October 10, 2016
12 Moments That Defined The 2nd Presidential Debate
It was the moment we’d all been waiting for since the firestorm that was ignited on Friday. Nobody could predict what was going to happen in the second debate. We would know, we asked out readers, and only one anonymous person came close.
As he insinuated he would, Donald Trump paraded women who claimed that Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them in front of the media before the debate.
Donald Trump has previously attacked these women.
The two candidates did not shake hands before the debate started
no handshake dot gif pic.twitter.com/0Z1hdwQUst
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 10, 2016
It didn’t take long for the footage of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women to come up.
He called it “locker room talk” multiple times and said “Nobody has more respect for women than I do.” Then he quickly pivoted to talking about ISIS.
Anderson Cooper: You joked about sexually assaulting women. What do you have to say now?
— Daily Pnut (@dailypnut) October 10, 2016
Trump: ISIS.#debate
Hillary Clinton said, “It represents exactly who he is,” and added that he has also targeted immigrants, African-Americans, Muslims, Latinos, POWs, and people with disabilities.
He also said this to Hillary Clinton:
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) October 10, 2016
Trump doubled down on the false claim that Hillary Clinton started the birther movement.
Trump threatened to use his authority to investigate Clinton if he is elected
Still stuck on this: standard bearer of the Republican Party tonight threatened, if elected, to jail his Democratic presidential opponent
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) October 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton apologized once again and took responsibility for her private email server.
Clinton was asked about a part of a paid speech in which she said politicians should have public and private positions on issues.
Clinton said she was referring to Abraham Lincoln and pivoted to talking about Russia hacking members of the democratic party in order to influence the election in favor of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump lied about his support of the Iraq war, again
“Everything you heard from Donald is not true,” Clinton says. “I’m sorry I keep having to say this, but he lives in an alternate reality.”
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 10, 2016
It was one of many times he lied, including when he claimed that he did not tell people to check out Alicia Machado’s sex tape (which does not exist).
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
He also said this:
Trump: “Russia is new in terms of nuclear. We are old, we are tired, we are exhausted in terms of nuclear.” pic.twitter.com/SAez2F2kgG
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 10, 2016
The candidates were asked what kind of justices they would appoint to the Supreme Court
Clinton said she would appoint justices who would reverse Citizens United, understand that voting rights are still a big problem, support a woman’s right to choose and support marriage equality.
Trump said he would appoint someone in the mold of Antonin Scalia and would respect the second amendment.
The audience was purportedly made up of “undecided” voters, though it appears this man has now decided.
I think this dude just flipped to “decided voter” pic.twitter.com/h6WRytOhEs
— Clay Skipper (@SkipperClay) October 10, 2016
The debate did conclude with a handshake between the candidates
Trump and Clinton conclude #debate with a handshake: pic.twitter.com/CfJlnFPgze
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 10, 2016
Perhaps because in the last question that candidates had to say one positive thing about their opponent. Clinton said she respected Trump’s children. Trump said Clinton was a fighter who never gave up. Even though he has said in the past that she has no stamina.
But this is all you need to read to understand the debate:
Sorry, rest of the World. We’re embarrassed too. #debate
— Jill Biden (@JillBidenVeep) October 10, 2016