Republican Debate No. 1: How Do You Limit Demagogues?
Notes from America with Kai Wright
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Vivek Ramaswamy labeled Trump the best president of the 21st century. Chris Christie compared Ramaswamy to ChatGPT. