Trump, Clinton Debate Highlights!
Well, they came out swinging. It didn’t take long for the smirks and sneers to come flowing over the two podiums for the first of three 2016 presidential debates. Forty-three days before the election, the highly anticipated matchup between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finally happened, and it didn’t disappoint. Here are all the highlights from the first presidential debate.
Trump wins Facebook, or something…
It’s unclear whether the posts, likes and shares were actually positive ones, but Trump scored the top moment of the night on Facebook with this one-liner:
“My strongest asset is my temperament”
He also dominated conversation overall on Facebook with 79% of mentions compared with 21% for Clinton. And here are the issues that topped the night on Facebook:
1. Taxes
2. ISIS
3. Racial Issues
4. The Economy
5. Crime & Criminal Justice
Meanwhile, over on Twitter:
— Donovan Slack
The grand finale
The two traded barbs on foreign policy, with Trump hitting Clinton for “creating” ISIS and supporting an Iran deal that he said will lead to the country developing nuclear weapons.
On substance, he said China should solve North Korea and took credit for NATO creating a unit to focus on terrorism. Clinton countered, including by saying Trump’s only plan for defeating ISIS is “secret” and that he doesn’t have one.
The moderator also asked Trump to explain a prior comment that Clinton doesn’t have a presidential “look.” Trump repeated his contention that Clinton “doesn’t have the stamina” to become president. She cited her experience as secretary of State, having traveled to 112 countries and negotiated a peace deal and cease fire. When Trump spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee “he can talk to me about stamina,” she said.
Clinton also took the chance to remind voters of words Trump has used to describe women, specifically as “pigs, dogs and slobs,” that he has said pregnancy is an “inconvenience” and that one of the “worst things” he has said was about a woman in a beauty contest. He “called this woman Miss Piggy, then he called her Miss Housekeeping” because she’s Hispanic, said Clinton.
Trump responded by citing hundreds of millions of dollars in ads Clinton is sponsoring against him that are “not nice,” without disputing the specific charges she leveled against him. He also noted that some of his insults were referring specifically to comedienne Rosanne Barr, who’s been critical of him.
“I was going to say something extremely rough to Hillary and her family. And I said ‘I can’t do it.’ ”
— Heidi Przybyla
Trump skates on Iraq
Trump is given the floor to insist that he supported the Iraq War, something disputed by numerous fact checking groups. He recasts comments he made in an interview with radio host Howard Stern prior to the war in which he expressed support for the war (when asked, he said: “I guess so”), insisting he was instead against it. He further builds his case that he was against the war by citing private conversations with Fox News host Sean Hannity, who is a Trump supporter.
— Heidi Przybyla
Pointing fingers on foreign policy
Clinton says Trump has been “very praiseworthy” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and said things that have shocked America’s national security rank and file. “That’s why I was so shocked when Donald publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans,” she said.
Trump touts his foreign policy pedigree by citing endorsements from some admirals and the agency that represents border patrol agents. He also questions whether Russia was behind the hacking. “I don’t think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC,” but it could also be China or somebody who weighs 400 pounds sitting on their bed, he said.
Clinton outlines her ISIS plan, including to prevent online recruiting, supporting airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.
Trump said Obama and Clinton created a vacuum in Iraq and Libya. Clinton said Trump supported the invasion of Iraq as he interjected: “wrong, wrong.” Clinton defends the timetable for U.S. withdrawal by noting that former president George W. Bush set the timetable for when to get out of Iraq. The Iraqi government would have had to agree for U.S. troops to remain there, something they did not do, she said.
— Heidi Przybyla
Birtherism
Trump is asked to explain why he kept pressing questions about President Obama’s birth place, even after the president in 2011 produced his birth certificate proving he was born in Hawaii.
Trump made no apologies. He cited the news organization McClatchy, which sent a reporter to Kenya to investigate the issue and claimed credit for getting Obama to release his birth certificate. “I was the one who got him to produce the birth certificate and I think I did a good job,” he said.
The moderator asked Trump what he has to say to African Americans on the issue. “I say nothing,” he said, insisting he’s developed really good relations with the community.
Clinton responded: “Just listen to what you heard.” She said Trump’s campaign was founded “on a racist lie” and cited a 1973 Justice Department lawsuit brought against Trump for housing discrimination. “He has a long record of engaging in racist behavior,” she said.
— Heidi Przybyla
Racial healing
Both candidates are asked how to improve race relations.
Clinton emphasized restoring trust between communities and police, reforming police practices and taking guns away from people who shouldn’t have them. She said the police should be prepared to use force only when necessary.
“Everyone should be respected by the law and everyone should respect the law,” Clinton said. “Right now that’s not the case in a lot of our neighborhoods.” She also cited many “good police officers who equally want reform” and said we have to get guns out of the hands of people who “should not have them.”
Trump said Clinton won’t use the words “law and order,” which is “what we need in our country.” African Americans and Hispanics “are living in hell” in certain communities, he said. He also reiterated the need to “take the guns away” from “bad people.”
