I've been sick all week (covid, if you must know -- I was in a car crash and the only time I was without a mask was when the tow truck driver took me home. Wear your masks!) and I only had the energy to watch some of last night's debate. Mostly, I did what Karl Rove said: I watched with the sound off.
Not surprising. Vivek. He did the best Trump impersonation and was, as a result, the most loathsome and annoying. So, naturally, GOP voters here said he won the debate. This is where the party is, folks. Time to acknowledge it. They're gone. https://t.co/qHcmeoRGiI
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 24, 2023
There are leaders in this world and there are followers.
The GOP Debate last night showed us that Ron DeSantis is a follower.
When asked by Fox News' Bret Baier to raise their hands if they'd still support Trump if he's convicted, DeSantis looked at Vivek, Haley, Pence and… pic.twitter.com/uqUPmOLLwI— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 24, 2023
holy shit. Moderators ask for a show of hands of how many candidates believe in human-caused climate change. Not a single candidate raises their hand. pic.twitter.com/Oi5IY8nAQ5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 24, 2023
"These GOP candidates are not serious people. The debate proved it."
Thanks to the late Logan Roy for inspiring my op-ed reacting to, and summarizing, tonight's absurd, Trump-free GOP presidential debate.
Please do read/enjoy/share:https://t.co/2bkeswdDzO— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 24, 2023
Well, I know who *didn’t* win tonight’s debate:
The American people— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) August 24, 2023
You don’t have to be very old to remember when in 2016, Donald Trump announced in a debate, and his rallies, that he was going to weaponize his DOJ to go after Hillary Clinton… his political opponent, which left his cult in a frenzy chanting ‘Lock her up!’#MorningJoe pic.twitter.com/LtWoWQy9Xc
— Luke (@JDLuckenbach) August 24, 2023
A testament to how extreme & overwhelming the climate is this summer is, this Record “Shattering” heat dome has been barely covered by the national media. It’s largest US heat dome in recent memory and in a large part of the nation’s middle the most intense, by a long shot. 1/ pic.twitter.com/d9GOGvHE7l
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) August 21, 2023
David Urban on CNN:
“I think tonight proves that you don’t need Donald Trump to be in a debate to have a shitshow there.” pic.twitter.com/2spUkRLQIT— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 24, 2023
As I suspected, MAGA reaction across the board is that Vivek did the best in the debate after he behaved like an obnoxious, unqualified, arrogant ass spewing half the conspiracies floating around right-wing social media. That’s what they like and he serves it up to them bigly.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 24, 2023
At times like these its important to remember: the GOP is notorious for paying lip service to the idea of doing right by the American people, so the last thing you should be doing is giving anyone at that stupid debate credit for any statement that sounded even remotely positive.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 24, 2023
‘I’ve had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT’ — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took aim at businessman Vivek Ramaswamy early on in the Republican presidential debate, comparing him to the AI chatbot #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/nxxWtIDIDA
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 24, 2023
8 of the most embarrassing people in the world clinging to the rotting corpse of a party owned by the Kremlin and dominated by a man with 94 felony charges.
The cringe is off the charts. pic.twitter.com/rPLf4gOMEx— Jim Stewartson, Anti-disinfo activist 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙 (@jimstewartson) August 24, 2023
It's not just that last night's debate was pointless without Trump. Last night showed why Republican "debates" are pointless as a concept.
Debates are about ideas and plans. All Republican voters care about is their unjustified but endless grievances. https://t.co/wpSuGiyFEz— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) August 24, 2023
Just a reminder that Yevgeny Prigozhin was under indictment for helping elect the man every person in the Republican debate says they will support if he wins Republican nomination.
— Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) August 24, 2023
DeSantis’ face rejects a smile like it’s a pig’s kidney pic.twitter.com/kDBC8r2rMT
— L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) August 24, 2023
Expectations for DeSantis were so unbelievably low in the debate last night and he still couldn’t clear the bar.
Shouty, screechy, pissy, and a bully.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 24, 2023
What she said. pic.twitter.com/GvDRWUI1hK
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 24, 2023
