The Regime Media regimed very exhausting while overlaying the second first presidential debate of this election cycle, between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The Tiffany Community was no exception.
Outgoing CBS Night Information anchor and vice presidential debate moderator Norah O’Donnell gushed over Harris’s stylings:
CBS’s Norah O’Donnell swoons over Kamala: “It was fascinating to look at…Kamala Harris…on the offense for a lot of the talk in opposition to Donald Trump and you possibly can say she stored chumming the waters and Trump stored taking the bait. Repeatedly, she type of averted the topic of the… pic.twitter.com/sVbvKRitw9
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
NORAH O’DONNELL: It was fascinating to look at these two candidates spar over an hour and a half. Kamala Harris, the Vice President of america, on the offense for a lot of the talk in opposition to Donald Trump and you possibly can say she stored chumming the waters and Trump stored taking the bait. Repeatedly, she type of averted the topic of the query that she was requested, pivoted to one thing else with the intention to goat Donald Trump after which he went there. He missed alternatives on points like immigration and different issues to essentially level out some huge variations with Kamala Harris and a few of the weaknesses that some voters imagine that the Biden-Harris administration has. There’s a lot to debate concerning the matters tonight, actually as a result of this was a giant night time for Kamala Harris in her first presidential debate, as Donald Trump has now accomplished 7 of those.
One wonders she ought to nonetheless average the vice presidential debate. Additionally swooning over Harris: one in every of O’Donnell’s incoming replacements on the anchor desk- John Dickerson, seen right here cooing over Harris’s prosecutorial mien and…coverage specifics?
John Dickerson, in love with Kamala: “[S]he prosecuted Donald Trump. She was relentless, and I believe it was, you already know, after they train you about writing, they are saying present and do not inform. All people is aware of just about the story about Donald Trump, so that they weren’t studying new… pic.twitter.com/l3pGqNykXd
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
JOHN DICKERSON: I believe the technique was- she prosecuted Donald Trump. She was relentless. And I believe it was, you already know, after they train you about writing, they are saying present and do not inform. All people is aware of just about the story about Donald Trump, so that they weren’t studying new info, however by baiting him, I believe the intent was to say now have a look at have a look at the best way he is behaving, and he did get emotional at instances speaking at one level about cats (CROSSTALK) Individuals consuming canines and cats, which could be very exhausting to observe. However I believe in that emotional second, which he will be on the flawed facet of the replays, a part of that is what will get replayed the following day- after which she pointed that and mentioned, we do not need to return to that, and that appeared to be her foremost argument, the secondary one, after all, being “I care about you and he would not”. And, in that case, we discuss plans and specificity. She was particular in elements about small enterprise, little one care, down funds on properties, the chance financial system, she mentioned that lots. She did not go overboard, however I believe she — the query can be, did she ship a sign? If she did not go overboard, Donald Trump was fairly temporary by way of — the one coverage I might hear from him was about tariffs and deportation, so he mentioned, “I’ve ideas of a plan”, however on the specificity, despite the fact that she wasn’t overwhelming, she was actually greater than he was.
Dickerson can also be firefighting Springfield, Ohio. Dickerson boldly proclaims, with out proof, that Trump can be on the flawed facet of Springfield, Ohio. Time will bear that out and one hopes Dickerson could have the humility to circle again to this story. However not with held breath.
Now for some immigration cheerleading.
CBS’s Norah O’Donnell involves Kamala’s protection: Trump “likes to name Kamala Harris wrongly the border czar. That was not particularly her — her job. She pivoted to crowd sizes after which he acquired distracted and mentioned, wait a minute, I need to reply to the scale of my — my rallies… pic.twitter.com/cfvHHuoH7Z
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
NORAH O’DONNELL: When the subject of immigration got here up, which is one which Donald Trump likes to hammer this administration on. He likes to name Kamala Harris wrongly the border czar. That was not particularly her — her job. She pivoted to crowd sizes after which he acquired distracted and mentioned, wait a minute, I need to reply to the scale of my — my rallies after which it type of went veering off and he missed the chance to ship a few of the assaults that he has up to now on immigration.
