For those who tuned into the debates during the Presidential campaign of 2016 knew how the Trump-Biden debate of Tuesday night would unfold because of precedent. During the republican candidates debate and Trump's debate with Hillary Clinton during 2016 Trump ignored the rules of the debate he agreed to follow, constantly interrupted and berated his opponents and the moderators and displayed his lack of civility. He was an unrestrained loud mouth.
Tuesday's night debate with Biden was no different and in fact Trump sounded and acted like a maniac and confirmed once again his mental unfitness to be President and his mental decline as the days go by. Democratic nominee Joe Biden had the upper hand, was calm, called out Trump's lies and destroyed Trump's attempt to blame others for his own failures. Biden was also able to smile and laugh at Trump's antics, told Trump to shut up and called the President a clown. It was a good night for Biden who spoke directly to the people and said they can end the Trump disaster with their vote on November 3.
Trump's terrible debate performance confirms what this writer commented about in PolitiDose and what Nancy Pelosi said about why Biden should not debate Trump. You can not debate a liar who has no civility or moral values concerning the debate process. The debate process is broken and the moderators share in the blame. Chris Wallace did not do his job as moderator on Tuesday night and this writer believes the last two Trump-Biden debates should be cancelled and that future Presidential debates should be predicated on a different process and settings with controlled responses from each candidate.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
