James Poniewozik: “The advantage to being the one who derails a debate is that people assign symmetrical blame for asymmetrical behavior. They throw up their hands and complain about the bickering from ‘both sides.'”
“So let’s be clear here: If the first debate was a dumpster fire, it is the president whose hands were stained with kerosene.”
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