'The moment' Harris threw Trump 'off his game' singled out by amused former RNC official

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele offered up his take on the Tuesday presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and marveled how the VP put the ex-president on his heels so quickly.

Speaking with co-hosts Willie Geist and Mika Brzezinski, the former RNC chief dryly noted that Trump is attempting to spin his debate loss into a win and that nobody — outside of his rabid fans — is buying it.

"Yeah. When you come out and try to frame this the way Donald Trump is framing it after we saw what we saw, right?" he smirked. "It's not like this was one of those things you only heard on radio or you just didn't tune in and missed it. No, a lot of people saw this."

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"We know he's lying. We know he got, not just got stung, he got knocked down, and he got knocked down in such a way that he could not get up," he continued. "So basically what you have is the — to keep this boxing metaphor going — the guy on the mat looking up with one hand up in the air, trying to get up off the floor saying, 'I don't want anymore. No mas,' and it's very clear why."

"Because he recognized from the very beginning of that debate, and for me, Willie, it was the moment, she walked over and shook his hand," he explained. "She threw him off his game in that moment because he had no intentions of shaking her hand. He was not going to be the gentleman, to go to the center of the ring if you will, and shake your opponent's hand, and to begin the conversation."

"But she, she did him one better, went over to him, and introduced herself, Kamala Harris. And from that moment, he was not the same," he claimed. "She started off a little rocky, but she found her footing very quickly on issue after issue, and the only thing he was reduced to was talking about ducks and cats, and whining about the fact that, you know, she was lying about his crowd size."

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