I have found a segment that shows a
good representation of Clinton during the debates against Trump from the past
campaign trail. This debate the third one between Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton only, which focuses on the issue asked about abortion, which is a
controversial topic in itself. This strongly shows how both candidates act
during debates in my opinion, which out of all of them, was the most civil I’ve
seen them and that is saying a lot.
When
stating her stance on abortion, she repeatedly says she is in strong stance
with Roe vs. Wade and women have the right to make their own decisions. These
decisions have to be in consideration of the women and the fetus’s health. She is
in strong favor of funding Planned Parenthood as well. Hillary did well in
stating where she stands and using her meetings with women who have gone
through this horrific event to build her credibility and confront Trump. She
carried a passionate tone when speaking, which shows America how important this
specific issue is to her. One thing she should have tried to tweak was the
repetition of her Roe vs. Wade stance because there could have been more to new
information instead of referring back to it multiple times.
Donald brought up Hillary’s stance
on abortion when she was senator at the time. This posed as a challenge she
needed to make sense of and she did that. She expressed how her views changed
after meeting with women, which swayed her opinion to switch her views. She was
quoted, “a fetus has no constitutional rights,” which seemed to catch her
somewhat off guard, but she bounced back with a well worded answer. Another
strong statement she made was talking about how the government should not be making the most personal decision for women. I thought this was a strong stance
that many more would agree with and put her ahead regarding this specific issue.
Of course, Trump continued his jabs, which Hillary kept to a minimum as per
usual, which she used them scarcely to highlight how his views are opposite of
hers and almost “dangerous.” This was a good tactic because it shows she will
stand up and defend what she believes is right and to out her opponent.
So knowing an issue to this magnitude would be asked,
especially against a candidate who has had controversial statements regarding
abortion is important to be prepared for. I would prepare her to defend past
stances with an exceptional explanation as to what has changed and why. This
way people won’t be weary and have a vivid understanding on the change. She
handled his jabs well and kept a neutral expression and looked directly at him
while he spoke. This displayed great attention and shows readiness to answer
when asked to. Overall, this shows how serious and well self disciplined she was
when debating issues throughout the 2016 campaign.
Watching the debates I noticed two things. One, that Hillary's responses were nothing out of the ordinary. Calm and calculated. And two she could have just started to grill Trump on some of his less than well lets call them answers. But I totally agree, her self discipline to stand there and take the petty comments is a skill not a lot of people have. Overall, well done.
ReplyDeleteTaylor, I agree with you on how Hillary did a great job on Donald's attack on her abortion stance when she was a senator. She took a very humane approach in her answer. Also when addressing Trump's "scare rhetoric," she did a great job on pointing out that people would never want to do that, again using a humane approach. Great video clip and blog!
ReplyDeleteOverall a great blog, and I enjoyed the way you formatted this. Hillary needed to call Trump out when he gave weak answers, but she lacked doing so during the debate. This would have been a key way to expose Trump. The stance Hillary took on abortion I thought was valid and did not look good for Trump. I also enjoyed the video clip as I had not seen this before.
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