The second presidential debate on Sunday night had several moments that could end up been the defining moment, but one of the most well received ones came when the topic turned to WikiLeaks.
The moderators surprised the entire country when they actually chose to bring up the thousands of emails that WikiLeaks released on Friday — several of which were extremely damaging to Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.
The emails contained alleged transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street businesses. In one speech, Clinton talked about needing to have a private position as well as a a public position. The debate moderators asked Clinton to explain these remarks.
Instead of just admitting that she is a liar, Clinton went on a very bizarre speech about Abraham Lincoln and that it was something he said.
Sure, blame the dead guy.
When it was Trump’s turn to address Clinton’s remarks, he came out with one of the best lines of the debate.
“She lied. Now, she’s blaming the lie on the late, great Abraham Lincoln … That’s one that I haven’t (heard),” he said as the audience laughed.
“Honest Abe never lied. That’s the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you,” Trump said, completely destroying Clinton’s lame excuse for her duplicities.
Clinton’s horrible excuse, and Trump’s epic retort, showed America just what sort of person Clinton is. She honestly thinks that she can blame an icon like Lincoln for her lies and get away with it.
Luckily, Trump was right there on stage to call Clinton out for her lies (the moderators sure weren’t going to). Instead of getting angry at Clinton, Trump used sarcasm to incredible effect to shred her defense.
In the first debate, Trump lost with attacks; tonight, he’s winning with humor. #Debate pic.twitter.com/QpaNQ0Iz1K
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 10, 2016
Trump did extremely well at the debate. He still has some work to do to reassure voters who are having second thoughts after the Trump tapes came out, but he managed to get his campaign back on track.
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