What Went Down During The First Presidential Debate

Trump likes to tout his move to “ban China” (travel) early in the pandemic. He certainly did this early (announced on January 31), but it’s really hard to say what impact, if any, this had on curbing the spread. For one thing, American citizens were (understandably) still allowed to travel, and some 27,000 did so from mainland China in February. Meanwhile, more than 8,000 Chinese and foreign nationals were able to travel out of Hong Kong and Macao.

I’m surprised he didn’t answer that question more directly, Perry. He opposes court-packing (or at least he did before this!), so that seems like a simple answer. And I don’t think any rank-and-file voter cares about the filibuster.

So far the start of this debate has done neither candidate any favors, according to the response on Twitter. Sentiment has dipped from mostly positive to, at best, a split of positive and negative, and continues to slide.