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      10 months ago

      Unfortunately, a fair number of people, most likely. People can have short memories with politics, and the presidential debates tend to draw a wide audience. On top of that, some people are simply new to the political world in the past 4 years, finally reaching voting age and such.

      He’s a veteran politician, spent decades in the Senate. There’s probably few people on the planet that can handle yelling as smoothly as he can. He’ll benefit from facing it down. People want strength and resilience in a president.

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          10 months ago

          No, but she had to battle sexism and subconscious biases. He’s in a different situation.

          Hilary probably should’ve gone for the nuts. It’s not fair, but neither is politics.