Donald Trumpimploded on the debate stage againstKamala Harrison Tuesday night.
Right-wing lawmakers and commentators are offering a menu of excuses to minimize the damage.
The immediate target of the rights ire were ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis.
Donald Trump listens during a presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 10, 2024.SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
During another exchange, the moderators pushed back onTrumps contentionthat Democrats support executing infants shortly after birth.
It was three against one, Trump complained after leaving the stage.
The grievance was echoed by right-wing influencers and commentators.
Sen. Lindsay Graham wrote that the moderators might as well be on the DNC payroll.
This is the worst moderated debate in history.
The moderators might as well be on the DNC payroll.
This is ridiculous.This is the worst moderated debate in history.
The QAnon/conspiracy sphere is all in on “Kamala’s earrings were actually earphones.
“That’s how you know they know they lost.
If youre a Republican, you look at this and youre like Thats Donald Trump, he said.
She also called the moderators pro-Kamala activists who baselessly attacked President Trump.
Fine Taylor … you win … She kept her cool.
She saw advantages and took them.
She baited him successfully, which is the story of the debate in my view.
So she came out ahead in this, in my opinion, no doubt, Hume added.
