Now THIS is how you close a debate against a GOP candidate

[scheming daemons]

Abigail Spanberger giving Congressman Brat (appropriately named) the business...


https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4755499/brat-spanberger-debate

Watch this. You won't regret it.

[JoeOtterbein]

1. Great job Abigail!

More like this!

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Great closing!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Owned his ass!

[Demovictory9]

119. sure did

[handmade34]

4. WOW!

you go girl!!!

[madaboutharry]

5. Go Abigail!

That was good. I hope she wins this. Brat is a tea party jerk who thinks its still 2008.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

6. What Was That Red Card He Held Up At The End?

And were people cheering for her, or for the red card?

[scheming daemons]

8. He was asking for a rebuttal of her closing statement.....

...the jackass.

[healthnut7]

69. Fantastic

I loved it!! All the dude could do was smile and when he raised the red card you could hear laughter because he was being owned. You go girl!!!

[RestoreAmerica2020]

75. Otro f#!$!$$ moron! Debate was over, stupido! Great example of repubs sending us their best people

...

[Otro: another]

[nature-lover]

10. It was the number 3. Her 3 minutes were up. It was a great 3 minutes!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

120. Surely the moderator would have told her when her three minutes were up.

But, he just HAD to assert his male privilege over her, HAD to have the LAST word.

I am so sick of these smug, smirking GOPers. I really hope they eat it in November.

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

[Separation]

7. Fantastic!

That's what a true patriot looks like.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Dang!

[awesomerwb1]

11. Did the guy get rebuttal time?

[scheming daemons]

12. It was her closing statement. It came after his. It was the end of the debate.

[awesomerwb1]

13. Nice

[calimary]

67. That's one really critical thing: making sure YOURS is the last word.

If we'd had Christine Blasey Ford going second AFTER the individual my husband now refers to as "Injustice Kavanaugh" the results of that dismal week would have gone differently. But HE got the last word. HIS was the last testimony you heard. Which means HIS message was the one that stuck - the takeaway most easily remembered, precisely because it was the last one you heard. THAT'S what stuck. And the GOP understands fine points like that.

ALWAYS get the last word.

NEVER let your opponent get the last word. NOT EVER.

[Johnny2X2X]

14. Roasted him

Brat is a sexist pig. Hope she take shim down, it's a tossup race now and she's badly out raising him.

He's got the worst voting record on women's issues in Congress.

[llmart]

15. I loved her very last statement.

"Abigail Spanberger is my name."

So powerful. Hope she trounces him. He looks like a weasel.

[YessirAtsaFact]

16. My opponent seems confused about who he's running against

I’m not my primary opponent

I’m not Nancy Pelosi

I’m not Batak Obama

Abagail Spanberger is my name!

[Hekate]

73. the damn GOP has turned all our best into bogeymen and is running against them nationwide...

Sad that a woman born in Virginia running for the US House for the first time has to point out that she is not a long-time Congresswoman from California just because Pelosi's name came up with a snarl every other sentence.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

134. In the Illinois state elections, the Republicans all seem to be running against Mike Madigan

The Democratic Speaker of the Illinois House. He is their bogeyman. In his own district, no Republican is running against him, since they see it as a loosing proposition.

It should be noted that the Republican incumbent for governor, Bruce Rauner, isn't running on his record. He can't, since he hasn't got one. He accomplished essentially nothing in his four year term, since he is unable to compromise. The state went without a budget for over two years, because Rauner insisted that it include term limits and busting the government employees' unions. The National Review called him "the worst governor in the US". His obstinacy has cost the state jobs and over a billion dollars in interest charges and late charges because the state couldn't pay its bills (since it didn't have a budget). Illinois finally got a budget because Standard and Poor publicly announced that if a budget wasn't passed, Illinois state bonds would have junk status -- that was something that the former hedge-fund manager Rauner understood.

So Rauner's campaign theme is "I tried to reform the state, but the big bad Madigan wouldn't let me, the old meany. So give me four more years." Most Illinoisans aren't buying it.

[NewJeffCT]

17. can anybody summarize what she said

for those of us in the office that can't stream video with sound ?

Thanks

[MagickMuffin]

38. She spoke of the things she stands for and not what her opponent claims she is

She didn't let up the whole 3 minutes. Check it out once you get home.

[KCDebbie]

60. She re-iterated that she is not Bernie Sanders,

Nancy Pelosi or Barack Obama. She is not for single-payer health... And too many other good points to write here.

Her closing speech was killer - You must watch when you can...

[NewJeffCT]

111. Thanks

it was very good - especially the ending

[Blue_true]

99. Get universal earphones. Work on phones and computers.

You can stream and listen and bother no one around you. I use them when in public places.

