During an appearance on MSNBC's "Way Too Early," conservative columnist Matt Lewis conceded that Donald Trump failed miserably in his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week.
Speaking with fill-in host Sam Stein, Lewis — no fan of Trump — went so far as to compare Harris to Republican icon Ronald Reagan.
"What's your immediate reaction to the debate performance of each candidate here?" Stein asked.
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"Yeah, look, I thought Kamala Harris brought her A-game; a little rocky in the first question maybe, but then she found her sea legs," Lewis replied. "It was the best version of her possible. I just think in the spectrum of ability she has, this was very good. Donald Trump had a bad night, and I think the worse thing is he took her bait."
"You know, she made fun of his crowd size, and he couldn't resist getting hung up on that," he continued. "That, to me, is telling. I think that led to a spiral of him kind of falling apart throughout the night."
Noting that he has just seen the new Reagan movie," he added, "I saw the Reagan movie, there is a clear contrast. If you're watching it and living here in 2024, there is a clear contrast with Reagan on things like moral clarity and Donald Trump's lack of moral clarity and his behavior. When talking about Ukraine, Harris sounded like Ronald Reagan. Donald Trump wouldn't even say whether he wanted Ukraine to win against Russia."
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