UC Berkeley students attend IGS Presidential Debate Watch Party; quoted by AP as Democratic voters "pumped up" by VP Harris' debate performance

September 11, 2024

UC Berkeley students Dushant Puri, 19, and Angel Aldaco, 21, attended the September 10th Presidential Debate Watch Party hosted by IGS. The Associate Press captured moments from the event, and quoted both students in their recap  article, "To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debate".

From the article: Harris supporter Dushant Puri, 19, a UC Berkeley student, said the vice president took command before the first words were spoken — when she crossed the stage to shake Trump’s hand. “I thought that was pretty significant,” Puri said. “It was their first interaction, and I thought Harris was asserting herself.” At the same watch party, fellow student Angel Aldaco, 21, said that, unlike Biden, Harris “came in with a plan and was more concise.”

Aldaco was struck by one of the night’s oddest moments, when Trump “went on that rampage about eating pets.” That’s when Trump endorsed a baseless conspiracy theory that immigrants were stealing and eating people’s dogs and cats

To read the full story, click here: https://apnews.com/article/debate-trump-harris-2024-election-biden-31907...

Associated Press