The second GOP debate that occurred on Wednesday evening, September 27 was quite a wild ride to say the least. As we were already aware, former President Donald Trump was not in attendance and then a Fox News host suffered an embarrassing gaffe on air.
Stuart Varney, one of three moderators at Wednesday night’s GOP debate, had an awkward moment when he mispronounced the name of another moderator Ilia Calderón.
He stuttered as he attempted to introduce her saying “I am thrilled to be sitting alongside my co-moderators, Fox News Channel’s Dana Perino and Ilia Calder… uh, uh, Univision.”
The two let out a simultaneous “Good Evening” before Calderón gracefully took over from there. It has been suggested that this misstep set the tone for the chaotic night ahead.
President Donald Trump chose not to attend last night’s debate opting instead to deliver a speech to United Auto Workers currently on strike in Michigan.
This decision proved strategic; by pivoting himself toward a head-to-head match with President Joe Biden while other Republican candidates squabbled endlessly for air time and relevancy.
Meanwhile, former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared “The guy in Michigan tonight was more interesting than the gang in California” and President Trump posted an online poll showing he won the debate despite being a no-show.
Stuart Varney bumbled around like a drunk orangutan with dementia
Dana Perino was her usual inept, pea brained self with a dump truck load of smokey eye makeup
and that Univision social justice intern needed an interpreter – and she was speaking ENGLISH ffs
what a fiasco https://t.co/0ZjSmdYyrE
— NitroBacto (@Thad8920) September 28, 2023
The internet was characteristically unsympathetic towards Varney having called him a “drunk orangutan”.
Furthermore, Donald Trump alleged on Truth Social that Varney failed to apologize for mixing up his polling numbers with rival Ron DeSantis which made it appear as though he was winning when in fact he was losing badly.
On top of this California Governor Gavin Newsom piled on calling it worthy of an XFL or Junior Varsity team compared to Trumps professional campaign since then polling among GOP voters shows him with sky-high approval ratings while a number of candidates who qualified for the first debate did not make it back for round two.
Trump calls out Stuart Varney, who’s moderating the GOP debate tomorrow, for airing poll numbers that had him and Desantis flipped
He knows the antics that will be pulled at this Reagan library uniparty debate pic.twitter.com/Cpg4GYTddi
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 26, 2023
