Here we go, the first Presidential debate between Biden and Trump begins at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific.
How to watch it:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/how-to-watch-cnn-debate/index.html
"The CNN Presidential Debate will air live on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español, and via streaming on Max for subscribers and without a cable login on CNN.com. CNN will make the debate available to simulcast on additional broadcast and cable news networks.
You can also follow CNN’s live debate coverage on CNN.com, which will include analysis and fact checking."
"According to parameters set by CNN in May, all participating debaters had to appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency and receive at least 15% in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting.
Polls that meet those standards are those sponsored by CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post."
Edit And that’s it! Thanks for watching everyone!
tl;dw:
Consensus is Trump didn’t so much as beat Biden as Biden beat himself.
The real loser is CNN who failed to fact check anyone, and there were obvious fact checks on both sides.
Lol…it took 3 minutes after the debate for ABC to essentially call for Biden to step down. Finally someone said the quiet thing out loud.
That might have been the worst debate performance in the history of US presidential debates. When Kennedy won might be the only other death swing in polls like we will see tomorrow.
Here’s how I feel about it, as someone who would vote for a rock over Trump.
I don’t think anyone is voting for Biden because of Biden. It’s because of the alternative, which is Trump.
It’s okay for Democrats to find a more ambulatory “not Trump”. Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg…choose someone and replace him tomorrow. I’d still hold my nose and vote Biden, but I don’t think it’s good for the country and I believe it’s truly a vote for his VP, who is not very likable.
We are literally voting for the chance of a catastrophic heart attack at this point. It’s utterly insane.
Whoever the mythical undecided people are, they decided last night and Biden isn’t going to recover from that.