Notice additionally the firefighting on “border czar”. Not even a point out of root causes. Simply straight firefighting. Vice presidential debate co-moderator Margaret Brennan chimes in:
CBS’s Margaret Brennan: “I believe you nailed it once you discuss chumming the waters and taking the bait, and I — that was clearly a deliberate technique for the vice chairman right here. We noticed an illustration of character, not coverage, to John’s level, and — and inside that, what I am… pic.twitter.com/Dkg2bUMrPU
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
MARGARET BRENNAN: I believe you nailed it once you discuss chumming the waters and taking the bait, and I — that was clearly a deliberate technique for the vice chairman right here. We noticed an illustration of character, not coverage, to John’s level, and — and inside that, what I am considering of are a few of the strongest traces the place the vice chairman not solely described him as simply manipulated, however confirmed she might do it in entrance of the cameras with traces like that, and he or she had this one zinger, ‘it is completely well-known dictators and autocrats are rooting so that you can be president as a result of they’re so clear they will manipulate you with flattery and favors.’ That could be a highly effective line partially as a result of we’re somebody who’s arguing to be the primary feminine Commander-in-Chief of america standing up there and saying, I need to have a robust army, and I’ll present you ways I can manipulate the person standing subsequent to me proper now on this stage. I assumed it was an fascinating technique. She did it time and again.
We come to the abortion cheerleading portion of this system. Watch as O’Donnell brings up Trump’s solutions on IVF and on the legendary federal abortion ban that has zero likelihood of passing this present Congress however that everybody calls for to know whether or not Trump will signal:
CBS’s Norah O’Donnell boasts “a few of the matters” that ABC introduced up “very early within the debate the place not solely the financial system, immigration, however then reproductive rights, which is taken into account a robust go well with for Kamala Harris, as vice chairman. And, on that subject she did handle to… pic.twitter.com/UmP2Blt9Fj
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
NORAH O’DONNELL: Ed O’Keefe, a few of the matters that got here up very early within the debate weren’t solely the financial system, immigration, however then reproductive rights, which is taken into account a robust go well with for Kamala Harris as vice chairman. And, on that subject, she did handle to tangle up Donald Trump. He acquired snarled. He was unable to reply whether or not he would help a federal ban on abortion after which — repeatedly after which he acquired snarled on the problem of in vitro fertilization the place he stored saying simply calling it fertilization, and he mentioned at one level, I am for fertilization. I have been a pacesetter on fertilization. He didn’t have a consolation with that subject.
To not be outdone, Main Garrett additionally weighs in on Trump’s debate efficiency:
.@MajorCBS: “Tonight’s efficiency” by Trump “was loud, extravagant with lies, & based mostly on that Trump help that already exists. The Harris obligation was…[c]an you discover extra voters w/extra persuasive language?…[T]he Harris marketing campaign believes they have little bit of an edge” pic.twitter.com/vIrA0xFCSO
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
MAJOR GARRETT: The central query for each campaigns is: proper now, has Trump reached his ceiling and has Kamala Harris reached her ceiling? The Harris marketing campaign believes there’s room to develop. The Trump marketing campaign needs to deliver her down as a result of they suppose they’re at their ceiling. And tonight’s efficiency was loud, extravagant with lies, and based mostly on that Trump help that already exists. The Harris obligation was, are you able to increase that ceiling? Can you discover extra voters with extra persuasive language? To Nancy’s level, the Harris marketing campaign believes they have a little bit of an edge there.
Lastly, there was O’Donnell and longtime BET anchor Ed Gordon speaking concerning the performative facet of the talk, and a few wink to minority voters by talking about Mission 2025:
CBS’s Norah O’Donnell and longtime BET anchor Ed Gordon tout Kamala Harris for her “efficiency facet” in realizing “precisely what she was doing” by “set[ting] the tone when she walked out” then “speak[ed] to black and brown voters about Mission 2025” pic.twitter.com/wASgI2kcZw
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024
NORAH O’DONNELL: Ed Gordon, these debates are about coverage and there was quite a lot of coverage immediately. It might not have been quite a lot of new coverage, however they’re additionally the performative facet of tonight, and it was fascinating to see Kamala Harris in a lot of these two-shots the place whereas her mic wasn’t open, she kind of laughed at him. She put her hand as much as her chin. What did you see?
ED GORDON: She knew precisely what she was doing. She set the tone when she walked out, shook his hand, and launched herself by identify, which I assumed was very, very fascinating. Um, she gave a lob to black and brown voters speaking about Mission 2025 very early on, and he or she understood the cut up display screen. So when he felt that he was going a little bit far or she felt he was going a little bit far. She made it clear she was looking.
All in all, CBS was exultant about Harris’s efficiency on the talk stage, and made no effort by any means to modulate that…pleasure.