Monday, September 26th, 2016 at 9:00 PM was the first presidential debate. For those living in a cave, Hillary Clinton was representing the Democratic party and Donald Trump was representing the Republican party. Needless to say, there was without a doubt some fabrication and dishonesty. For example, in a tweet, Trump stated that "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." When confronted about this by Secretary Clinton, he lied, and said that he never said anything like that.
He was also confronted by Secretary Clinton about using derogatory terms towards women like: pig, slob, fat dog, etc... and, of course, he denied it, when there is clear evidence that he has said those things in the past, and in a live interview at that. That is just one of the many lies that Trump has told, but while we're on the topic of lies, Clinton isn't exactly a saint, either. She stated that when she became secretary of state, which was nearly eight years ago, Iran was weeks away from having enough nuclear material to form a bomb. This is not true. Eight years ago, Iran was not anywhere near having enough nuclear material to form a bomb, so as you can see, she wasn't exactly completely truthful, either. Even after the debate, the uproar of who really "won" it, even though there is no real winner, went on for a while.
For the first 20 minutes of the debate, Trump was succeeding at retaining good speed, and stayed as calm as possible while answering any questions that he was being asked. Clinton also stayed calm, and was obviously very prepared for the debate. The reason Trump was so calm for those 20 minutes was because they were talking about trade, which is a topic that Trump knows much about. But, as the debate went on, his short temper got the best of him, and he starting blurting out lies and interrupting Secretary Clinton, all Democrats and even some Republicans were in agreement that Clinton "Won."
All that I can say is that the debate in general was lacking poise, and simply overall class. The candidates were like two restless boxers in a boxing match, waiting for the next to throw a punch so they could each get another low blow. Even worse, it seemed as if the lies that Trump had told in the past came back to haunt him. For example we all know that viral statement "My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars..." He basically said how in the business world, a million dollars isn't much, and how he built his business empire off of nearly nothing...well, it turns out that Trump wasn't given a million dollars, he was given 14 million dollars. So can we even trust him to say that he build his life by himself, with barely any help from anyone else? I think not. Plus, throughout the debate with almost every question, Donald Trump went off on multiple tangents, which he is known for doing. When confronted about the terrible things he said in 2005 about women on a bus, he started by saying that it was "locker room banter" and then 15 seconds later he was talking about ISIS. How? Don't even ask. No one knows.
With all this evidence, it's adamant that Clinton won the debate, and, in a CNN/ORC poll, 52 percent of people asked said that they would in fact vote for Clinton right now, and, honestly, I couldn't agree more.
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