October surprise
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🗓️ 3 October 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week, the crew breaks down how an "October surprise" can change the course of a presidential election in its final weeks – and some of the most consequential ones in American election history. And there are a few brand new ones – from special counsel Jack Smith's filing on former president Donald Trump's immunity in his Jan. 6 legal case, to Hurricane Helene and the escalating war in the Middle East.
Later in the show, the crew breaks down the most interesting moments from Tuesday's vice-presidential debate – and which ones will stick in the public consciousness. Plus, the ongoing war on fact checking.
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| 0:00.0 | We are not going back. |
| 0:03.0 | Make America great again. |
| 0:06.0 | How can you be against? |
| 0:08.0 | We are not going back. Welcome to sidebar from the Washington Post. I'm Libby Casey and I'm joined by |
| 0:20.8 | Rhonda Colvin, senior political correspondent, James |
| 0:23.8 | Holman, columnist and editorial writer, and friend of the show, J.M. Reiger, |
| 0:28.6 | senior video journalist, and our returning special guest. |
| 0:31.4 | Thanks so much for being here, J.M. |
| 0:33.4 | Well, it's one month until election day. |
| 0:36.0 | Early in absentee voting has started in some parts of the country. |
| 0:39.5 | Debate season, which usually stretches into October, |
| 0:42.3 | seems to be over. |
| 0:44.0 | The last word came from Ohio Senator Jady Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walsh in the |
| 0:48.8 | only vice presidential debate of this election cycle. |
| 0:51.8 | We'll touch on the big moments from Tuesday |
| 0:53.7 | night's debate and what's making waves, what's living past that night, but here's |
| 0:58.4 | where we'll start today, the October surprise. October surprises the unplanned twists and turns that hit elections in the final weeks of the race and they can have a big effect on voters and it is October |
| 1:11.2 | happy fall y'all. |
| 1:13.0 | And just as this month started, |
| 1:14.8 | there were some huge breaking news stories |
| 1:16.6 | both at home and abroad, |
| 1:18.0 | the vast hurricane damage from Helene across the American South, |
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