House Republicans Admit Trump Got Completely Destroyed During Debate

Multiple Republicans in the House of Representatives spoke to The Hill on Wednesday to express their frustration with Donald Trump’s debate performance on Tuesday evening. While none of them were willing to go on the record by revealing their names, they all agreed that Trump did a terrible job. Meanwhile, other Republicans are blaming the media for Trump doing so poorly, but they all know deep down why it went the way that it did. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

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It's not only the fact that most Americans agree that Donald Trump completely crapped the bed during Tuesday night's debate. It's the fact that according to a report from the Hill that came out on Wednesday, Republicans in the House of Representatives also seemed to think that Donald Trump got his butt kicked by Vice President Kamala Harris. Here are a few quotes, and of course, every one of these house Republicans spoke to the hill on the condition of anonymity, right? Like, don't tell 'em who we are, but yeah, he sucks. Here's just a couple of of these people what they said, I'm just sad. She knew exactly where to cut to get under his skin. Just overall disappointing that he isn't being more composed like the first debate. The road just got very narrow. This is not good. A second house Republican said, and this was, you know, mostly talking about Harris, like she talks to us like toddlers, but is doing a good job provoking him.

He is right on policy, but can't keep to a message. Many are disappointed he couldn't stay focused or land a punch. Not sure much changes, but it wasn't a good performance. Another one said lots of missed opportunities so far. It's not devastating, but it's not good. Now, I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you on that. It is in fact devastating. Hell, even Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday prior to the debate said that this debate could determine the outcome of the election. And y'all know that. I mean, the last debate was so bad for Biden that he's not our nominee anymore. I mean, y'all don't have the opportunity to do that now. It's too late to take people off the ballot. But, um, yeah, debates have consequences. They really do. And y'all are sitting there like, well, I mean, yeah, it's probably not gonna move the needle.

No, it moved the needle. I mean, if you look at the results of the focus groups of all, all of the polls taken, you are effed. Like there is no other way to say that y'all are genuinely screwed right now. Now, I would say you do still have time to turn it around because you do, but you don't have a smart enough candidate who has surrounded himself with smart enough people to turn it around so you're screwed. There's more of them. She want, uh, oh, actually, I gotta read this first. This was Donald Trump from the spin room after the debate. Um, this is how cocky and arrogant he was after getting his kicked. She wants to do another one because she was beaten tonight. I don't know if we're going to do another one. She wants a second debate because she lost tonight very badly. We'll, think about that. No, you won't. You knew the second you walked off that stage, you are not gonna get back on a stage with her. You're done like she whooped you so bad, you are never gonna humiliate yourself like that again. And of course, he whined about the fact, oh, it was three against one. The moderators were against me. And for the record, plenty of Republicans also echoed that

Sentiment. Um, we have another says, I think he is all over the map and has missed opportunities to hammer her record. He's made strong points on the economy, immigration, and foreign policy, but it's been disjointed at times. Another Republican said, rough start moderators could be better. The rally stuff we didn't need. And then a sixth Republican from the house said, I didn't watch it, but I'm not hearing anything good from it. How can you be a sitting Republican lawmaker in a presidential election year with the first presidential debate between the two final candidates? And you're like, ah, I got better things to do. I'm not, I'm not gonna watch the game. Uh, excuse me, the debate, uh, it feels like a game at times, right?