The First Presidential Debate & VP Debate
9/26/16 1 st Presidential Debate Hillary clearly prepped for the debate to come across as calm and condescending while pushing Trump’s buttons. He stayed measured & civil for the first half hour, then began to get more emotional and defensive. My “fact-check” or counters in brackets [ ]. Hillary repeatedly claimed to have the facts on her website, smirked at Trump. Jobs & Economy C.: Need lots of new jobs [how? Obama’s policies destroyed jobs], fairer pay, profit-sharing [destroy more jobs?], child care. T: Stop jobs from going abroad, lower business taxes, and renegotiate trade deals. C: Trump’s plan is “Trumped up” trickle-down. Trump was fortunate [she’s not w. wealth from public service?] T: H. hasn’t done anything about bad trade deals in all her yrs. in government. C: Worst crisis 8 yrs. ago due to less regulations [no, too much – forcing lenders to do sub-prime loans] T: Can’t rebuild jobs w. $20Trillion in national ...