No spinning this one: Analyzing Trump, Biden debate performances

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week in Atlanta, Georgia, a current and former president debated each other for the first time in U.S. history. But the highly anticipated clash between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump may have left many viewers with more questions than answers. Biden’s weak performance sparked panic among Democrats — will his campaign overcome this? Will the bluster and falsehoods of Donald Trump stick with voters? Plus, what impact did CNN’s moderators and a new set of debate rules have?

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0:00.0	Hey everyone it's time for another left right and center. I am David Green
0:04.8	Mo Lathie is here as is Sarah Isger and we want to talk about the first
0:10.3	presidential debate in 2024.
0:14.3	It was quite an evening.
0:15.6	I think it's safe to say that both Donald Trump and President Biden,
0:19.2	you know, it was a huge gamble for both of them,
0:22.1	particularly doing a debate earlier than really we've ever seen before.
0:27.0	And a lot of the focus now coming out of the debate, we have to just say is on President Biden facing probably much more serious concerns
0:36.4	about his age.
0:38.0	He didn't sound very strong.
0:39.9	He sounded pretty hoarse.
0:41.5	Those aged do say he was suffering from a cold and there
0:44.6	were a lot of stumbles through the evening. Meanwhile Donald Trump littered the
0:50.7	debate stage with a lot of wild claims, false statements.
0:55.4	The president struggled to push back.
0:57.6	The moderators from CNN did little to nothing to fact check from the debate stage.
1:03.2	And I really want to start there and talk about what we saw and witnessed
1:08.8	and sort of where we think the campaign is going from here.
1:13.0	Let me get first impressions from both of you.
1:17.0	Sarah, I think I saw on social media one of your early reactions
1:21.0	was you were just feeling sad. It was a surreal
1:24.8	thing to be watching live. It felt like we were watching a piece of American history.
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