How to Lose a Debate in Ten Easy Steps

Sandra Wade
7 min readSep 11, 2024
Trump unveils his new debate weapon: “Resting Trump Face.”

Is this Trump’s 4th or 5th debate now? I’ve lost count. Frankly, I think he loses all debates because he pollutes the entire debate process with lies, exaggerations, and an inability to comprehend or talk about policy.

That being said, here are some lessons from last night on how to truly lose a debate:

  1. Recycle tired old tactics from prior debates.

Like Fox News with the migrant caravan hysteria, Trump regurgitates the same b.s. for every debate.

There’s the “babies are being aborted in the 9th month” b.s. he unveiled for the first time in 2016.

There’s the “if my opponent is elected, it’ll be World War 3 or a Depression (or some other apocalyptic fate).” He did this in 2020 as well, and our economy is the strongest in the world under Biden.

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Sandra Wade
Sandra Wade

Written by Sandra Wade

Actor, filmmaker, writer and sexy cat lady. NOW ON SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@sexyliberals TIKTOK: @sexycatladiesdotcom

Responses (3)

What are your thoughts?

What amazes me is it’s taken this long to fact check Trump. He’s always lied. He’s always made wild untrue claims. Finally on air before millions he’s called on it.
I wonder why it’s taking this long?

“We’ve been working on it. I have a concept of a plan.”

This was one of my favorite quotes from the debate. At least, he has a concept of a plan. What?1?

Trump claimed that “I’m seeing people on television” so it must be true. The fact that he believes things simply because he sees them on television should be instantly disqualifying.

I don't think he believes these things. He uses the "I'm seeing it on television" because it is too hard to fact-check. Too many television channels to monitor and too many Foxy news programs that would broadcast any crazy notion. It's an easy out to providing any legitimate evidence, and why he uses it so freely.