I watched hoping he’d go off the rails. I foolishly didn’t anticipate how he’d get protected from tough or substantive questions.
I think Stephanopoulos made a mistake by letting him ramble for so long on each question. He came off as a doddering old fool answering many of them.
You could tell by the looks on the faces of the supporters who asked the questions trying to continue to appear interested as he went off on “all kidding aside” rabbit holes. The “you ain’t black” question was answered especially poorly as he went back in time and described the race relations of his youth that no longer exist.