Harris' forceful performance rattles a defensive Trump in presidential debate
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🗓️ 11 September 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday |
| 0:15.8 | September 11th, 2024. This is the excerpt. Today we look back on last night's presidential debate and discuss how the |
| 0:26.1 | candidates performed. Plus, Lincoln decries the fatal shooting of an American |
| 0:30.5 | protester by Israel. Should there be limits on alcohol in airports and on planes? |
| 0:37.0 | They started the night with a handshake, but ended with gloves off. |
| 0:41.0 | Former President Donald Trump squared off with Vice President Kamla Harris with in 30 minutes in when former President Donald Trump seemed to get defensive and reactionary. |
| 1:06.1 | Can you talk us through the moment when things changed? |
| 1:08.8 | What happened and how did it shift the dynamic on the stage? |
| 1:11.6 | Part of the aim of the vice president was to get under Trump's skin. |
| 1:15.2 | And things might have started off with a handshake, but she worked overtime to put Trump on the defensive. |
| 1:21.6 | She goaded him often talking about how foreign leaders |
| 1:24.7 | look at him as a disgrace. |
| 1:26.4 | She brought up January 6th, repeatedly saying, |
| 1:29.7 | you know, he's going to make misleading statements |
| 1:31.6 | throughout the debate. |
| 1:33.1 | She even teased the four president about his rallies |
| 1:36.9 | saying that a lot of his supporters are leaving early out of boredom. |
| 1:40.0 | Trump took debate on that. |
| 1:41.3 | He immediately started talking about his rallies and his crowd support. |
| 1:45.2 | So I think in that way the most effective thing the Vice President did in this debate in Philadelphia |
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