When Clinton said it’s unfortunate that Trump paints such a “dire picture” of these communities, he audibly sighed. Clinton cited statistics that African Americans are more likely to be arrested, charged and put in jail for the same offenses as white Americans. “We cannot just say law and order. We have to come up with a plan,” including ending mandatory minimum sentences and private prisons. She also cited “common sense gun safety provisions” and preventing people on the terror watch list from buying guns.
Trump said he agrees with Clinton that individuals on the terror watch list should be barred from possessing firearms: “I tend to agree with that quite strongly,” he said. He cited her prior use of the words “super predator” in describing African-American youths and said these communities are “very upset” with politicians.
— Heidi Przybyla
Facebook: Top moment in first half is …
That honor belongs to Trump, according to the social media site, which is tracking shares, likes and posts, when he said this:
“She tells you how to fight ISIS on her website. I don’t think Gen. Douglas MacArthur would like that too much.”
— Donovan Slack
Notable, if not A-list, guests…
So it’s not exactly the glitziest lineup, but a fair number of (somewhat) notable guests attended the first presidential debate in person.
USA TODAY’s Josh Hafner has the full rundown, from NBA team owner Mark Cuban to Don King:
— Donovan Slack
To pay or not to pay
Clinton turns the attention to Trump’s business record, citing the average Americans and contractors whom he’s “stiffed” over the years and asking why he refused to pay them for their work.
Trump didn’t deny his nonpayment of contractors, saying maybe those contractors didn’t “do a good job.” He said “I take advantage of the laws of the nation” and that his obligation is to take care of himself, his company and his employees. He also cited a Trump hotel he’s opening in Washington, saying it’s ahead of schedule and under budget.
— Heidi Przybyla
What do taxes have to do with emails?
Trump is asked why he isn’t releasing his tax returns to the U.S. public. He cited a mandatory financial statement that he has released and continued to insist he cannot release them because they are under audit. “I’ve been audited for almost 15 years,” he said, turning the conversation to deleted emails by Clinton. He seemed to suggest he’d release them if she releases her prior emails.
“You’re just seen another example of bait and switch here,” said Clinton. “The IRS has made clear there is no prohibition on releasing it,” she said. Clinton cited a number of reasons why Trump may not be releasing them: Maybe he’s not as rich or charitable as he says he is. She cited $650 million he owes to Wall Street and foreign banks and that it’s possible he’s paid nothing in federal income tax. “It must be something really important, even terrible he’s trying to hide,” she said. Trump contended that “you don’t learn that much” from tax returns.
When Clinton got her chance to address the email issue, she kept it short: “I made a mistake using a private email,” she said. “I’m not going to make any excuses,” she said.
— Heidi Przybyla
The NAFTA clash
The two traded bards over foreign trade, with Trump slamming Clinton over her husband’s record signing into law the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and her prior support for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.
She cited her husband’s record in the 1990s of creating new jobs and said she would appoint a special prosecutor to enforce trade deals as Trump continued to blame NAFTA and overregulation of companies for U.S. jobs losses. “NAFTA is the worst trade deal maybe signed anywhere,” he said. Over and over he cited “bureaucratic red tape.”
Trump continued to focus on the tax system, saying U.S. companies are not being allowed to bring their money back into the country, or to repatriate them. Clinton countered by saying Trump’s plan would propose a massive increase for rich people like him. “Slashing taxes on the wealthy hasn’t worked and a lot of really smart wealthy people know that,” she said.
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Whistler Blowers, Insiders
Dear Donald,
You just had your balls served up. Did you notice how practiced Hillary was; just like she knew the questions? You appeared frustrated, defensive, chocked up. Don’t even try to defend your past. Its past, you took care of your business; that’s why you’re in business. Just ask any American how much they are leveraged on their home, car or education. We get it, you have loans and bills. America can’t afford it.
Consider this. Why don’t you become the Champion of loan forgiveness for every American with an Education Loan up to a Master’s Degree or $X? Americans would vote for that and they would have more $$$ to spend on movies, dinner, vacation? Who knows? America will make it up in sales tax.
Hillary’s hair resembles George Washington’s portrait/outline. Leave her look alone.
You need a poker face, don’t you know that. Are you a bit ill? You let Hillary ruffle you.
Pound Hillary on her record. The lies, email security. If Hillary doesn’t understand email security do you think America wants her in charge of Cyber Security; or your email?
Pound Hillary on America infrastructure. America wants new roads, bridges and High Speed Rail. And the jobs that go with them. Employ Americans.
Point to your success raising your daughter and how she has ensured you are equal pay and day care, etc… America believes in your daughter. Take care of Americans
Business tax at 15% was good. Bring every business in the World to America. Employ Americans
Donald, don’t get frustrated by this bitch, own her. You know this stuff no, it’s time to tell America. One down, have a scotch and start preparing for your next debate. Believe it or not you are America’s best hope. Get up tomorrow and be a Winner!
I didn’t watch the debate but from reading on different sites it seems the Donald is a true and true person. Pulls no punches, makes no apologies, he is what he says he is. Seems like he’ll get things done one way or another.
