Processing the Presidential Debate Debacle

Pantsuit Politics

Sarah & Beth

Society & Culture, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We share our reactions to the first presidential debate which was....um...messy, to say the least. We talk about why we think it went down the way it did, the moments that stood out to us, what it can tell us about the state of the race, and what is giving us hope in the face of it all.

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0:00.0	The only way that we get to work on those kinds of issues with a representative government
0:06.3	is ensuring that the process is protected.
0:08.8	And so when you talk about people feeling called to violence over the process, that is a panic
0:15.3	button moment for me.
0:20.6	This is Sarah and Beth, your listening to Pant Suit Politics, the home of Grace filled
0:25.4	political conversations.
0:30.0	Hello, everyone.
0:45.1	Welcome to another episode of Pant Suit Politics.
0:49.0	We are here.
0:50.4	We are surviving.
0:52.5	We are post-debate, even though it was so traumatizing.
0:56.4	It feels like it happened to me or moments ago.
0:59.0	What it didn't, we've got one under our belt and we're going to process that here with
1:02.6	you today.
1:03.6	Of course, we will have a vice presidential debate next week where we will also be on Instagram
1:09.6	live during the debate.
1:11.8	And that is much more respectful of our recording schedule.
1:15.0	So we'll be recording on Thursday and processing that debate next week.
1:18.6	We're just happy that you all are hanging in with us.
1:20.4	Although so many of you sent us messages and are like, so glad you're watching, so I don't
1:23.2	have to.
1:24.2	That's okay.
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