Republicans dismayed by Trump’s ‘bad’ and ‘unprepared’ debate performance
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6QN7F)
GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debate
Donald Trump's campaign was in damage control mode on Wednesday amid widespread dismay among supporters over a presidential debate performance that saw Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, repeatedly goad him into going wildly off-message and missing apparent opportunities to tackle her on policy.
Even with Trump insisting to have won the debate by a lot", Republicans were virtually unanimous that Trump had come off second best in a series of exchanges that saw the vice-president deliberately bait him on his weak points while he responded with visible anger.
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