Following last night's debate, Jake Tapper praised Kamala Harris over how often she was able to get Donald Trump to start rambling about off topic subjects.
Prior to the debate, Republicans in the media pleaded with Donald Trump to stay on message and refrain from insulting his opponent. Of course, considering everything that Trump had shown in the past, that wasn't a realistic scenario. Last night Trump rambled about people eating pets, lied about executing babies after birth and said Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham had debunked his public Charlottesville comments.
Tapper began his rant by saying, "Vice President Harris’s supporters have got to be pleased with her performance this evening. Over and over, she baited Donald Trump into talking about crowd sizes, court cases, Nancy Pelosi, Russiagate, and all his grievances. And he took the bait almost every time."
The CNN host continued, "He cited Fox hosts as fact-checkers. He invoked Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban as a character witness. It was like a 4chan post come to life. He really took her bait, almost every time."
The CNN host closed:
"Democrats have to feel good tonight about the trade of Biden for Harris, who showed herself to be a strong candidate. She delivered a strong message. And yes, she prosecuted the case against Trump. She started the debate. She began the debate approaching Donald Trump, shaking his hand at the podium, kind of forcing him to shake her hand, introducing herself, and from that moment on, Dana, she took the fight right to him."