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Consider This from NPR

A Biden, Trump debate rematch brings opportunities as well as risks

Consider This from NPR

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Going into the first presidential debate, polls show a close race. A good debate performance could mean a chance for a decisive lead. But the debate also comes with risks.

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0:00.0

Vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel it. Let vote now.

0:05.0

Make sure... Four years ago, the first debate between then candidate Joe Biden and

0:10.0

then President Donald Trump featured shouting, interruptions and insults.

0:15.0

The question is, the question is, the radical left,

0:18.8

will you shut up man?

0:20.1

Who is on your list?

0:21.1

And while this debate is a rematch it will look and feel a lot different from

0:26.8

2020. CNN is hosting the debate and has said it will mute the

0:30.7

participants microphones to prevent cross talk and there won't be an

0:35.6

audience. As we know Trump loves an audience and loves a crowd.

0:39.2

NPR's Asma Hollad spoke about the debate on NPR's politics podcast.

0:43.7

I think the dynamics are a bit different this time around in major part because it is

0:48.6

Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, who's the sitting president in the Oval Office.

0:53.6

This will be the first debate for either candidate

0:56.2

in this campaign season.

0:57.6

Trump skipped the Republican primary debates,

1:00.6

and it will also be the first debate in modern history where one of the

1:04.5

contenders is a convicted felon. Consider this. For a lot of voters, the idea

1:11.0

of a Trump-Biden rematch is not generating much excitement.

1:15.2

But with the candidates nearly even in the latest polls and undecided voters on the line,

1:20.3

the debate could offer opportunities and risks.

1:24.0

Coming up, we speak with two political strategists about what to expect.

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