She set a tone at the very start when she walked right into his space to shake his hand and made him almost pull back into himself in response. She was in charge and never stopped being in charge.

Harris also managed what neither Joe Biden nor Hillary Clinton nor any of the 2016 Republicans managed to do which is successfully bait Donald Trump and get under his skin. Within a few minutes Trump was visibly angry and not in a way that empowered him but in a way that made him lose focus, go down rabbit holes and generally go off onto damaging tangents. Spittle anger, not righteous anger, shall we say.

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    But it also reassures anyone hesitant about her ability to hold her own as a leader. Her real job was not coming off as a political hack from a desperate party. And instead she played him like a concert fucking pianist.

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      Just like for almost 4 years the American ppl have been played like “a concert fucking pianist”?

      See ya at the pump. Or the grocery store. Or living behind a 7 Eleven because housing prices are out of control.

      Look at the deeds, not the words. She is part of the current administration and cannot run from her track record.

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        Current admin has accomplished more towards my political priorities than any republican candidate ever has or ever will.

        We get it, whatever single issue you’re hung up on means you hate Harris. Whatever. Be an adult.