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Trump marketing campaign publicly claims debate win however aides privately specific doubts
Hugo Lowell
Donald Trump’s marketing campaign publicly claimed victory within the debate in opposition to Kamala Harris on Tuesday night time, however at the very least a few of his aides privately conceded it was unlikely that he persuaded any undecided voters to interrupt for him, in accordance with folks conversant in the matter.
“Will tonight benefit us? No, it will not,” one Trump aide stated.
The sentiment summed up the predicament for the Trump marketing campaign that with 55 days till the election, Trump continues to be casting round for a second that might enable his assault traces in opposition to Harris to interrupt by means of and overwrite her good points in key battleground state polls.
And it was an acknowledgment that regardless of their hopes of getting Glad Trump on stage, they acquired Offended Trump, who seemingly couldn’t shake his fury at being taunted over his supporters leaving his rallies early and being repeatedly fact-checked by the moderators.
Harris and Trump to marketing campaign in battleground states after debate
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are specializing in swing states right this moment.
Harris is scheduled to carry rallies in North Carolina – in Charlotte and Greensboro, the Related Press reported.
Trump is heading west to Tucson, Arizona.
Yesterday, the candidates marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, assaults.
At a fireplace station in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, near the place United Airways Flight 93 crashed, Trump posed for pictures with kids who wore marketing campaign shirts. Joe Biden and Harris visited the identical fireplace station earlier within the day.
Harris-Trump debate watched by 67m folks, beating pivotal Biden showdown
Helen Sullivan
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An estimated 67.1 million folks watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a 31% enhance from the June debate between Trump and President Joe Biden that finally led to the president dropping out of the 2024 race.
The controversy was run by ABC Information however proven on 17 completely different networks, the Nielsen firm stated. The Trump-Biden debate in June was seen by 51.3 million folks.
Tuesday’s depend was wanting the file viewership for a presidential debate, when 84 million folks noticed Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s first face-off in 2016. The primary debate between Biden and Trump in 2020 reached 73.1 million folks.
There was a marked enhance in youthful and middle-aged viewers, with 53% extra adults aged 18-49 tuning in to see Harris debate Trump than watched Biden do the identical, in accordance with Nielsen information.
