A roundup of media and other reactions to tonight's debate.
Trump tonight, per @DafnaLinzer: Split with Pence on Syria, threatened to jail opponent, admitted writing off $916M to pay no federal taes— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 10, 2016
Trump tonight, per @DafnaLinzer: Split with Pence on Syria, threatened to jail opponent, admitted writing off $916M to pay no federal taes
You would think Trump's shocking barely veiled threat to jail Hillary would get more talk from the MSNBC panel.— James Wolcott (@JamesWolcott) October 10, 2016
You would think Trump's shocking barely veiled threat to jail Hillary would get more talk from the MSNBC panel.
Donald Trump cleared the lowest bar in presidential debate history. But, he's still Donald Trump, and he's still unmoored from reality.— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) October 10, 2016
Donald Trump cleared the lowest bar in presidential debate history. But, he's still Donald Trump, and he's still unmoored from reality.
And rumors back on:
Update: We now have 4 sources confirming Pence is leaving the ticket. We linked 2 of them up with press. @KeepAmerGr8 #debate https://t.co/Euv5amrqrN— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 10, 2016
Update: We now have 4 sources confirming Pence is leaving the ticket. We linked 2 of them up with press. @KeepAmerGr8 #debate https://t.co/Euv5amrqrN
TV pundits before debate: if Trump does not offer abject apology he loses bad. After: uh, did we really say that? Forget it.— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) October 10, 2016
TV pundits before debate: if Trump does not offer abject apology he loses bad. After: uh, did we really say that? Forget it.
Forget theatrics. The most important thing said all night was Trump threatening his political opponent with prison.— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) October 10, 2016
Forget theatrics. The most important thing said all night was Trump threatening his political opponent with prison.
Trump saying he'd prosecute Hillary if president is real Banana Republican stuff.— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) October 10, 2016
Trump saying he'd prosecute Hillary if president is real Banana Republican stuff.
Jake Tapper saying that Trump did better than the first debate. Are you fucking kidding me?— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) October 10, 2016
Jake Tapper saying that Trump did better than the first debate. Are you fucking kidding me?
terrible can analysts praising Trump for, basically, not smearing his own feces on the walls. never watch cnn.— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 10, 2016
terrible can analysts praising Trump for, basically, not smearing his own feces on the walls. never watch cnn.
âÂÂHe dissed him before the largest audience..â -- @MajorCBS on Trump's Mike Pence comments at #debate regarding foreign policy pic.twitter.com/euGqdtfMBE— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 10, 2016
âÂÂHe dissed him before the largest audience..â -- @MajorCBS on Trump's Mike Pence comments at #debate regarding foreign policy pic.twitter.com/euGqdtfMBE
I guess Clinton won, if only because Trump did well enough not to drop out and be replaced by someone competent.— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 10, 2016
I guess Clinton won, if only because Trump did well enough not to drop out and be replaced by someone competent.
was really hoping that last question would be about minimum wage or workplace discrimination or financial regulation or abortion access or— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) October 10, 2016
was really hoping that last question would be about minimum wage or workplace discrimination or financial regulation or abortion access or
Check out the fact checking, which is a bit ... asymmetric https://t.co/Wb4WTaAovt— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 10, 2016
Check out the fact checking, which is a bit ... asymmetric https://t.co/Wb4WTaAovt
And they're all acting like it's perfectly normal that the GOP nominee is a babbling moron who clearly has no idea what he's talking about.— digby (@digby56) October 10, 2016
And they're all acting like it's perfectly normal that the GOP nominee is a babbling moron who clearly has no idea what he's talking about.