There’s a lot you could say about last night’s presidential debate.

There was the depressing spectacle of each candidate competing to outflank the other on the right, whether on who curbed migrants more, who was tougher toward China, or who added less to the deficit. You could mention the dearth of ideas for how they would actually improve working Americans’ lives, and the embarrassment of watching the two candidates for the most powerful office on Earth arguing about their golf handicaps.

There was also the litany of absurd lies and shocking racism from Donald Trump, like the claim that “we have the largest number of terrorists coming into our country right now,” or when he attacked his opponent by saying he “has become like a Palestinian,” but “a very bad Palestinian. He is a weak one.”