Posted on 09/27/2016 8:09:01 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Republican Donald Trump was kept on the defensive at the first presidential debate, in several instances having to debate the highly anticipated event's moderator as well as his Democratic opponent.
Trump was challenged on his answers Monday night at Hofstra University in New York at least six times by NBC's Lester Holt, according to the Washington Examiner's count. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile was no follow-up questions for the 90-minute debate.
The debate was separated into three segments: "Achieving Prosperity," "America's Direction" and "Securing America."
In the first segment, Trump was asked about his reluctance to release his tax returns, which he has said he is unwilling to make public until a federal audit on them has been completed, an excuse he reiterated during the debate.
This isn’t original with me, but, it bears repeating:
The Democrats run against the Republicans. The Republicans have to run against the Democrats, AND the media.
Lester Holt — Clinton House Boy.
It was so obvious a setup and that really worked in Trump’s favor...People could see how biased it was and against all that, Trump held his own without wasting any ammo...
I’m dying to see if the second and third debates circle back and try to get Trump to release his taxes, explain his position on the birth certificate, and try to pin him down on his support for the invasion of Iraq.
I mean, there’s not much else to talk about, so those topics could be recycled a time or two more, right?
What's to ask? She got the questions a week ago.
Totally agree ~ Trump did very well considering it was two on one AND he manage to keep his cool over that fact alone...
Hillary looked like she had a plastic face with her plastic questions from Holt...
Something simply MUST be done about the Media. They are destroying this country.
Trump won big time...It’s obvious.
No opening or closing statements either which must have been by design. Trump could have torched her good
They think they pulled a fast one on us, but that plastic face may turn out for her like 5-o’clock shadow did for Nixon.
I don’t know how those rat bastards in the media get up in the morning...
Trump would have incinerated her with a closing statement.
Lester was Stepenfetchit for Hillary.
Lester Holt-—Clinton But, Boy?
Clinton and Company (Dems) have bankrupted our country and Hillary points to Trump as a problem....people see that I think
In debate number two I better hear Benghazi and the worD HAITI ten or more times.
Lester is a bowing, scraping house Google.
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