I watched both, and I watched Trump’s twice.
My impressions: Biden had a nice watch, he was like a boring old grandpa telling stories, I HATED his idea of giving $15K to every first time homebuyer, the moderator treated him very gently, with kid gloves, like walking on egg shells. I was very annoyed he repeated the hoax that Trump said “inject bleach into your arm.” And stated it was a fact. Trump actually was referring to the use of UV light as a disinfectant. Never said bleach. Very unfair for Biden to casually refer to bleach as factual.
I thought Trump didn’t do well the first time I watched, but them watched again and saw how MASTERFULLY he handled every nasty, stupid question. I mean—Q Anon? Please? And surely the “do you denounce white supremacy” question can FINALLY be put to rest?
Trump looked like a leader who can fight back and lead and kick ass and make things happen.
Biden looked and acted like one of my old professors in college ready to retire. He even mentioned being a professor, more than once. All theory and no action. And the usual Dem “tax and spend.” There is no economic growth there.
-PJ
Overall, my honest assessment is that dueling townhalls benefited Biden more than DjT. There are probably very few undecideds, so damage is minimal, imho.
DjT was forced to play the hard guy to Guthrie’s despicable performance, whereas Georgey S let Biden off the hook, time and again. Not that Biden looked brilliant, but he didn’t crash and burn,....at least from what I could see.