Maggie Shnayerson

NYC EMT, ex-journo, accidental cat rescuer. I try not to swear on @bayridgekittens. I make no such promises here.

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

The only response that seems appropriate here while watching this cockamamie insanity is….u mad bro? That’s it, that’s all I’ve got.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Kamala Harris: ‘Yell STOP At Your Television To Opt Out Of Debate Answers’

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

@alexisjreports Same!

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

I feel like wanting to be the running mate of a guy who tried to have his last VP publicly hanged by a mob is like being Henry VIII's fifth wife and still giving adultery a shot.

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

@profgoose @tromano Agreed. He needed to fail or nail this.

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

@jackshafer That was oddly unsettling

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

The wisdom of doing this press conference at NATO is clear. Shaky on other stuff, the @POTUS is very comfortable on national security issues.

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

Tonight has a very 1am, November 9, 2016 feeling. #PresidentialDebate2024

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

@brianstelter Biden: “You’re such a whiner.”

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

@MrShermichael @CNN @jaketapper @DanaBashCNN About time, @DanaBashCNN asking whether Trump will accept election results. Will she follow-up?

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

@MrShermichael @CNN @jaketapper @DanaBashCNN I admire @jaketapper and @DanaBashCNN tremendously as journalists. In no way, shape or form, can what they’re doing tonight be defined as debate moderation.

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

Memo to the moderators: The quest for balance is a trap. Treating both sides of a debate as equal when one side is demonstrably false is not fairness but malpractice. Truth is more important than balance. There aren't two sides to a lie.

[Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan]

TRUMP: This guy literally kills babies. Two year old babies.
BIDEN, LOOKING SKELETAL: Now… now..
TRUMP: This guy asked Mexico to send its prisoners here.
BIDEN: [eyes widen] hey…
TRUMP: Attractive white girls—dead. Is that what you want?
TAPPER: We now turn to taxes.

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

Biden seems to just now be fully engaging, 75 minutes or so into this thing.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Reminder: Fmr CoS John Kelly confirmed to *Jake Tapper* that Trump disparaged war dead - pretty impressive for DJT to deny it as Tapper moderates
https://t.co/9PteCHdrU5

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

ALLEY CATS EVERYWHERE strongly object to that analogy, Mr. President.

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Fun fact about the debate:

It’s the first time the Secret Service has allowed a convicted felon to get this close to the President of the United States.

[Maggie Shnayerson @shnayerson]

44 minutes into this thing and it’s Biden who finally brings up Trump’s felony conviction.

[drew grant @videodrew]

You know what this debate needs is “wrong” buzzers and shock collars.