'BradCast' 9/30/2020 (Special Coverage: Trump, Biden 'Debate' in Cleveland, with Heather 'Digby' Parton, Eric Boehlert)
On today's 'BradCast': Special coverage of what we'll call the 'debate' in Cleveland, OH on Wednesday night between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, as nominally moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox 'News'. The embarrassing spectacle was roundly criticized by media, pundits, political analysts and viewers as nearly unwatchable due to Donald Trump's incessant, unhinged interruptions that drowned out any chance of actual information and substantive discussion. CNN's Jake Tapper called it 'a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck'. Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Bill Stepien called Trump's effort 'the greatest debate performance in presidential history.' The debate was so egregiously derailed by Trump's outbursts that the Presidential Debate Commission is considering changes to the format. Award-winning opinion columnist HEATHER 'DIGBY' PARTON of Salon and Digby's Hullaballoo and ERIC BOEHLERT of Press Run join us for a wide-ranging roundtable discussion on the debate, including Trump's failure to condemn white supremacy, his failure to contain the deadly coronavirus, Biden's refusal to specify whether he backs eliminating the Senate filibuster or expanding the GOP's stolen U.S. Supreme Court, Trump's serious threat to American democracy itself, whether either of the two candidates accomplished what they needed to in the debate, and much more...