{"id":2285184,"date":"2024-06-28T09:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-allies-laud-disciplined-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:12:37","slug":"trump-allies-laud-disciplined-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-allies-laud-disciplined-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump allies laud disciplined debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-allies-laud-disciplined-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary of the text\u200b describes a debate for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election between former \u200cPresident\u2062 Donald Trump and President \u2062Joe Biden, which took \u2063place\u2063 in Atlanta, \u200dGeorgia. During the debate, \u200dTrump is reported to have showcased more restraint compared to\u2064 his \u2063previous debate appearances, a change from his historically aggressive style. Despite this restraint, his campaign manager emphasized it was\u200c not \u200da strategic change but rather inherent to \u200dTrump&#8217;s robust debate style. Various Republican figures\u200c commented on the debate, noting Trump\u2019s command over\u2063 the debate and criticizing Biden&#8217;s performance. Trump&#8217;s responses during the debate hinted at his previous debate \u200bstyle, including\u2063 making sharp retorts to Biden\u2019s comments about \u200dhis handling of Medicare and other issues. This event highlighted contrasting views\u2064 on leadership\u200d styles and visions for America\u2019s future between the two candidates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>ATLANTA, Georgia \u00a0\u2014 <\/strong>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> resisted his worst impulses during his opening 2024 debate against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3056147\/trump-on-the-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> with the <em>Washington Examiner,<\/em> Trump appeared to be retrospective about his opening debate against Biden four years ago, after which he was criticized for being too aggressive and pugilistic. Trump was a different candidate on CNN on Thursday in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>During a gaggle in the debate spin room at Georgia Tech, possible Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a> Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH)\u00a0described Trump and Biden\u2019s head-to-head matchup as \u201can incredible study in contrast between a guy who has the energy to be president and a guy who clearly doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve certainly seen the Democratic freakout,\u201d Vance told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re obviously in the, like, literal spin room here, and I don\u2019t\u00a0envy my Democratic friends here who have had to stand here and try to defend Joe Biden\u2019s debate performance, which was disastrous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who watched the debate, my hope is, certainly what I saw, obviously, I\u2019m a little bit biased, but what I think what they saw is a guy who\u2019s in command of the facts, who has a good sense of humor, who\u2019s not nearly the sort of threat to democracy the Democrats say that he is, and importantly, shows compassion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moments earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee<\/a> Chairman Michael Whatley contended the Trump-Biden debate redux underscored how this election is being defined by \u201cstrength versus weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the first time that we\u2019ve had an opportunity with two candidates, with very real records, that they would have to stand up, and defend, and talk about the future of America,\u201d Whatley told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cJoe Biden utterly failed to defend his legacy, his tenure in office, and President Trump put new solutions on the table at every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-wa-gop-candidate-jesse-jensen-biden-has-embarrassed-america-on-the-international-stage\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 WA GOP Candidate Jesse Jensen: Biden has Embarrassed America on the International Stage\">single turn<\/a> about how he\u2019s going to help get America out of the issues that we\u2019re facing today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who was backstage with Trump in the TV studio, cited the former president\u2019s debate against Biden as an example of a \u201cfocused\u201d candidate and campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden just does a terrible job of explaining what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Donalds told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cBut the agenda is the same. The outcome is the same. They\u2019re not going to reverse course on their agenda. We have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neocons-and-makeup-republicans-should-win-again-before-tearing-each-other-apart\/\" title=\"\u2018Neocons And Makeup\u2019: Republicans Should Win Again Before Tearing Each Other Apart\">win back<\/a> the White House in order to get the agenda of the American people back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But although Trump was demonstrably more restrained during the debate, one of his campaign managers, Chris LaCivita, downplayed the idea that it was a \u201cstrategic decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the third campaign he\u2019s run in a row. He\u2019s been the president for four years. Of course, with those things, you\u2019re going to observe a lot,\u201d LaCivita told reporters in the crowded hall. \u201cThe president came in determined to make a case to fire Joe Biden, and he did. He did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou prepare for the worst, but, you know, President Trump is completely capable of stepping up in the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cIn terms of pulling punches, I don\u2019t know how you could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Trump did provide snippets of the candidate who upended the concept of circumspect\u00a0debates during the 2016 Republican primary. During that election cycle, he dismissed contenders like former Florida Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeb-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jeb Bush<\/a> as \u201clow energy\u201d and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), another possible vice presidential pick, as \u201clittle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking sure we make every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stumbles-overshadow-trump-in-first-debate\/\" title=\"Biden stumbles overshadow Trump in first debate\">single solitary person eligible<\/a> for what I\u2019ve been able to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID<\/a>, excuse me, with, umm, dealing with everything we had to deal with,\u201d Biden said Thursday. \u201cLook, we finally beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicare<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s right, he did beat Medicare. He beat it to death,\u201d Trump replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I\u2019m not sure he did, either,\u201d the former president added later.<\/p>\n<p>For Ed\u00a0Lee, director of Emory University\u2019s Alben W. Barkley Forum for Debate, Deliberation, and Dialogue, Biden\u2019s debate was \u201cmonumentally disastrous,\u201d regardless of Trump\u2019s appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quiet, raspy voice left him sounding unprepared and lacking confidence,\u201d Lee told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThe awkward staring into the camera made him look uncomfortable and out of place.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrat Party requested a much earlier debate than usual,\u201d he said. \u201cThey set the terms of engagement to prevent an\u00a0audience and allow the moderators to turn off the microphones. The result is a performance by Biden that confirmed for many that he is just too old and aloof to serve a second term. Additionally, the rules disciplined Trump enough that they made him look like a semi-normal candidate. Alanis Morissette would consider it all just a bit ironic.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden and his campaign have ardently defended the president\u2019s debate against Trump, blasting the former president for his \u201clies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other side of the stage was Donald Trump, who offered a dark and backwards window into what America will look like if he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-governor-his-lieutenant-face-off-in-republican-primary-tuesday\/\" title=\"Idaho Governor, His Lieutenant Face Off In Republican Primary Tuesday\">steps foot back<\/a> in the White House: a country where women are forced to beg for the healthcare they need to stay alive,\u201d Biden campaign co-chairwoman Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon wrote in a statement. \u201cA country that puts the interests of billionaires over working people. And a former president who not once, not twice, but three times, failed to promise he would accept the results of a free and fair election this November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s performance tonight reminded the American people why they fired him four years ago and reinforced just how high the stakes are this November for the future of our country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Atlanta, former President Donald Trump moderated his approach in the first 2024 debate against President Joe Biden, contrasting his previous aggressive style criticized four years ago. In an earlier Washington Examiner interview, Trump reflected on his initial debate demeanor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2285185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24180067436260.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8066,3896,27643,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2285184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-allies","tag-debate","tag-disciplined","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24180067436260.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}