[NewJeffCT]

110. not really an option at my work

but, thanks for the suggestion

[onecaliberal]

18. She torched his ass. That was succinct and effective. That's how we need to do it.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

121. And then she HANDED him his ass.

[Snotcicles]

19. Anything short of single payer health care will bring us back to where we are.

When she gets there she will be a great candidate. Edit to add: IMO.

[Sherman A1]

132. Agreed but

She was good in her closing.

[Fullduplexxx]

20. Oh wow that was beautiful

[R B Garr]

21. Awesome! And good for her for not letting herself

be tied to single payer because the goal is to smear candidates with that and she was able to avoid it. A public option is a sound and more realistic approach.

[George II]

22. She left him grinning sheepishly. Too bad she won't win, but at least she exposed his hypocrisy.

[YessirAtsaFact]

29. She has a great shot at winning

Brat will get the redneck vote but there are a lot of college educated women in this district who are voting Democratic.

[Nay]

45. She DOES have a great chance of winning. I'm in this district. The neighborhoods have lots of

Spanberger signs -- Brat is such an out-and-out idiot that some Republicans must certainly be ashamed of him.

In past elections, there were few to no signs for the Dem candidate (mostly because the Dem leadership never gave them one dime -- the candidate funded himself). At least this time there is a name presence for the Dem.

There are a couple of groups (one a pissed-off women's group) who have made it their mission to dump guys like Brat, and they have a huge presence here. That's what we need to do, folks!

[YessirAtsaFact]

50. There are a lot of Spanberger yard signs in my area

I’ve donated to any Democrat who ran in this district for years but this is the first time I’ve ever thought they had a 50/50 chance of winning

[dembotoz]

35. we have some really wonderful candidates this year who have fought hard and are real longshots

wonderful qualified candidates

my red area will have more blue votes than ever before...not sure there are enough....

[YessirAtsaFact]

52. VA-7 has a lot of educated women in it

It’s the kind of district Democrats have been winning in special elections

[NewJeffCT]

51. It's rated a toss-up

by two of the major polling services and lean R in the other. A recent poll had Spanberger up 5, so I think she has a shot.

[2theleft]

118. I'm in this district, too.

I have not seen 1 Brat sign in my area. Many for Abigail. I know it doesn't mean anything, but usually it's about 50/50 around here.

[Tarc]

126. "Too bad she won't win"

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/house/va/virginia_7th_district_brat_vs_spanberger-6528.html

The race is rated as a toss-up, Negative Nancy.

[George II]

127. You could have left it with "the race is rated as a toss-up". Nah, you had to be derogatory.

[Tarc]

135. No, I didn't have to

I chose to.

[George II]

138. Very classy.

[progressoid]

23. Ouch. He's going to wince when he sits down.

She spanked him hard.

[Funtatlaguy]

32. Yeah, he kept sporting a sphincter face.

[ffr]

24. I'd have taken it a step further, proudly associating myself the Pelosi, Obama & Hillary

These are all public servants who've dedicated their lives to the greater public good, as opposed to the clown empty suit on stage with her.

[bigbrother05]

72. She didn't disassociate herself, just made the point that she's his opponent not some straw(wo)man

He obviously is using the GOP tactic of running against the Democratic Party applause lines from a Trump rally.

She brought it home that she's practical, fiscally responsible, grew up in the district, and has served her country with the CIA and he's a RW hypocrite.

[byronius]

25. "Abigail Spanberger is my name."

So good.

[abbeyco]

26. Drop the damn mic!!!

[sagesnow]

27. YES!

Great candidate you have there in WVa.

[spooky3]

48. It's Virginia--The district that kicked out Cantor. Nt

[Hekate]

76. Then there is real hope. Thumbs up.

[Cha]

105. The District kicked out Cantor with

Brat.

Best of Luck to Abigail Spanberger!

[Cha]

104. Yeah, they kicked out Cantor with Brat.

spooky!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

122. I'm not sure that they won anything in that trade-off.

[spooky3]

139. Aloha!

Cha! How are you?

[Cha]

141. Hanging in there.. Aloha!

Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

You, Spooky?

[spooky3]

142. Fine, thanks! I'm just wondering

How many more times some people are going to find things to complain about Avenatti. He’s almost as much of a boogeyman as you-know-who.

[Cha]

143. Yeah, I stay out of that..

but I think he's more Pro our Democracy than not.

I see you're on Team Avenatti!

[Renew Deal]

28. You're right

[amb123]

30. One of the greatest political ass-kickings I've ever seen.

[Funtatlaguy]

31. She rocked it! Fingers crossed for her.

[They_Live]

33. K & R n/t

[SCantiGOP]

34. Just based on the applause

Sounds like she will get about 99% of the vote.
Great speech.

[stopbush]

36. "I am not Barack Obama."

