PHILADELPHIA—Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were divided over who won the Sept. 10 presidential debate, which candidate appealed most to undecided voters, and whether the ABC News moderators conducted the debate fairly.
Those were among the themes that emerged after surrogates for both candidates circulated in “The Spin Room,” located in Hall B of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Immediately after the 90-minute showdown between Harris and Trump ended, dozens of surrogates began trickling in, ready to make their best pitches to roughly 1,000 reporters.
In an unusual move, Trump made a surprise visit to the spin room. Surrounded by a crush of hundreds of reporters jockeying for position and shouting questions, Trump said, “This was my best debate.”…