Yes, that’s sound & fury you heard - signifying nothing. But make no mistake: Joe Biden won the debate, in the end No. Small. Accomplishment. given that they utterly laid waste to that war zone stage. The debate was a mess because Trump broke all the rules. 1/7

Biden did what he could to keep it on track as Chris Wallace completely lost control.

To reiterate, this “debate” was a travesty. It should be the last debate ever. Modern debates grew from the infancy of television and have utterly outlived their usefulness. 2/7

And for what purpose? To further embarrass America in the eyes of the world? Some are talking about kill-switches on mics, some have declared the moderator unfit (but also bullied). In no way will either further our political discourse. 3/7

Biden must stop engaging with Trump in a future second or third “debate.”

And what must we do? In the quiet after that misery, we have to have the courage to be still for a moment...

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4/7

We have to turn to the painful truth that 204,000 of us are dead because we fiddle on the margins of what we should be focusing on. Our greatest challenges are not singular, compartmentalized issues — they are interdependent and co-existent problems that we have to marshal... 5/7

...our collective brainpower & heart to overcome. We have to admit & move beyond the disaster of the Trump years in our policies & imagination, even as we hold every kleptocrat to account. Be still with your pain, your embarrassment, your fear tonight. 6/7

Then heed the advice of Vice President Biden: “VOTE. VOTE. VOTE.” It is our power.

Nothing is stronger than we are. #Election2020 #VoteHimOut

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