensive for most of the evening and Harris goting him into a flustered performance that even many of Trump's most loyal supporters admitted but what matters more is whether the debate will move the needle for undecided voters senior correspondent Brenda Flanigan got reaction from around the state today in this first and only scheduled debate candidates coma Harris she started by introducing herself to her opponents and then to millions of Voters who wanted to know who is kamla Harris most analysts think she not only delivered a strong debate performance Harris also goed Donald Trump into losing his cool take this exchange on a bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill that Harris claimed the former president deliberately undermined he'd prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem the people of our country actually need a leader who engages in Solutions the vice president invited viewers to attend a trump rally speech on immigration and poked him in a very sore spot people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom and I will tell you the one thing you will not hear him talk about is you we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there that's stuck with Jersey folks who watch the debate he said something along the lines of people eating cats and dogs that was a crazy line I call it I feel like she baited him a little bit there too which is great you know knowing how he was going to react and um knowing he wasn't going to um have the self-control to stay on point political pundits say Harris shifted the Dynamics of the debate and put Trump uncharacteristically on the defensive he's aggressive um he lies he's a very difficult person to debate I thought she handled him masterfully uh every time she laid out a trap he took it every time she laid out bait he took it um he went off on wild insane tangents I think he showed th that level of grievance that you could tell that he's been under Fire and you know sort of wanted to get all of his grievances out and and I and I wish he would have focused on the border which is the number one issue in every single poll Trump again denied that he lost the 2020 election and refused to accept responsibility for the January 6th Insurrection he still had no concrete health care plan to replace Obamacare just a quote concept even Republicans like Marcy faen admitted I was hoping to see a little better from Donald Trump I look at somebody like kamla Harris and I think I think her intentions are all very good I don't think she's qualified Republicans wanted to hear Trump challenge Harris's record on border security on the economy on the Biden administration's foreign policy including the war in Ukraine the moderators asked do you want Ukraine to win this War I want to get the War settled I know zalinski very well and I know Putin very well what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would eat you for lunch they can manipulate you with flattery and favors again what did voters take away I think she got a point across to you know probably the biggest audience she's had the media wants to talk about scoring political points or debate points which is really irrelevant to the issue here of the Battleground States state GOP chair Bob hugan thinks the debate won't sway voters in swing state that will decide this election I think the media will portray it as a great comma Victory because I think she did a very good job in the debate she just didn't do what she had to do to win the election in the in the Battleground States but what about New Jersey Jersey reliably votes blue for president but will undecided and una Affiliates reconsider their choice in down ballot Races they don't like Donald Trump but upset with the Republican leadership who has at least Ted itly given him his that support Monmouth poll director Patrick Murray says this could impact the race in Jersey seventh congressional district were incumbent Tom Kane Jr's facing off against Democratic activist Sue Alman a Bonafide swing District but the debate also galvanized voters over abortion influencer Janine Laro called it Harris's pivotal moment when she talked bodies when she talked about and that no one has the right to have say over a woman's body Trump refused to say whether he'd sign a National Abortion ban noting Congress would never pass such a Bill Harris vowed to make reproductive Health Care legal everywhere so that was a moment I think not just for women but I think there were even men allies who said you know what she's right she's right Laro says that impacted women on both sides of the aisle it certainly motivated one Taylor Swift holding her cat posted an endorsement of kamla Harris urging people register to vote she signed it childless cat lady whether all this translates to a bump in the polls for Harris well that's TBA I'm Brenda Flanigan NJ Spotlight news
