ITT Sound Off: The Mess
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio unpack the mess of this week from President Trump and the first lady testing positive for COVID-19 to the first 2020 presidential debate. They also discuss the snubbing of Latinx voters throughout the election season. RSVP for our next virtual LIVE ITT show that will be on Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 7:30pm ET: Maria and Julio will be joined by All-Star guests Imara Jones, creator of TransLash Media, and Jenni Monet, founder of Indigenously to discuss the 2020 election and the POC vote. For more info and to RSVP, click here. ITT Staff Picks: - “Toxic masculinity takes center stage at the first presidential debate,” writes Errin Haines for The 19th. - Lola Méndez examines how Twitter is responding to Telemundo’s misleading Post-Debate poll in this piece for Remezcla. - “Trump’s call for supporters to watch polls ‘very carefully’ raises concerns of voter intimidation,” writes Daniella Silva for NBC News. Photo credit: AP Photo/Julio Cortez
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| 0:25.0 | Yo yo, what's up? |
| 0:30.0 | Oh my God! |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to The Fig. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Maria No Jose. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm Julio Rico Loberila, and it's Friday and a Titi sound off. |
| 0:38.0 | Well, I have one thing in common with the president of the United States of America. |
| 0:44.6 | We have both had COVID. |
| 0:46.6 | What a shit show. |
| 0:48.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.8 | This entire week has been starting with the debate. |
| 0:52.3 | Mm-hmm. Then I wake up super early on. has been starting with the debate. |
| 0:53.4 | Then I wake up super early on Friday morning, |
| 0:55.7 | Julio, I actually wanted to sleep in. |
| 0:58.0 | And it's like, news alert, news alert, news alert. |
| 1:00.4 | I was like, what just happened? |
| 1:01.6 | Donald Trump and First first lady Malania Trump |
| 1:03.8 | you have tested positive for COVID-19. They got tested after Hope Hicks tested |
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