Tbf this is, at root, essentially the only possible take away, not just of the debate, but of the election. One candidate is running to be President. The other is running to be King. One believes in democracy. The other rejects it. All other issues are, profoundly, subordinate to that one issue.
The real threat to democracy is when you stop being friends with people who want to deport your family and imprison you for your beliefs.
JD Vance can’t say Trump lost the 2020 election because he’ll be off the ticket tomorrow if he does and that is utterly disqualifying for both himself and his boss
Just a reminder that the fact that your violent coup failed doesn’t mean you peacefully transferred power.
DONALD TRUMP DID NOT PEACEFULLY TRANSFER POWER IN JANUARY 2020 GO FUCK YOURSELF JD VANCE.
"How can you say Trump is a unique threat to democracy when he gave up power peacefully on January 20th?" OH MY GOD WHAT DID I JUST HEAR HE DID A COUP AND HE LOST, THAT'S NOT A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, THE TRANSFER OF POWER WAS NOT PEACEFUL
I mean, he admitted he lost a whisker 3 and a half years later, that sounds like a peaceful transfer of power to me.I mean, he admitted he lost a whisker 3 and a half years later, that sounds like a peaceful transfer of power to me.
Vance: It's pretty rich for democrats to talk about how Trump is a unique threat to democracy when he peacefully left office after his coup failed
Right, the whole thing is just an exercise in gaslighting everyone about what the Republican Party's platform is, which works because their actual platform is so horrible that people literally don't believe it when you tell them