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Trump nailed it on tax cuts and growth. Absolutely smashed Biden on that issue. He killed it on inflation, absolutely killed it on the border catastrophe. He never took the bait from Biden’s insults.
That’s the winning message, that’s the unity voters want.
Trump also crushed it on Iran, Afghanistan, China, and vowed peace between Russia and Ukraine – something Biden has failed on.
From the ver fist moment, Biden looked old, hard to understand, confused, saying scary things, and just throwing mud. Trump’s closing argument touched on key issue likes taxes, deregulation, and growth. He reacted forcefully he’ll make America great again.
That’s a home run.
— Larry Kudlow, host of ‘Kudlow’ on Fox Business
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This was a slaughter. Trump nailed it. Joe dead.
But the Dems wanted this. They will use this to replace Joe. So who will Trump debate next?
— Pete Hegseth, ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-host
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If viewership of this debate is high, I suspect a noticeable shift in polling further toward Trump.
Even the most ardent of Biden supporters are noting his infirmity.
Does Biden spend 7 days prepping for his calls with foreign leaders?
Asking on behalf of every concerned American.
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Light on the economy. Light on the border. Top issues for American voters.
Voters saw a lot tonight. Whether or not minds were changed or opinions were swayed remains to be seen.
— Sandra Smith, co-anchor of ‘America Reports’
Posted by Charles Creitz
Trump could have really leaned in hard on Biden’s acuity issues.
He did not.
He showed grace and answered with only substance this entire debate.
— Kayleigh McEnany, co-host of ‘Outnumbered’
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Did Biden just say ‘illegal alien’? He better be careful. He would be shouted off an MSNBC set!
— Kayleigh McEnany, co-host of ‘Outnumbered’
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It is nearly impossible to focus on the substance of this debate because of the optics.
— Kayleigh McEnany, co-host of ‘Outnumbered’
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Gavin Newsom is in the spin room tonight, apparently.
Is he a surrogate or the back-up plan?
— Kayleigh McEnany, host of ‘Outnumbered’
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“I can’t believe I’m gonna have to go back to writing Hillary jokes!”
— Jimmy Failla, host of ‘Fox News Saturday Night’
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How in the world did 16 people sit at Camp David with Biden for a week and think this was a good idea?
Political malpractice.
— Kayleigh McEnany, co-host of ‘Outnumbered’
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Let this sink in: We are only halfway through this debate. How much worse is this going to get for Biden?
— Kayleigh McEnany, host of ‘Outnumbered’
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I hope, one day, for there to be more than two candidates up there.
— Fox News analyst Kat Timpf
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If Democrats allow Biden to remain the nominee, they are on a kamizake mission.
Posted by Michael Lee
Trump just now on immigration was Trump at his very best.
He showed so much compassion when he revealed that he spoke to the mom of Jocelyn Nungaray.
He also — very kindly — exposed Biden’s failed border policy while generously suggesting, “he doesn’t want it to be this way, he just doesn’t know.”
— Fox News ‘Outnumbered’ co-host Kayleigh McEnany
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President Trump says veterans and soldiers “can’t stand this guy” – motioning to President Biden. President Trump says Putin “never would have invaded” Ukraine during his presidency. Pres Trump says Putin saw what happened in Afghanistan and decided to act. Pres Trump also says Israel would never have been invaded on his watch “because Iran was broke”.
— Shannon Bream, host of ‘Fox News Sunday’
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What? Biden just took a question about abortion and compared women seeking abortions to a young girl assaulted and murdered at the hands of an illegal immigrant.
— Kayleigh McEnany, host of ‘Outnumbered’
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“Biden is worse than anyone knew.
Robert Hur must have been truly shocked.
Now the country is.”
— Kayleigh McEnany, host of ‘Outnumbered’
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Trump seamlessly exposed that Biden supports NO LIMIT on abortion.
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President Trump responds to criticism of the Trump tax cuts, embraces the package. Also says he gave the Biden Administration almost no inflation to start his term.
— Jimmy Failla, host of ‘Fox News Saturday Night’
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“President Trump continues to stand by his abortion position, that it should now be left to the states.”
“He also says he agrees with recent Supreme Court decision to leave the abortion drug mifepristone widely available on the market.”
— Shannon Bream, host of ‘Fox News Sunday’
Posted by Charles Creitz
A few moments in, and this does not appear to be State of the Union Joe.
— Kayleigh McEnany, host of “Outnumbered”
Posted by Brianna Herlihy
“President Trump responds to criticism of the Trump tax cuts, embraces the package.
Also says he gave the Biden Administration almost no inflation to start his term.”
— Shannon Bream, host of ‘Fox News Sunday’
Posted by Charles Creitz
The debate starts with a look at the economy, and the reality about rising prices under the Biden Administration.
President Biden says he was left with an economy in trouble. He also blames “corporate greed”.
— Shannon Bream, host of “Fox News Sunday”
Posted by Charles Creitz
Biden out of the gate scratchy in his throat. Coughing. Speaking quickly. Does not sound good at all. He sounds way too scripted.
Posted by Michael Lee
CNN is only allowing two people from each campaign into the event. This should help the moderators because they’re used to hosting in front of 4 viewers.
— Fox News Saturday Night host Jimmy Failla
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It does not get much bigger than this. We are getting ready to start our special coverage of the first presidential debate.
We have a great group to set it up and then digest what happens.
We’ll watch it all together with you right here on Fox News.
Everything is on the line- and there is no love lost between the two candidates.
We’ll see which candidates show up tonight and what the contrast looks like compared to the debates 4 years ago.
— Bret Baier, Fox News Channel chief political anchor
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