The Spin Room

The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday put out a pre-debate press release slamming several of Donald Trump's spin room surrogates as extremists.

"Donald Trump is leaving the spin to a wildly out-of-touch sideshow of election deniers, 'ultra-MAGA' extremists, and far-right conspiracy theorists who are toxic to the battleground voters who will decide this election," the DNC said in their statement.

The press release included criticisms about Trump's running mate Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, former third-party candidate turned Trump surrogate Robert F. Kennedy, Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., GOP South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., former GOP Rep. from Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard and businessman and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

The press release blasting these Trump surrogates left a few out, however. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Texas, were also in Philadelphia Tuesday night representing the former president.

"The fact that this group of crooks, cranks, and far-right creeps is the best Trump can offer to shill for him tonight says everything about Trump’s out of touch campaign – and it’s a sad display of just how much Trump and his campaign are failing to talk to the voters he needs in November."

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who is representing Kamala Harris in the spin room following the debate, blasted Trump on social media for a "terrifying" amount of lies Tuesday night, but he failed to provide any examples.

Murphy argued Trump "knows he's cooked on the facts," so he has been "making crap up left and right."

"Trump's self-image...his political calling card is strength.

He was on defense that entire first hour.

.@KamalaHarris pushed all his hot buttons, and he unraveled," Axelrod posted on X.

The Harris campaign posted a clip of Kamala Harris calling out former President Donald Trump for being "weak and wrong on national security."

Harris insisted Tuesday night that "it is very well known" how poor Trump's policy on national security is, and insisted that "dictators and autocrats" want him to win so they can gain a foothold on the White House.

"He wants to be a dictator on day one, according to himself," Harris insisted.

"Q: Do you want Ukraine to win? Trump: *refuses to answer*" Kamala HQ posted on X.

"Donald Trump won’t say he wants Ukraine to win the war? I thought he would at least pretend…" Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg posted on X.

"Trump won’t say Ukraine should win the war because he wants Russia to win. I wish it weren’t that simple but it is," Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, D, wrote.

Trump said "I want the war to stop" and "people are dying" but asked repeatedly, would not definitively say he wants Ukraine to win. He also said he would conduct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine before he even took office and end the war.

Anthony Scaramucci, a former press secretary in the Trump administration, said his old boss needs "to join Hannibal Lecter in asylum."

Scaramucci is one of two former Trump officials representing Harris at the debate Tuesday. The other, Olivia Troye, was a former national security adviser under Trump.

In a separate post on social media shortly after his Hannibal Lecter comments, Scaramucci insisted Trump needs a "mental health check."

"We have to do a mental health check in on Mr Trump," he posted on X. "Something is loose in the machine now."

"Harris is straight up lying about fracking while standing in Pennsylvania," said Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh.

"As California AG, she opposed fracking so much that she SUED the Obama administration to stop fracking off the coast of California. "She does not suddenly support it."

Harris on stage claimed she would never support banning fracking. "There is no question I am in favor of banning fracking," she said during her 2019 debate."

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is hitting Vice President Kamala Harris on the border crisis once again during her heated debate against former President Trump.

“In three and a half years of Border Czar Kamala Harris, more than 10 million illegal migrants have crossed our border. America cannot afford four more years of the same,” the top House Republican wrote on X.

Republicans have used Harris’ role tackling the root causes of migration from Central and South America, which has earned her the moniker of “border czar,” as a political cudgel for much of her campaign.

House Republicans in particular have launched multiple inquiries into Harris’ culpability in the migrant crisis at the southwestern border since she became Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee.

Former third-party candidate turned Donald Trump surrogate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., insisted on social media during the debate that Harris has only gotten the support of more then 200 former Republican staffers because they are part of the "establishment."

RFK's comment was in reference to an endorsement letter penned last month by more than 200 Republicans who previously worked for former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah.

"The reason why VP Harris has the support of 200 Republicans is that these establishment Republicans are closer to her views than to President Trump’s," Kennedy said, less than an hour into the debate. "They exemplify what I’ve called the 'uniparty,'" he added. "Trump is running against the establishment, and that’s why they hate him."

Ahead of the debate the Harris campaign released an advertisement featuring former top Trump officials who have either criticized the former president before, or indicated they will not be endorsing him this election. Among the officials included in the ad were former Trump defense secretary, Mark Esper, and Trump's former running mate, Mike Pence.

The Harris campaign's battleground state dial groups in the first 15 minutes of the debate found that the VP’s highest performing moment with undecided battleground voters so far was when she talked about being a president for all Americans.

"I believe very strongly that the American people want a president who understands the importance of bringing us together, knowing we have so much more in common than what separates us. And I pledge to you to be a president for all Americans," Harris said.

Trump’s low point so far was when he talked about the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically when he said " they give me credit for a lot of things, but not enough credit for the great job we did with the pandemic."

Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

House Republican women are accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of supporting abortion with zero restrictions after she and former President Trump had a heated back-and-forth about reproductive rights during their Tuesday night debate.

“Kamala Harris is making it clear. She won’t support a single restriction on abortion. Not one single restriction. She’s good until the ninth month. THIS IS EXTREME!!” Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., wrote on X.

Meanwhile Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote on the social media platform, “When asked if Kamala would support ANY restrictions on abortion, she says ‘We need Roe v. Wade back.’ There is your answer: She wants NO restrictions on abortion, in ANY trimester. That's called murder.”

During their debate Harris accused Trump of wanting to pass a national abortion ban, something the former president has denied in the past.

Trump would not commit to vetoing abortion limitation legislation if it came to his desk during a second term, however.