The 2024 Biden-Trump debate set off a chain of events that ultimately led to Vice President Harris becoming the Democratic nominee — and paved the way for Trump’s return to the White House.
Was this the most consequential debate in U.S. history?
The 2024 Biden-Trump debate set off a chain of events that ultimately led to Vice President Harris becoming the Democratic nominee — and paved the way for Trump’s return to the White House.
Was this the most consequential debate in U.S. history?
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The 2024 Biden-Trump debate set off a chain of events that ultimately led to Vice President Harris becoming the Democratic nominee — and paved the way for Trump’s return to the White House.
Was this the most consequential debate in U.S. history?
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Who gives a shit!
2016 GOP primary debate
You should read about the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate.
It was the first ever televised debate. Nixon didn’t understand that he needed to dress for the camera and that he needed to wear makeup and he wound up looking terrible. (Chicago Mayor Daley said “My God. They’ve embalmed him before he died.”)
It wound up giving people such a bad impression of him that even though they had 3 more debates, it threw Kennedy into the lead and he ultimately won the Presidency.
Nixon-Kennedy, the very first (televised) debate in US history. It showed the power of TV and signaled the start of an ever more populist society with mass media as the smoking gun in the murder of the decent democracy. That’s the debate which started it all and it was the first time that keeping up appearances had been held in higher regard than advocating for the best policies.
No, the errors happened way before then, when the DNC hid his condition from the public, when he should have dropped out and there should have been an open primary, and Kamala being picked as VP even though she was unpopular when she performed in a primarily previously
Lincoln – Douglas 1858
Yeah I think so, the second Biden shambled out with that zoned out dead look. I was like we’re going to lose to trump full stop.
It was all staged! Both sides are in on it!
No. Biden was way down in the polls before the debate. He had started to slowly climb slightly, but the debate stopped any momentum he had.
No.
No one cared then, no one cares now.
All of these “most consequential in history” posts are annoying.
We once fought a war to end slavery, against ourselves. Get some perspective.
Yes. No other debate ever went so poorly that the incumbent dropped out.
Kennedy-Nixon is a number 2. Nixon looked bad, but he stayed in the race.
Yes absolutely. It directly led to an incumbent president running for reelection dropping of the race just months before the election.
I think Biden was done. Trump lied and gaslit so aggressively, Biden was just tired and done. They are both old but Biden wasn’t delusional and harmful. Sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don’t.