Debate: Trump Refuses To Condemn White Supremacy, Biden Pitches Directly To Camera

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🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The first debate was chaotic and light on policy as the participants disregarded the agreed-upon rules. President Trump repeatedly interrupted the discussion in order to lambast Joe Biden and debate moderator Chris Wallace. The president once again refused to condemn white supremacy and did not agree to respect the results of the election.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, and White House correspondent Tamara Keith.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:06.2	I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:08.0	I'm Tamer Keet, I cover the White House.
0:10.1	And I must mahala them covering the presidential campaign.
0:13.4	And it is 11.31 pm Eastern on Tuesday, September 29th.
0:19.1	Then the first presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe
0:23.5	Biden has just concluded I was watching it in my basement as usual these days.
0:29.3	Tam and Osma, you're both in Ohio.
0:33.0	That's right, we're in Cleveland.
0:35.9	We are in the media filing center, so we weren't actually physically in the debate hall,
0:41.5	but we are here at the scene of where this first presidential debate was taking place.
0:46.5	And I will say it was a feisty night.
0:48.8	It was fire.
0:50.1	People out there need help.
0:51.8	But why do you do it over the last 25 years?
0:54.2	Because you are president.
0:55.2	Why do you do it over the last 25 years?
0:56.2	Because you are president screwing things up.
0:58.5	You are a senator and the worst president.
1:00.3	You're the worst president America has ever had.
1:02.1	The mayor of Moscow's wife gave you $3.5 million.
1:06.1	That's not true.
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