Matt Drudge believes Tuesday's debate between former President Trump and Vice President Harris was the final nail in the coffin for the Trump campaign ahead of November. Late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, while the debate was still going on, the Drudge Report ran a headline reading “It's Over,” along with a doctored image of Trump surrounded by cats, ducks, and other small animals. The image…
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