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The Gaslighters Ran Out of Gas During the 2024 Presidential Debate
The Democrats wish Bowman was there to mercifully pull the fire alarm
14 min readJul 6, 2024
Last Thursday, tens of millions of people watched the first Presidential debate for 2024.¹ The debate was, almost inarguably, the worst debate in the history of televised American Presidential debates. And that’s really saying something! Joe Biden did so poorly, some are already saying this could be the last debate — at least between Trump and Biden.
To even agree to debate, Biden had the following rules (which they either expected Trump to reject or counter, but he didn’t):²
- The candidates were allowed just a pen, blank pad of paper, and bottle of water. No teleprompters.
- Microphones were to be muted when it was not the candidates turn to speak.
- The debate will be 90 minutes long, starting at 9pm ET and have 2 commercial breaks.
- No audience is allowed to attend: just Biden and Trump on the stage and two moderators off stage.
- Neither candidate is allowed to talk to any of their staff during the debate or even during commercial breaks.
- A coin was flipped and the winner got to choose either the side of the stage they’ll be on or the order of…