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One Thing: Scenes from a (Trump-less) GOP Debate

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Eight Republican presidential candidates took the stage in Milwaukee last week for the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign. Notably missing, however, was frontrunner Donald Trump, who surrendered to Fulton County authorities a day later in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case. In today’s episode, we head to Milwaukee to recap the moments that mattered and to get a sense of how the debate could shape the race going forward.  Guests: Dana Bash, CNN Anchor & Chief Political Correspondent  Jeff Zeleny, CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent  Kit Maher, CNN Campaign Embed  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8

We've talked about the 2024 presidential race on the show a few times and while I hope you've listened every second I totally get it if you haven't fully dug in on this story yet it's still August 2023 after23, after all.

0:43.0

But last week, eight Republican presidential candidates gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the first

0:48.6

debate of this cycle.

0:50.4

On the line, a chance to step out as a clear number two behind the front runner,

0:54.8

former President Donald Trump.

0:56.6

Now he skipped out on the debate, sitting down for an interview with Tucker Carlson

1:01.2

instead.

1:02.2

And then... This is the inmate number... with Tucker Carlson instead.

1:04.0

And then... This is the inmate number for the former president of the United States.

1:07.0

P.1.1.35809.

1:10.0

Former president of the United States has an inmate number. And yet another surreal split-screen moment. The very next day, he turned himself

1:18.5

into authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, and more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse the state's

1:25.1

2020 election results.

1:27.3

By now, you may have seen the iconic mug shot.

1:30.0

He was released on a $200,000 bond.

1:32.4

What has taken place here is he was released on a $200,000 bond.

1:33.0

What has taken place here is a travesty of justice.

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