2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton’s Hand Gestures During the Debate Are the Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory Du Jour
By Adam K. Raymond
When is a scratch of the nose more than a scratch of a nose? When its a hand signal from Hillary Clinton to Lester Holt, telling the moderator of the first presidential debate to let Clinton jump in with a zinger.
Thats what happened Monday night on a handful of occasions according to a YouTube video called Signaled and Triggered #RiggedDebate, which had just over 60,000 views before YouTube yanked it down. Posted by a user called 400 lb hacker, the video was removed this afternoon due to a copyright claim, but other users have re-uploaded it. The theory, which Trump supporters are eating up, was also mentioned today by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show.
The premise of the conspiracy is hard to get behind. It suggests that Clintons hand signals to Holt signaled him to give her a chance to speak without asking a new question, allowing her to let loose with a zinger related to the last thing Trump said. But why would that even be necessary? If Holt had completely changed the subject, there would have been nothing stopping Clinton from unleashing her zingers simply as an aside before starting in on the new topic.
Holt asking Clinton for her response to what Trump said was not a sign of him teeing her up, it was exactly how the debate was supposed to be conducted. Heres how the Commission on Presidential Debates described the format of Mondays debate: The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. Candidates will then have an opportunity to respond to each other.
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leftynyc
(26,060 posts)for someone so convinced he won the debate, he and his minions sure are coming up with some over the top excuses. They look like imbeciles.
apcalc
(4,465 posts)rurallib
(62,414 posts)cause he didn't know the signals.
Guess he should have studied that part too.
for the humor impaired
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)They can come up with all the conspiracy theories but would be better served by getting Trump to practice debating skills. He interrupted 29 times, sniffed too much and lied, it did not win the debate.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)better than any evil genius every thought up in movie history. If you go through the history of Clinton conspiracies it's clear they control every aspect of life. They are clearly in charge of the Bilderburg group and the Illuminati.
I remember one wacko I saw online claiming that it was Bill Clinton that started the entire chemtrail program because he didn't remember ever seeing a contrail prior to his Presidency.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)...and still wipe the floor with Trumpetass.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)LonePirate
(13,420 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)they've got nothin'.
rumdude
(448 posts)It's rock-bottom insanity.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)are practically going to write themselves. If the pundits and historians haven't been taking notes, there is a plethora of information on line and on YouTube.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Trumpy-Wumpy seems to have a harder time than they thought thinking on his feet. I can't believe they think Trump was defeated by secret hand signals. Couldn't Trump think of any responses on his own? So the alt right believes their racist hero was defeated by a woman and a black man?!
stopbush
(24,396 posts)They're no smarter than Trump himself.