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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Voters Nationally Say Clinton Won Debate 51/40 — PPP's post debate survey, sponsored by VoteVets Action Fund, finds that voters nationally think Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the debate, 51/40. — Perhaps most important for Clinton is that among young voters …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head for the first time Monday night in a 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The debate, which is expected to draw a record number of viewers …
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CNN:
Post-debate poll: Hillary Clinton takes round one — (CNN)Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night's debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’ — surrogate Rudy Giuliani floated the prospect of Trump not participating in further general election debates, after what he believes was inappropriate meddling Monday by moderator Lester Holt. — “If I were Donald Trump …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate — The political events of the last 15 months have ruined my confidence in my own ability to predict how the electorate will react to events. — So here are a few pieces of evidence, aside from my own impressions from watching …
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump on Former Miss Universe Machado: ‘She Gained a Massive Amount of Weight’ — Donald Trump pushed back against criticism he received from Hillary Clinton during last night's debate regarding his treatment of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, saying “she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.”
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate — It didn't take long during Monday night's presidential debate before Donald Trump started interrupting Hillary Clinton. A lot, and aggressively. — We kept count — and Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate.
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever — Had the debate been a prize fight, it would have been stopped in the third round. But it's not clear in this crazy campaign how much it will matter. — Global Editorial Director, The Huffington Post — HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. I've been traveling …
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Washington Post and Des Moines Register
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Early polls and focus groups suggest Hillary Clinton won the debate — It will be a few more days before we get methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the first presidential debate. The indicators we have so far are necessarily incomplete and limited …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Hannity backs up Trump on Iraq War — Fox News's Sean Hannity came to Donald Trump — 's defense Monday night, corroborating the GOP presidential nominee's debate claim that he had expressed doubts about the Iraq War to the anchor. — In a post-debate interview between Trump and Hannity …
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Phillip Stucky / The Daily Caller:
Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate — Moderator Lester Holt was much harsher on Republican nominee Donald Trump than he was on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the debate Monday evening. — Holt interrupted Trump a record 41 times, either to “fact-check” …
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Who is Alicia Machado? Former Miss Universe said Trump called her Miss Piggy — Clinton: Trump called women pigs, slobs and dogs — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton was making a point about Donald Trump and women at the first presidential debate when she brought up Alicia Machado …
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TIME:
Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Most Memorable Lines of the First Presidential Debate
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump interrupted Clinton 51 times at the debate. She interrupted him just 17 times.
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
In debate, Clinton gets no follow-up questions, Trump gets 6
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump
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New York Times:
Transcript of the First Debate
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Lester Holt shows he doesn't know the meaning of impartial
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Heat Street
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Clinton goes after Trump's weakness: His famously thin skin
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Holt fact-checks Trump, not Clinton
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Clinton Won The Debate, Which Means She's Likely To Gain In The Polls
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The instance when decorum went south for Clinton and Trump
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ABC News:
Debate Fact-Check: How Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Stack Up
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Presidential Debate: Trump Held Back on Bill Clinton's ‘Transgressions’ Because Chelsea Was ‘In the Room’
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Trump's debate incompetence a slap in the face to his supporters — MORE FROM: — Hillary Clinton was boring and exceptionally well-prepared. Donald Trump was exciting but embarrassingly undisciplined. He began with his strongest argument — that the political class represented …
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Ross Douthat Comment / New York Times:
Trump Fails the Stamina Test — Donald Trump won the first 25 minutes of the first presidential debate. He was too bullying and shout-y, too prone to interrupt, but he seized on an issue, trade, where Hillary Clinton was awkward and defensive, and he hammered away at his strongest campaign theme …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Press Pointed Attacks in Debate
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Maria T. Cardona / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton does her homework and shows who's boss — This first presidential debate was Hillary's moment. She owned Donald Trump — like a Girl Boss. And she demonstrated the benefits of good preparation. In fact, one of her greatest moments of the night was when she turned to Trump and said …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead — Donald Trump's charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump's tax-exempt foundation instead …
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