# Trump and Harris agree to September 10th ABC debate - Watch Along Starts at Post 431 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump, kamala-harris\ **Created:** [August 8, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440 "2024-08-08T20:59:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1141 "2024-09-11T03:18:44Z")
I figured she would be chewing nails after Trump’s team tried to claim she had endorsed him and even dummied up something with AI. I’m delighted at the moment she picked to slip in the knife. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1142 "2024-09-11T03:18:57Z")
Her endorsement has over a million likes already. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1143 "2024-09-11T03:20:00Z")
My girls are screaming. I thought the house was on fire. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1144 "2024-09-11T03:20:05Z")
Yes. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1145 "2024-09-11T03:21:40Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m delighted at the moment she picked to slip in the knife. Oh yeah. Great timing; it couldn’t be at a better time. Just in on CNN: The cat’s name is “Benjamin Button.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1146 "2024-09-11T03:22:22Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > NBC is unfortunately sane washing the debate Because they would get the next one, I hear. So they _really_ want another one! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1147 "2024-09-11T03:22:46Z")
I saw a sports analogy: Strike 'em out, throw 'em out, double play. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1148 "2024-09-11T03:23:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My girls are screaming. I thought the house was on fire. She endorsed Joe Biden in 2020. It would be weird if she didn’t endorse Harris. Did her endorsement affect the polls last time? Or is it that she is more popular than four years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1149 "2024-09-11T03:23:13Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Harris absolutely nailed her expressions throughout the debate while Trump was talking. Studious at times, subtle eye rolls when needed as compared to Trumps giant ones, satisfied smile when she knew she had him and then my favorite, a look of concern in his direction as if to say this poor person he should really be in a home where they can care for him properly. And the laughing. Which I thought there should have been more of. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1150 "2024-09-11T03:24:29Z")
Lawence O’Donnell on MSNBC sees it as extremely significant. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1151 "2024-09-11T03:24:44Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > If you like demagoguery, Trump did well. I’m not sure trump’s performance rises to the level of demagoguery. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1152 "2024-09-11T03:25:16Z")
I’m going to do the same thing I did with the last debate which is to give my unfiltered opinion before reading the thread. First, I know I am biased so I don’t know how other people will feel. There were no opening statements. I wanted Harris to introduce herself. Instead she jumped right into a pressured description of her economic policies. However, Trump did the same thing in his first answer. It was like they felt that they had to say everything immediately. That said, she did everything I hoped for. She spoke directly to the public and had three specific economic policies that she came back to several times. She didn’t lose her cool. She was strong and presidential but also has moments of warmth and caring. She smiled, but didn’t mock Trump directly. At the same time she managed to bait Trump with issues she knew would set him off such as people leaving his rallies early. I think she missed some opportunities to correct him such as when he touted Orban as a leader who supported him but I liked how she pushed back on his plans to end the war in Ukraine and I do really appreciate the fact that she repeatedly turned back to what she would do for the country Trump was trump. He got in his usual attacks. His supporters will eat it up and say that he destroyed her on her flip flopping and on the border. He is not going to lose any diehard supporters. Finally, the moderators were great with the real-time fact checking. They kept it to just the most egregious lies but it helped. Overall, I would say Harris won but Trump did not implode as thoroughly as I had hoped. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1153 "2024-09-11T03:26:55Z")
That “childless cat lady” thing is turning out to be a helluva self-own, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1154 "2024-09-11T03:27:32Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > If you like demagoguery, Trump did well. I hope most Americans do not. I’m whistling past that same graveyard. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1155 "2024-09-11T03:27:52Z")
Harris making remarks now at a watch party. Rallying the crowd. They just played a Taylor swift song as she left the stage. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1156 "2024-09-11T03:28:20Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I figured she would be chewing nails after Trump’s team tried to claim she had endorsed him and even dummied up something with AI. > > I’m delighted at the moment she picked to slip in the knife. The timing was perfection, especially after Harris’s excellent exposure of a lying liar who lies about everything! The ketchup will be flying tonight! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1157 "2024-09-11T03:28:56Z")
Well, Donny is a Uniter. Brought together Taylor Swift fans and Dick Cheney followers. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1158 "2024-09-11T03:28:59Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m delighted at the moment she picked to slip in the knife. When you’re famous they just let you slip it in. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1159 "2024-09-11T03:29:30Z")
Heads-up: CNN will be having their post-debate focus group’s comments after this commercial. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440/1160 "2024-09-11T03:29:49Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Trump was trump. He got in his usual attacks. His supporters will eat it up and say that he destroyed her on her flip flopping and on the border. He is not going to lose any diehard supporters. I would think that. But my wife spotted one of our Trumper relatives complaining about Trump’s dog-eating immigrant thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440.md?page=59)