“I thought he was a complete gentleman to her.”
Thus began Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway’s description of her candidate’s debate performance on ABC’s The View, and things only got stranger from there.
As the show’s panel listened in disbelief, Conway narrated the debate as she had seen it—a debate in which Trump showed chivalrous “restraint” and “presidential virtue,” responding only to the questions that were asked of him with well-prepared answers. Conway even accused Hillary Clinton of “interjecting” as he spoke—something that would come as a shock to anyone who watched Trump repeatedly and at times incessantly interrupt her throughout much of the debate. How does the debate of Conway’s perceptions compare to the one seen by the rest of humanity? Below, for your consideration, is a modest comparison.
