1. Trump: I was awesome last night
Donald Trump told a Nevada crowd that the vice-presidential debate Tuesday, in which his running mate, Mike Pence, repeatedly wriggled away from Democrat Tim Kaine, was a testament to … Trump.
'He's a good one'
Mike Pence did an incredible job and I’m getting a lot of credit, because that’s really my first so-called choice, that’s really my first hire, and I tell you, he’s a good one.
– Donald Trump
2. ‘He never said that’
What was Pence good at, exactly? Challenged to defend controversial Trump statements and positions, Pence repeatedly denied that Trump had said those things or staked out those positions.
The Clinton camp noticed
At the #VPDebate, Mike Pence tried really, really hard to deny pretty much everything Donald Trump has said and done. Let's replay the tape: pic.twitter.com/5XNKyFX6az
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 5, 2016
We're all winners here
Some think I won last night's debate. I'll leave that to others. From where I sat, @realDonaldTrump's vision for America was the real winner
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) October 5, 2016
3. Poor ratings for debate
Preliminary figures indicated that the vice-presidential debate was the least-watched veep debate since 2000, with about 36m prime network and cable viewers, compared with 51m in 2012.
4. Trump in another Playboy video
Journalist Andrew Kaczynski, now of CNN, unearthed a 1994 videotape in which Trump participates in a hunt for Playboy magazine’s “40th anniversary playmate”. Trump asks a fully clothed model whether she has what it takes.
'I think you have what it takes'
Well, I think you have what it takes, too. And I think everyone in this room thinks you have what it takes also.
– Donald Trump, in a 1994 Playboy video
5. Bill Clinton not in love with Obamacare
The former president on Wednesday walked back comments he made Monday about Obamacare being “a crazy system”. Clinton said problems in the law were being exploited by “adversaries of healthcare”.
Hamilton cast urges USA to vote
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'See, I told you his hair wasn't orange'
1st graders at International Christian Academy react to Trump walking into their class. pic.twitter.com/5ZQr7Ep98G
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 5, 2016
...and another thing:
Beautiful morning- thank you @ICLV! pic.twitter.com/xzJhrLgjHP
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016
...and another thing:
Campaigning across Ohio for @HillaryClinton & stopped at Starting Lineup in Youngstown. No time for a cut but took the chair for a spin! pic.twitter.com/3xjegj6vvJ
— Bill Clinton (@billclinton) October 5, 2016
...and another thing:
Clinton’s lead:
— YouGovUS (@YouGovUS) October 5, 2016
National +4
MI +5
CO +5
NH +4
WI +3
NC +2
FL +2
PA +2
NV +2
IA +1
OH +1
GA TIE
More: https://t.co/W4VbfiI6zg pic.twitter.com/CJqallWDyr
...and another thing:
.@GovPenceIN continues @realDonaldTrump's outreach with "You whipped out #ThatMexicanThingAgain." https://t.co/Lzey2a9J8V #VPDebate
— Hillary Clinton (@VoteHillary2016) October 5, 2016
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6. Release the Gore
Former vice-president and climate change Cassandra Al Gore, 68, will reportedly hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton this month, with the apparent aim, unnamed Democrats were quoted as saying, of winning over millennials.
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