Hillaryous on the other hand (who is not even a viable candidate) pushing the same old racist, bigot, feminist crap lines they have using for decades being brainwashed by communist and alynskylites into classifying anyone who dares think for themselves, but nothing gets done!
right, what did he say about migrants, specifically mexicans? something about being rapists…. i think
Rape is BIG in Mexico. I had three incidents that prove to me what they say might probable be true.
One was in my neighborhood and the other two at work. All involved Mexicans. NO OTHER RACE.
Like I said, Donald does not pull punches.
Which highlights – there was no highlights.
NUCLEAR BOMBS AGAINST AMERICANS & ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ON US SOIL!!!
There will be a lot of things that HRC will get done, just none of them
good. She will finish what obama started. That is the systematic
dismantling of the United States as it has been for over 200 years. I
foresee a civil war with casualties numbering on the first day what they
were at the end of our first civil war. Nukes used on our own soil in a
last ditch desperate effort to save the country by the dwindling
patriot loyalists, or Americans as they were once known. But the wave of
New World Order Troops keep coming. Why else do you think obama is
letting muslims and illegal mexicans into the country by the hundreds
of thousands. For humanitarian reasons,
votes? That makes me laugh. They are the Armies of THE NEW WORLD ORDER
AND WE ARE TOO STUPID TO SEE THIS. Illegal Muslim and Mexican
immigrants will be drafted into the federal governments military. Most
will not need drafting as they will volunteer. Life long liberal
democrat supporters stunned that what they have always dismissed as
“Conspiracy Theory is suddenly reality. They are powerless to do
anything as they know they will be killed if they do not follow commands
to the letter. Too late, most of them finally realize that they are to
blame and could have stopped all this back when they squandered their
vote on meaningless things like men using women’s bathrooms, transgender
rights etc. But too late. A man getting caught in a woman’s bathroom
now is castrated under the Laws Of The NWO. Transgenders and gays
tortured and beaten to death in the streets.Why do you think millions of
hollow point rounds were purchased for the IRS? Because they aren’t
for he IRS dumbass. They are for Rodriguez the gardener and Mustaffa who
works at the corner market. Right here already on our soil and
preparing to fight. More and more coming in each day unchecked,
unchallenged and here to do the jobs that Americans just won’t do.. HRC
will continue this mass influx of foreign troops.. The USA is being
invaded by hostile forces that will change everything that is America.
The first thing removed will be the Constitution. Any copy whether in
books, paper, electronic media or human memory will be illegal and
possession of it or parts thereof will be punished by death. No idea is
as dangerous to the NEW WORLD ORDER as the the American Constitution.
Why do so many “Scholars & politicians” call it a “Worn Out
Document.” They are trying to lessen it’s value to our modern world and
country. Most will not recognize just how empowering the Constitution
was to them personally until it is no longer there, A new government
with new laws will be imposed upon the remainder of the American people.
The white middle class and wealthy whites of America will become
outcasts (those that survive) with no rights, spit upon as they try to
survive in the streets. People like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity etc will
be executed without trial. If they escape they will live their lives in
hiding as the New World Leaders will never rest until they are dead.
Only people of color will have any rights in this new country. If you
are not black, muslim or hispanic then you are no one. If you admit to
being a Christian then you will die. Christianity will be illegal.
Punishable by death. Christianity is as powerful a foe to the NWO as the
US Constitution. They will have their revenge against their imagined
oppressors. But not for long. Their new government will be so ripe with
petty prejudice and corruption that it will quickly destroy itself. The
problem is that millions will die and the United States will be thrown
into the stone age. Other nations will easily come in and divide up the
continent. The United States will be no more. I hope that I am wrong but
I fear that it is not the case. Too many pieces of the puzzle fit too
neatly together. When it begins we will all say “How did we not see this
coming. All the signs were so blatantly obvious. Oh God help us.” But
it is not set in stone. There is still November. I believe the hand of
God may come down to save us but only if we truly recognize the danger
we are in. God helps those who first help themselves. If we are not even
to recognize the peril that we are in then a lesson must be learned. A
very hard lesson. As for me, I have friends and family in Canada and the
Philippines. I am going tomorrow to renew my passport. I’m too old
& crippled to fight. I can vote but voting hasn’t gotten us very far
lately. Maybe. just maybe Trump is an instrument of God but just
doesn’t know it. Lots of that puzzle are fitting together as well. I
really don’t see any of the other candidates doing anywhere as well as
Trump has. Can you Jeb Bush trying to fight this battle. That is what
our enemies were thinking. They didn’t expect Trump. God does work in
ways that we will never understand.
Hillary came off as a cold, calculating killer, complete with that phony psychotic smile…just chilling to those of us who know history of murder, drug trafficking, thieving, embezzlement…the queen of corruption….her answers were robotic, stilted..
Trump came off as genuine, a real person speaking from the heart…he was and will always be the winner compared to that vile, deplorable Hillary clone….
And Hillary clone had help from DARPA to cheat on those well rehearsed answers:
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-hillary-clinton-was-fed-information.html?m=1