On Tuesday, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the much anticipated Presidential debate between two candidates going strong at each other ~ Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
The debate, which was broadcast live by ABC News, was held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and was moderated by two ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis. Both Trump and Harris were made to debate on topics concerning immigration, the federal abortion ban, the U.S. economy, and a lot more.
However, according to a flash poll by CNN that was released after the debate, 63% of registered voters who watched the debate are now leaning towards the candidate from the Democratic party. This is majorly because, unlike Joe Biden who literally couldn’t get his bearings during his own Presidential debate two months ago, Kamala Harris went toe to toe with Trump, oftentimes goading him to make him lose his cool.
She was successful at that. As the close-to-two-hour debate went on, Trump became more and more distracted, rattled even, and, at times, made unsubstantiated claims that the moderator was quick to debunk. One viral instance was when the former President claimed that immigrants in Springfield are eating the “pets of the people that live there“
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
In response to that, the moderator, David Muir, told Trump that there were no “credible reports” to support his claims.
“You bring up Springfield, Ohio, and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”
Trump didn’t let that go though. Following the debate, the former President reportedly accused the network of being biased. The Guardian wrote that Trump had told the Fox and Friends host that the moderators from ABC News kept correcting him while they did nothing to correct his opponent’s “outright lies.”
“So many things I said were debunked, like totally debunked. But she (Kamala) could say anything she wanted. My stuff was right, but they would correct you.”
Of course, the polls do not truly represent who will actually be winning the vote in the upcoming election set for November 5, 2024. The CNN/SSRS Presidential debate survey was conducted via text message and has a margin error of ± 5.3%