Trump found something he’s really good at. The Gish Gallop technique in a debate. An absolute natural. With no moderators fact-checking, and the opponent with a silenced mic, he just ignores the questions, and lies in rapid sequence like a Gatling gun so his opponent has no chance of responding, challenging, or you know, debating.
A quick-thinking opponent could absolutely counter it. She could say “Hey, Donald, you didn’t answer the question. It had nothing to do with immigration. Let me answer it for you. Your position is X, Y, and Z, which is bad for Americans. Mine is A, B, and C, which is good.”
Trump found something he’s really good at. The Gish Gallop technique in a debate. An absolute natural. With no moderators fact-checking, and the opponent with a silenced mic, he just ignores the questions, and lies in rapid sequence like a Gatling gun so his opponent has no chance of responding, challenging, or you know, debating.
A quick-thinking opponent could absolutely counter it. She could say “Hey, Donald, you didn’t answer the question. It had nothing to do with immigration. Let me answer it for you. Your position is X, Y, and Z, which is bad for Americans. Mine is A, B, and C, which is good.”
Can Joe do that?
Yes. But then your two minutes are over. God I hated like every rule of that debate I’m realizing…
Yes he can. If he practices it. Maybe his staff should advise him of that.
Probably not 😕