Kamala Harris won the US presidential debate – according to the first poll published by CNN. This was said by 63 percent of those surveyed by the station.
As reported by the station, although before the debate, the declared expectations of voters as to who would win were divided in a 50:50 ratio, after the fight 63 percent indicated Harris as the winner. CNN recalls that the results of the first presidential debate between Trump and Joe Biden. At that time, 67 percent of respondents said the Republican candidate had won. Harris's victory was also indicated by a CNN focus group survey of 13 undecided voters in Pennsylvania, a potentially crucial state. Of the 13 participants in the debate, seven said they were inclined to vote for Harris after the debate, while four said they were inclined to vote for Trump. Two did not know.
Reuters: Harris has repeatedly gotten under Trump's skin
Reuters said Harris “put Trump on the defensive” by raising the issues of abortion, Trump's fitness for office and his troubles with the law.
As the agency writes, both candidates were looking for a moment during the debate that could “change their campaigns.” “Harris seemed to repeatedly get under Trump's skin, which caused him to react nervously and to respond with lies,” we read.
The New York Times, in its first commentary after the debate, stated that Kamala Harris “put Donald Trump on the defensive in a fierce fight, and he stayed there.”
Harris vs. Trump Debate
Harris said that Trump has dictatorial tendencies and that if he were president, Vladimir Putin would already be in Kiev and “keep an eye on the rest of Europe, starting with Poland.” She accused Trump of having no ideas for solving problems and only using them as topics for his election campaign.
The former president threatened World War III, but did not answer the question whether he would like the war to be won by Ukraine and shared a conspiracy theory that migrants from Haiti they eat Americans' dogs and cats. During the debate, moderators repeatedly pointed out to Trump that he was untrue.
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