I'm not sure I'd ever watched Donald Trump lie so incessantly, extravagantly and unabashedly, and that's saying something. On Thursday night he lied about the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He lied about the violence in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. He lied about his relationship with the military, about his concern for the environment about pretty much any and every subject that came up. He lied with a smile. He lied with a shrug. He lied with a sneer.
But President Biden failed to take advantage of it. He seemed there's no getting around this incapable of doing so. And that's its own big story, one that will only grow over the hours and days ahead.
Biden, 81, came into his face-off with Trump knowing that many voters were concerned about his age and had doubts about his sharpness. His aides knew that, too. But from the moment the debate began, he seemed unsteady. Off. His expression was often frozen. His voice was often flat. He garbled words. He corrected himself midsentence, over and over again.
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