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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The final Trump-Clinton debate transcript, annotated — The final debate of the 2016 presidential race came as Hillary Clinton threatened to shut the door on Donald Trump and as Donald Trump threatened to unleash a torrent of attacks and accusations about the “rigged” election process.
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Politico:
Full transcript: Third 2016 presidential debate — Chris Wallace: Good evening from the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I'm Chris Wallace of Fox News and I welcome you to the third and final of the 2016 presidential debates between secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
No, Hillary Clinton, The Supreme Court's Heller Decision Wasn't About Toddlers
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Play Up Donald Trump's Hedge on Accepting Election Result
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CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Who won final debate? — More Democrats than Republicans watched the third debate, and people who watched say Hillary Clinton won, and voters in the battleground states say the losing candidate should accept the results of the election.
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CNN:
Hillary Clinton wins third presidential debate, according to CNN / ORC poll — (CNN)Hillary Clinton won the final presidential debate 52% to 39% for Donald Trump, according to a CNN / ORC poll of debate watchers.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton's 3 debate performances left the Trump campaign in ruins — Donald Trump didn't just destroy himself. Hillary Clinton destroyed him. — The third and final presidential debate has ended, and it can now be said: Hillary Clinton crushed Donald Trump in the most effective series …
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Will Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Post-debate poll: Clinton 49%, Trump 39%
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Contempt for Democracy — Donald Trump turned, in the third and final presidential debate, from insulting the intelligence of the American voter to insulting American democracy itself. He falsely insisted there were “millions of people” registered to participate in the election …
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Washington Post:
Trump's breathtaking repudiation of American democracy
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John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Final Insult to American Democracy
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Trump, a solid debate performance disappears in an instant — LAS VEGAS — Standing in a garish hotel lobby, casino music pounding, a Republican who has worked hard to help Donald Trump couldn't quite believe how the final presidential debate had ended just a couple of hours earlier.
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Trump Jr.: Running for president a ‘step down’
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Donald Trump Just Wants a ‘Fair Shot’ at Winning, Campaign Manager Says
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Republicans despondent that Trump threw away final debate — Donald Trump's rocky performance on the final debate stage in Las Vegas on Wednesday night did little to allay his party's concerns that the GOP is headed for an electoral catastrophe up and down the ticket.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Poll Shows Republicans Less Committed to Trump in Defeat — Just 24 percent of Republicans and those who lean that way say Trump should be the face of the party nationally if Clinton wins. — Republican primary voters strongly backed Donald Trump for the presidential nomination …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump-driven divide will consume GOP long after the election
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
It's over for Trump — the fat lady has started singing — The outcome of Wednesday's debate is pretty straight-forward: Donald Trump has lost the presidential election — it just won't be official for another few weeks. — Going in to Wednesday's final presidential debate …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
On “Accepting Election Results” — I said I wouldn't comment on tonight's debate until tomorrow, when I host the third hour of Laura Ingraham's radio show. But I can't resist, having seen how the liberal press is trying to spin what, by any objective standard, was a pretty good night for Donald Trump.
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Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
Last week Hillary agreed that Gore ‘won’ 2000 election
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
While You Were Watching The Debate, Trump Just Launched Trump TV — “If you're tired of biased, mainstream media reporting (otherwise known as Crooked Hillary's super PAC), tune into my Facebook Live broadcast.” — In the minutes before the third and final presidential debate …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
With 19 Days to Go, Clinton's Lead Is Bigger Than Ever — Arizona leans HRC; McMullin rises in the west; dark red states take on lighter hue — Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, Sabato's Crystal Ball October 20th, 2016 — The mist is lifting from the map of the United States …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Hillary Clinton in 2002: George W. Bush Was ‘Selected, Not Elected’ — It is completely irresponsible to argue that a president who reaches 270 electoral votes is not “elected” and legitimate, right, Hillary Clinton? Only a shameless partisan with no concern for democracy or our system …
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Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones Suffers Debate Meltdown Over “Lying Whore” Hillary Clinton — Conspiracy theorist and prominent Donald Trump ally Alex Jones ranted throughout his livestream of the third presidential debate, calling Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton a “lying whore” and …
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