Really? I didn’t realize that Ds need to distance themselves from Obama in Virginia.

[deurbano]

41. I don't think that's what she meant. i get the impression her opponent had at times been droning

on about Republican cartoon villains-- like Obama and Pelosi-- instead of engaging with the actual issues and policies that affect the voters in their district.

[spooky3]

49. It's a red district. Nt

[YessirAtsaFact]

53. Her statement before that was that Brat seems confused about who he is running against

Spanberger then listed people Brat tried to tie her to:

Her primary opponent
Hillary
Nancy Pelosi
Barak Obama

It wasn’t distancing herself from Obama, it was making fun of Brat attacking people who weren’t running against him.

Then the statement Abagail Spanberger is my name.

I think she won the election with her performance last night.

[zipplewrath]

82. It was a set up

In the sense that she wanted not so much to distance herself, but to set up the line that it wasn't clear he knew who he was running against, which then sets up the closing of "is my name." She's got a good speech writer. Well structured speech.

[Hekate]

74. The GOP is running against Pelosi in every district in the country

"Booga-booga San Francisco values", etcetera. The GOP is demonizing all our heroes and our frontrunners for every office including 2020 POTUS run.

Democratic congressional candidates have to distinguish themselves by their own credentials (Abigail is former CIA) and their own understanding of local values and issues (she's what we call a local girl, and "came back home to Virginia so her kids could be closer to their grandparents" ) .

No, she is not my hero born and raised in my own home state, the hapa-haole Barack Obama, nor is she the African-American statesman from Chicago who became POTUS. She's also not Bernie Sanders, fiery old Democratic Socialist. She is who she is.

Her opponent must have brought up those names every other sentence, trying to conflate her with the GOP fantasy of them. It's a sad feature of politics in this day and age.

[MontanaMama]

83. She wasn't distancing herself from PBO.

Gropers love to equate Dem candidates with Obama, Pelosi etc because they love to hate Obama, Pelosi etc and they believe their simpleton mouth-breathing followers will do the same. She simply pointed out that she is her own person with her own views and went on to list what they are. It was well done, IMO.

[PatrickforO]

90. Oh come on - that was a great closing statement.

The opponent probably did push polls that compared her to Obama and Pelosi and clearly he'd lied about her vision for healthcare. My take is she was rebutting things he'd said about her with those statements.

Speaking of Obama, I sure liked it when he said we shouldn't let 'the perfect be the enemy of the good.' Didn't you?

[Blue_true]

100. She was not doing that. She let him know he was running against her, not President Obama or Pelosi.

Republicans throw out straw men, she blasted his straw men to pieces.

[LakeArenal]

37. That's the kind of speech that made Obama.

This is why it’s way early to talk 2020.

[Shrike47]

39. Great closing. She owned him.

[ismnotwasm]

40. You were right--I didn't regret it

She kicked ass

[mountain grammy]

42. I don't regret it.. thanks for posting!

Bravo!

[lunamagica]

43. WOW

[infullview]

44. She crushed him!

[Omaha Steve]

46. WOW

[Achilleaze]

47. She's right about how the republicans have put America in debt

and thereby weakened the nation.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

54. I hope she kicks his butt but good. He used to be in our district until it was redistricted.

McCeachin now represents us, but I'm seriously rooting for her!

Awesome response.

[-Steph-]

55. Something about the way she said "Abigail Spanberger is my name!" felt so powerful.

[peggysue2]

56. Whoosh!

You go, girlfriend! Wish I could cast a vote for her. Here's hoping others will, as in droves of others. That was a zinger close.

[Scurrilous]

57. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

58. Kicking for later viewing!

[Stuart G]

59. K and R...thank you for posting...no text..

[DFW]

61. POwerful!

She absolutely owned his ass!

[wblffmike]

62. She "Kicked him when he went low"

Hee-hee

[gopiscrap]

145. welcome to DU

[JCMach1]

63. Bookmark this... This is what taking over Congress looks like

And what kicking the in the teeth looks like...

[rocktivity]

64. The Dems who can't do this need to step aside

Before November 2020 if not before November 2018.


rocktivity

[SunSeeker]

65. Go Abigail!!

[LittleGirl]

66. THAT is some powerful energy right there! eom

[iluvtennis]

68. Former CIA agent. That was fantastic...

I am not Barack Obama
I am not Nancy Pelosi
I am not Bernie Sanders
This man and the GOP added 1 Trillion to the debt
Etc

Just wonderful

[ChiTownDenny]

70. Hell yeah!

[Hekate]

71. Impressive!!! It is a thing of beauty. I certainly hope she wins.

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[workinclasszero]

77. Boy that was some great speechifying!

[GitRDun]

78. Woowwww!

She is absolutely awesome!

