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Asked whether the presidential candidates "played nice" with each other in their highly anticipated first debate, none of the 16 students who gathered to talk with CNN on Tuesday raised their hands.
OK, that much is true. I’m sure none of these kids were bullied and had to fight back.
Riya Jain, a seventh-grader, said both candidates are not playing fair and should have considered their opponent's points and listened to what they were saying. "I think that they should listen to each other, because the main thing a president needs to have is listening skills and ideas and being open to different thoughts and opinions."
I don’t know what they saw, but Clinton was more than respectful and listening intently when she wasn’t being attacked. Trump on the other hand either had a smirk all the time or was completely disinterested with his eyes closed.
So far so good. But then...
Trump needs to "learn how to talk and be respectful," said Adyna Silverberg, a seventh-grader who said she favors Trump after watching the debate. "Hillary Clinton, she was very nice and respectful, but he just has to be more respectful."
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"While Donald Trump was saying his speech and talking about what he feels (are) his issues, she was smiling and laughing," said Aaron Parisi, a sixth-grader who was undecided before the debate but said he now supports Trump.
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Louis Neri, a seventh-grader and Trump supporter, thought that Clinton was "being a little bit arrogant" and that Trump was the more respectful debater. He also took issue with moderator Lester Holt, anchor of "NBC Nightly News," saying he believed that some of the questioning was "biased," with too much of a focus on Trump and not enough on Clinton.
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Ten of the students thought Clinton behaved better during the debate, while seven thought Trump did.
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Julia Demetropoulos, an eighth-grader who says she now supports Trump, said her candidate was "really rude" to Clinton and needs to change that in the next showdown. "I think he should treat her and other women better,' she said. "Definitely let her talk and don't cut people off."
Matthew Colatrella, a sixth-grader and a Trump supporter, agreed. "Maybe ... to be a little ... nicer."
WTF?! Is it me or there’s quite a bit of white Republican privilege talking here, or their parents must have been Trump supporters themselves to have kids actually support Trump?