1 big thing: Finally, a real debate | Thursday, October 22, 2020
| |  Alerts | | | | | | | | Presented By Amazon | | | | Axios AM Thought Bubble | | By Mike Allen ·Oct 22, 2020 | | | | | | 1 big thing: Finally, a real debate |  | | | Photo: Morry Gash/AP | | | | A more disciplined President Trump held back from the rowdy interruptions at tonight's debate in Nashville, while making some assertions so outlandish that Joe Biden chuckled and even closed his eyes. - A Trump campaign adviser told Axios: "He finally listened."
The result: A real debate. - With a firm moderator, NBC News' Kristen Welker — along with threats of mic cutoffs and advisers' pleas for Trump to cool it — voters finally heard clear contrasts.
- Trump swung several times, but never quite landed a punch as he tried to connect Biden to a nebulous cloud of allegations about business dealings by his son Hunter.
Between the lines: Trump didn't focus on assuring women voters or seniors. But his economic argument could reassure some men in swing states. - Trump went back to 2016 mode — the outsider, chiding career politicians. But he's one of them now.
Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News. Photo: Morry Gash/AP During an exchange about race in America, Trump said: "Nobody has done more for the black community than Donald Trump, with the exception of Abraham Lincoln — possible exception. ... I'm the least racist person in this room." - Biden retorted sarcastically, referring to Trump: "Abraham Lincoln here is one of the most racist presidents we've had in modern history."
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