Thanks for posting!

[osmium]

79. Abby, you rule!

Well, from all appearances, she does - rule, that is. I thought it grand that she brought up her erstwhile life as a spook, 'cuz she most assuredly frightened Forrest GOP. BOO!!

[Turin_C3PO]

80. K&R

[MLAA]

84. Holy shit! You go, Abigail. This clip is excellent!

[yonder]

85. Fantastic! A rising star if there ever was one.

Well-spoken, direct and obviously smart.

Thanks, SD

[BBri]

86. In Biblical terms...

She layeth the smackdown upon him.

[whathehell]

87. Wow. Yu're not kidding -- She's great!!

[PatrickforO]

88. That's great!

What an awesome candidate! I sure hope she gets elected, along with dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of other Dems.

[Power 2 the People]

89. Great job. She went at him forcefully about his hypocrisy.

[HootieMcBoob]

91. Tremendous!

That’s how you do it! She’s kicking ass and taking names!

[Brother Buzz]

92. Stayed on message, touched all the bases, and drew a nonsensical rebuttal card from her opponent

Walk-off home run, Baby!

[trof]

93. Whoa! Magnificent.

[mcar]

94. That was awesome!

[bluecollar2]

95. Bravo....!!!! N/t

[Honeycombe8]

96. Hell, yeah! I'll buy anything she's selling! Glad she's on our side. The NEW DEMOCRATS, FOLKS! nt

[NastyRiffraff]

97. She is definitely someone to watch

Brat looked like he was being force-fed a turd.

[Blue_true]

98. Way to finish off an asshole.

Look like she need to put weights in her youngest daughter's shoes on election night, because without those weights, that kid is going to jump into the ceiling as results become clear.

[cp]

101. THAT'S how you do it!

Great! Go Abigail Spanberger!

[Cattledog]

102. K&R!!!!!!

[Dr Vegas]

103. she's in the "Woman Rising " video

https://www.adsoftheworld.com/media/film/serve_america_women_rising

[CaliforniaPeggy]

106. That's one terrific video! I have seen it before, but I had to see it again, just now!

It is dynamite!

Thanks for posting it.

[spooky3]

140. Excellent! Nt

[Gothmog]

107. What's my name? - Dave Brat vs Abigail Spanberger debate summarized in under 3 minutes.

[hostalover]

108. Oh my, how I hope she wins!

[Quixote1818]

109. Can we run her for President? Nt

[smirkymonkey]

112. Brilliant job!

She just has to win!

[apkhgp]

113. She was on fire with that speech

And she burned that opponent badly.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

114. Slapped the smile off his goofy face.

[3catwoman3]

115. What a one trick pony - sheesh!

How many times did he invoke Nancy Pelosi’s name? Good grief!

[IluvPitties]

116. Great performance!

[BootinUp]

117. A very good example for all Democratic candidates. Nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

123. Great video! I was blown away.

I liked it so much that I sent Abigail some money!

[ooky]

124. That was good, and I am glad she called him out for his vote on the tax scam

and his hypocrisy and outright lying over claiming to be fiscally responsible.

[Catherine Vincent]

125. That was awesome!

Damn the congress. She should be running for president.

[Niagara]

128. Kick!

Thank you for sharing this!

[Olafjoy]

129. Wowza!

She kicked brat booty!

[czarjak]

130. BratWorst looks lost...

Of course.

[OhioBlue]

131. We have so many amazing people running in tough districts this year. Lots of true patriots.

In my district, Ken Harbaugh, veteran and former President of Team Rubicon which hires veterans for disaster relief missions has been working tirelessly for months to unseat Bob Gibbs who is nothing more than a Republican placeholder. It is a heavily gerrymandered and red district. In an election with a fair electorate, Ken would win hands down. He is better than Gibbs in every metric I can imagine.

In the neighboring district, again very gerrymandered and very red, Janet Garrett, a retired teacher is also working tirelessly to take on Jim Jordan (aka gym Jordan and wanna be next Speaker of the House). She has out raised him and has been attending every community event, shaking hands, reaching out to voters, etc. for months. She is smart and capable, relatable and empathetic.

I could go on about our countless candidates that have courageously stepped up and answered the call, to campaign with their whole hearts in very tough districts. It is truly inspiring. I wish media would focus more on these profiles in courage.

[IrishEyes]

133. Abigail Spanberger made a good speech.

She sounds like a good candidate. It looks like that election is a tossup. I hope she wins and flips that district blue.

[Nitram]

136. Wow! Presidential material!

[UpInArms]

137. Yay, Abigail Spanberger!

[NickPeace]

144. Breathtakingly Brilliant!!!

Wow!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[liberalla]

146. Very impressive! and inspiring! Go Abi!