Despite the claims of the media talking heads, former President Donald Trump came out ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris following the ABC presidential debate and he's killed any notion of a rematch.
While the media claimed that Harris crushed Trump, Harris knew she lost and this was illustrated by the fact that she immediately called on Trump to do another debate, although not on Fox News.
Trump originally wanted three debates with President Joe Biden with the third one set to take place on Fox News but Harris refused that plan.
Now Harris is desperate for a rematch especially as Americans have ruminated over the debate and processed the three vs. one travesty that the nation witnessed on ABC.
Trump stood tall even as both moderators openly supported Harris and "fact-checked" Trump while ignoring Harris's numerous blatant lies. Harris knows her performance will only age badly and wants another shot to boost her campaign and Democrat voters.
At this point, Trump has gotten everything he can get out of the debates and knows that another debate will only serve as a platform for Harris to motivate Democrat voters. In a post to Truth Social, Trump emphatically stated that “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!."
The debates serve the purpose of allowing candidates to compare and contrast themselves with their opponents in front of independent voters. Very few Democrat or Republican voters will switch votes based on debates making the real prize the independent voters.
Following Trump's debate on ABC, independent voters seemed to align more closely with Trump than Harris which makes sense considering Harris is the incumbent candidate responsible for the state of the nation today.
Harris's campaign has done everything in their power to portray Harris as a fresh face who can change things but that falls apart considering she has been in the White House for the past three years.
Trump is capturing independent voters who are angry with Harris and the Democrat Party's handling of foreign policy, the border, and the economy. Trump has nothing to gain by giving Harris further oxygen with independent voters.
All of this is terrible news for Harris who has scored big points with leftists and committed Democrat voters for her performance while turning off independents with the obvious collusion between her and ABC moderators.
While Harris lost with independents, the debate did boost Democrat enthusiasm, especially paired with an endorsement from billionaire pop star Taylor Swift. Before the debate, Harris was truly faltering and things were looking bad.
Democrats watched Harris do her typical smug schoolmarm act that they seem to love while Trump was verbally under siege from the moderators and it did wonders in boosting Democrat morale.
However, that morale is already ebbing and Democrats are coming back to the bitter reality that there are months left to go in this election and Harris has no answers for Trump's biggest weapons.
Harris has no answer for the economy, the border, and the multiple wars waging around the world. In fact, she bears responsibility for the issues she claims she can fix, and Trump pointed that out at the end of the debate.
Come November, it's unlikely that Harris's cheap "win" will help her when independent swing voters make their decision on who will lead the nation for the next four years.
