Instead, the people said, Harrison offered what they described as a rosy assessment of Biden's path forward. Polls from CNN and 538/Ipsos conducted soon after the debate found that most debate-watchers thought Trump outperformed Biden. Just after Saturday's DNC call, the Biden campaign released a memo from senior adviser Jen O'Malley Dillon insisting that the debate had no tangible impact on the election. “I didn’t have a great night, but neither did Trump," Biden said of the debate at one gathering in East Hampton. Of Trump, Biden said, “The big takeaway was his lies.”Harrison reinforced the president's message on the DNC call, which spanned roughly an hour.
