CNN's Wolf Blitzer: 'I wouldn't be surprised if this was the last debate'

CNN host Wolf Blitzer.
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Tuesday night's first presidential debate may also be this year's last.

That's what CNN's Wolf Blitzer speculated after President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden's first face-off of the election year. Biden and moderator Chris Wallace often couldn't finish their sentences before Trump jumped in, resulting in what Blitzer called an "embarrassment for the United States."

Jake Tapper kicked off CNN's post-debate breakdown, straightforwardly calling it a "hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck." Host Dana Bash concurred, calling it a "shit show." "Clearly this was the most chaotic debate I've ever seen," Blitzer chimed in, adding that it "raises a lot of questions about the future of a presidential debate between these two candidates. I wouldn't be surprised, by the way, if this is the last presidential debate" between Biden and Trump.

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Later, CNN's Daniel Dale did his best to describe an "avalanche of lying from President Trump" during the debate. Kathryn Krawczyk

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.