Debate double standard: Media ‘sane-washing’ Trump means Harris must be ‘twice as good’

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/debate-double-standard-media-sane-washing-trump-means-harris-must-be-twice-as-good-218950213512

32 Comments

  1. Virtual-Squirrel-725 on

    If Trump came out and spoke like Harris, the media would lose their mind about how incredibly well he performed.

    If she came out and spoke like him she would lose 20 points in the polls.

    His totally deranged rambling nonsense is baked in. Anything remotely coherent will be considered Shakespearean.

  2. She needs to be 100 percent perfect, and by all accounts she is overprepared according to complaining former aides.

  3. Yeah that kind of headline worked in 2016, and 2020, now it rings very hallow. There are no standards, only partisanship.

  4. Forward-Caramel-4216 on

    I believe she will adapt to anything they throw at her . Trump on the other hand needs to watch out for the quick wit of Harris

  5. They shouldn’t be normalizing his word salad of stupidity and insanity. If anyone else talked like that they would be in a straight jacket

  6. Quite Frankly if the media’s push for Trump is proven way off again we should all end subscriptions immediately. Stop paying for the news.

  7. Trump for 90 mins is just gonna say she’s the worst in history. She Failed economy, Afghanistan, border, windmills…

  8. Yes that what I have been saying. If Harris said what Trump did on Friday at the economic club in New York today the newspapers would be calling her to step down. Bashing her non stop on tv. But when trump said only few channels covered it. Amazing double standards. Atleast one thing is better than 2016 there are a lot more YouTube TikTok podcast that call out Donald trump. Much more than 2016

  9. tabernaclethirty on

    This exact phenomenon happened during his first debate with Hillary. The press and his campaign set expectations low so when he wasn’t a complete baboon everyone fell all over themselves that she lost. I expect the exact same reaction tonight.

  10. I hope the media blows up about trumps insane lies and senile nonsense the same way they did about Biden’s performance last debate.

  11. We always knew that. She has to be damn near perfect or she’ll get all the criticism. Trump just has to urinate on the stage and then lie about it to get an A+

  12. And the media has already started . Harris has to be perfect or else, where as trump could take a steaming shit on live TV ,and nothing .. Business Insider
    Trump will attack Harris’ biggest vulnerabilities at the debate. Her response could decide the election.

  13. This is so true. Trump’s standard for a good debate is “well, at least he didn’t say the N word”. While Harris can’t even stutter, mispronounce a word, show emotion, etc.

  14. Really? A minority having to be twice as good to get just as far as a white guy? I’m shocked, shocked I say!

  15. She ought to come out on a press conference and just repeat what Trump said about child care verbatim and we can watch the double standard play out afterwards.

  16. Harris needs to hold just one “Trumpian” rally with a crowd that’s in on the joke and steal his lines verbatim, but with democrat policies. I want to watch the media melt down while they try to figure out how to cover it.

  17. Competitive-Split389 on

    I mean all she has to do for me is answer questions. Not go into a tangent about how it’s all someone else’s fault. Not cackle. Explain her plans and policies for the future to any real degree. Not spew a bunch of slogans. And honestly just prove she can be president without hiding from the press 24/7.

    If she can do those honestly pretty simple tasks then she gets my vote. If not then Vermin Supreme gets my vote. Because I’m sick of the dnc shoving corporate owned stooges that won’t actually do anything.

  18. A minority woman applying for the same position as a white man has to be twice as good.?

    [/insert] Always has been.

  19. She’s used to working multiples harder than her white male peers for the same/lesser reward. If anything, her whole life has prepared her for this imbalance.