Trump suggested that the Democratic contenders vying to challenge him in 2020 would pose less of a threat than Hillary Clinton did in 2016
President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that he defeated Hillary Clinton in all three of their televised debates during the 2016 campaign, suggesting that the Democratic contenders vying to challenge him in 2020 would pose less of a threat than Clinton did.
“As most people are aware, according to the Polls, I won EVERY debate, including the three with Crooked Hillary Clinton, despite the fact that in the first debate, they modulated the sound on me, and got caught,” Trump“This crew looks somewhat easier than Crooked, but you never know?” the president added, referring to the two dozen Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination.
Trump and Clinton’s first general election debate, moderated by Lester Holt of NBC News, took place in September 2016 at Hofstra University in New York. The inaugural face-off between the two candidates garnered a viewership of 84 million people, and holds the record as the most-watched debate in American history.
After complaining to reporters in the post-debate spin room and during an interview with Fox News that his microphone during the broadcast was defective, the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debatesthat “there were issues regarding Donald Trump’s audio that affected the sound level in the debate hall.”
Trump’s post Tuesday regarding his debate performance come as pundits and various political commentators assess how the incumbent president will fare against the 2020 Democratic candidates, who sparred on stage for the first time last week in Miami. Those broadcasts saw strong performances by California Sen. Kamala Harris and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who enjoyed subsequent
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