Trump's team was 'dejected, defeated, deflated and dispirited' after debate: MSNBC analyst
September 11, 2024
Reporting from Philadelphia where he attended the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, MSNBC contributor John Heilemann told the hosts of "Morning Joe" that it was a funereal scene in the so-called "spin room" for Trump advocates trying to dismiss what one Fox News personality called a "trainwreck."
Speaking with hosts Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist, Heilemann seemed bemused at how poorly Trump performed and explained, "Joe talked to me before about how you watch something and an old political consultants' trick is to watch the debate with the sound off and you can get a lot on the visuals there and that is true and definitely the case watching this debate."
"I'll tell you what else you can watch with the sound off and how it went last night was the activity in the spin room where the Trump forces were dejected, defeated, deflated, dispirited," he continued. "I posted a photo last night of [Florida Republican] Matt Gaetz and Stephen Miller coming in a few minutes before Donald Trump came in the spin room that went wildly viral on Twitter because it looked sort of like saggy road."
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"This is what defeat looks like, folks," he joked. "These people have been talking about Donald Trump before the debate like he is Muhammad Ali and the greatest debaters and there will be surprises [Trump adviser] Jason Miller said. 'She won't know what hit her.'"
"They looked like they had their dogs and cats eaten over the course of that debate," he added to laughter.
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