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"The Trump campaign is trying to say that the president put in a strong performance" at Tuesday night's presidential debate, "but Robin, nobody really believes that," ABC News' Jonathan Karl told Robin Roberts on Wednesday's Good Morning America. "I heard from Republicans after the debate, some during the debate, frankly exasperated by the president's performance -- the bullying, the rudeness, the incessant interrupting of the moderator, the utter inability to make a case for what he would do in the next four years if he was re-elected.""You know, Democrats weren't particularly thrilled with Joe Biden's performance, but they believe the contrast was crystal clear, that there was only one person on that stage who appeared plausibly presidential," Karl said, and it wasn't Trump. Biden's campaign also said it raised $3.8 million between 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. -- during and right after the debate -- breaking its single-hour fundraising record.> The Biden team reports their single best hour of fundraising during last night's debate and both camps respond to last night's slugfest. @jonkarl reports. https://t.co/sYnd3PPPlx pic.twitter.com/hi1KTLeRuX> > -- Good Morning America (@GMA) September 30, 2020At the very least, Politico says, "Biden cleared the very low bar Trump set for him: He was cogent, and not the mental mess the president has been suggesting for months." But as CNN's Dana Bash said, the entire debate was "a sh-tshow," and despite what Biden's campaign says, it is possible we watched "the last presidential debate of 2020." On CNN's New Day, John Avlon said Trump owed any children watching their first presidential debate an apology for throwing "rhetorical feces" at Biden and America. > .@JohnAvlon: "If there were any kids watching their first presidential debate last night we owe them an apology. Really Donald Trump owes them an apology. Because Joe Biden showed up for a presidential debate and Donald Trump...made a mess of the process"https://t.co/J1SNjZHRX2 pic.twitter.com/ksKJJKGwyB> > -- New Day (@NewDay) September 30, 2020More stories from theweek.com The worst presidential debate of all time Trump pummels Biden — and America Stephen Colbert explains how Trump and America both lost the 1st Trump-Biden debate