Mike Pence may have “won” the debate on style. The majority of people may have thought he comported himself well (which isn’t difficult next to the top of the Republican ticket.)
But the takeaway this morning seems to be one line and 1000 lies.
The line is “whipping out that Mexican thing” which is still trending on twitter this morning.
The lies are Pence’s incredulous attitude towards all of the things Trump previously said. So while, in theory, Pence was the debate winner; he was the loser of the news cycle. Twitter, online newspapers like the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune (that I’ve seen) have stories up about “that Mexican thing” and about all of Pence’s lies.
So a calm presence, and a focus group win ultimately end up being lost because of a semi-racist dismissal of an important topic, and countless lies trying to distance himself from his running mate.
On top of all that, it’s obvious no one really cared, the lowest rated VP debate since 2004.