{"id":7480,"date":"2024-09-12T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=7480"},"modified":"2024-09-12T18:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:50:56","slug":"gop-senators-express-frustration-with-trumps-performance-at-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=7480","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators express frustration with Trump\u2019s performance at debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-4.png 798w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-4-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-4-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Republicans are feeling frustrated and disappointed by former President Trump\u2019s debate performance and his inability to resist taking the bait from Vice President Harris on side issues such as people leaving his rallies early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOP lawmakers fear Trump\u2019s irate rants onstage will be the main takeaway for many undecided voters who tuned into the 90-minute debate, and some senators are hesitating over whether Trump should even agree to another one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOP senators are also distancing themselves from Trump\u2019s false claim that he won the 2020 election, which he repeated Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they feel bewildered by his wild claim that immigrants are eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, which came in response to a question about why he opposed a bipartisan Senate bill to secure the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was well-prepared and she didn\u2019t have to keep repeating the same thing,\u201d said one Republican senator, who requested anonymity to vent frustration about Harris\u2019s solid performance and Trump\u2019s lack of discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverybody says: Be more disciplined. It\u2019s just not him,\u201d the lawmaker sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senator said Trump got sidetracked \u201cinto other things,\u201d such as the unsubstantiated claim that Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats instead of framing the debate around the two biggest issues of the race: the economy and inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t even get what that\u2019s about,\u201d the lawmaker said of the pet-eating claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s mad and she keeps talking about the happiness equation. People want to be happy,\u201d the source observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (R) speculated the debate likely pushed some undecided suburban voters in his home state, a key battleground, toward Harris, though he predicted that most voters have already made up their minds in the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think you may have a few coming out, particularly [in the] female demographic, that\u2019s lean-Harris now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and his allies have argued the former president was treated unfairly by the debate\u2019s moderators, who asked follow-up questions to Trump but largely left Harris off the hook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the GOP senators are also frustrated that Trump failed to pin Harris down with pointed questions about her policy positions and record as vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe we missed a lot of opportunities last night,\u201d Tillis said. \u201cJust ask the question: Do you feel better about the border than you did four years ago? Do you feel better about paying your bills than you did four years ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s what this has to be about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt makes a lot more sense to instead of talking about cats and dogs [getting eaten in Ohio] to talk about 1.5 million got-aways,\u201d he added, referring to immigrants who have illegally slipped past border patrol agents in Arizona and Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillis said Trump needs to listen to his advisers who are telling him to focus on the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you do not heed the advice of people who are specialized in certain areas about messaging. \u2026 When you do not heed the advice of experts in politics you\u2019re probably going to go into dangerous waters,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) criticized the moderators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m with the group that was a little frustrated with ABC in trying to be able to fact-check Trump on the fly but chose to not do it for Kamala Harris,\u201d Lankford said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he added that Trump took the bait when Harris tried to get under his skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe did, he did several times,\u201d Lankford acknowledged. \u201cHe could have just \u2026 said, \u2018Four years ago versus the last four years, what does that mean?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s eyes widened at one point early in the debate when Harris claimed that people left his rallies out of boredom and exhaustion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t leave my rallies. We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,\u201d the former president insisted defensively instead of answering a question by ABC News anchor David Muir about why he didn\u2019t support a Senate border security bill, which many GOP senators said would have made the problems at the U.S.-Mexico border worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lankford said he was disappointed there was little discussion on the national deficit or on the threat posed by China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lankford noted that Trump talked about inflation during the debate and talked about immigration, but many GOP lawmakers said they thought he needed to steer the discussion back to those issues with more discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even Trump\u2019s biggest allies in the Senate admitted he whiffed a few times in landing shots on Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe had a lot of missed opportunities,\u201d Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said. \u201cWhat I was hoping to see was when she said, \u2018You gave us a mess,\u2019 he\u2019d say, \u2018No, I didn\u2019t. The border was [the] most secure in four years, mortgage rates were below 3 percent, we had historic peace agreements between the Arabs and the Israels.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham argued that so many people show up at Trump\u2019s rallies because they are struggling to afford the basic costs of living and acknowledged that Trump didn\u2019t do a great job at articulating the financial struggle of millions of Americans during Tuesday\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another close Trump ally, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is in a competitive reelection race, distanced himself from Trump\u2019s unverified claim that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have no idea what\u2019s going on there. Here\u2019s what I can tell you, that in Florida we\u2019ve got a great Haitian community. They\u2019re wonderful people. I put a lot of time in with them. One of my employees is Haitian,\u201d he said. \u201cI go to church with Haitians. \u2026 My experience with Haitians in Florida has been very positive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott also distanced himself from Trump doubling down on his claim that the 2020 election was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019re the candidate, you get to do whatever you want. I\u2019ve been clear that Biden was the constitutionally elected president of the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), another Trump ally, declined to comment when asked about Trump reviving the controversy over the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI make no comment on that,\u201d he said. \u201cAnyone\u2019s individual style, that\u2019s up for them to figure out whether it\u2019s working or not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think you should say stuff that maybe makes it harder for people to vote for you,\u201d he acknowledged when pressed on Trump\u2019s false claims of a stolen election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Braun emphasized that he\u2019s supporting Trump because he backs the policies he would implement as president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who said she won\u2019t vote for Trump, panned his performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it was his best evening,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans are feeling frustrated and disappointed by former President Trump\u2019s debate performance and his inability to resist taking the bait from Vice President Harris on side issues such as people leaving his rallies early. 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