Former Vice President Joe Biden had a gentle plea for Sen. Kamala Harris before the debate even began. As the two clasped hands and greeted one another with a cheerful hello, Biden asked Harris if she could do him a favour: ‘go easy on me, kid.’
The remark was made in jest; Biden is a politico pro and had no expectation any of his opponents on Wednesday night would let him get off the stage unscathed after two-plus hours. Sure enough, they didn’t. While the frontrunner had a far more aggressive and crisp performance than his low-key appearance in late June, Biden was the proverbial piñata. Every candidate, even the no-names with less than 1 per cent in the polls, tried to hit drop rhetorical anvils on his head.
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