John Jefferson
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were reunited hours after their head-to-head presidential debate in Philadelphia as both attended a 9/11 memorial event at Ground Zero in New York City on Wednesday morning.
The Republican nominee was widely felt to have fallen apart on the ABC News debate stage, providing rambling answers on illegal immigration, abortion and the economy and taking the bait whenever he was goaded by Harris, notably when she mocked his “boring and exhausting” rallies.
The candidates had shared an unexpected handshake at the start of the night, with the Vice President introducing herself and catching the businessman off guard.
But when the contest got underway, Trump went off on wild but familiar tangents, rehashing a recently debunked claim about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating domestic pets in Springfield, Ohio, inviting widespread ridicule.
Harris, meanwhile, used her time to cycle through Trump’s legacy of racist attacks, professional failings and culpability for the Capitol riot.
Shortly after the combative, 90-minute encounter concluded, Trump was dealt a further blow when pop superstar Taylor Swift formally announced she is endorsing Harris and Tim Walz, labelling herself a “childless cat lady” in a rebuke to JD Vance.
Every time Trump was fact-checked during first presidential candidate debate
The former president was quickly slapped down by moderator David Muir after each false claim during the event in Philadelphia.
As Mr Trump spoke, the vice president looked in disbelief at him before laughing.
In one of the more bizarre moments of the debate, Mr Trump claimed that immigrants in Ohio are abducting pets and eating them.
He also said that Tim Walz has said “execution after birth is OK”, as well as further false claims about the 2020 election.
Holly Patrick11 September 2024 16:40
Trump says Taylor Swift will ‘pay a price’ for her Kamala Harris endorsement
“I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” he said.
“It was just a question of time. She couldn’t possibly endorse Biden… But she’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat, and she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
Rhian Lubin11 September 2024 16:20
Michael Steele on Trump: ‘He looked small, he looked withered, he looked beaten’
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 16:00
Swifties for Kamala hail pop superstar’s announcement
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 15:40
‘Dumbest Republican lie yet’: Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump over AI cat memes after Harris debate showdown
Rhian Lubin has this on the late-night host’s takedown of cat-gate.
Kimmel, a number one enemy of Donald Trump since well before this year’s Oscars, likened last night’s matchup to “The Lion King when Simba came back to avenge Mufasa.”
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 15:20
ABC debate moderator subjected to racist, sexist abuse on social media for fact-checking Trump
Ariana Baio and Myriam Page on the deluge of vile abuse Linsey Davis was inevitably exposed to last for doing her job and pointing out statements by the Republican presidential nominee that were factually incorrect.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 15:00
Simpsons memes go viral after Trump claims that ‘dogs are being eaten in Springfield’
Trump’s dog-eating nonsense concerning a town called Springfield has inevitably invited a deluge of Simpsons memes.
Greg Evans rounds up the best.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 14:40
Time pronounces Trump ‘in trouble’ on first post-debate magazine cover
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 14:20
Harris and Trump immediately reunited at 9/11 memorial event in New York
Having never been in the same room before last night, the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates met again at Ground Zero in New York City this morning to remember the 2,977 victims of the notorious terrorist atrocity on its 23rd anniversary.
They even shook hands again.
President Joe Biden was alongside his Vice President and the pair will later travel together to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to pay their respects at the Flight 93 memorial there – as will Trump, according to CNN.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 14:00
Trump confronted by ‘Central Park Five’ member he called to be executed in debate spin room
Hard to imagine a more mind-bogglingly awkward social situation than this.
John Bowden has this report on Yusef Salaam’s encounter with the man who took out full-page newspaper advertisements angrily demanding his execution for a crime he did not commit.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 13:40
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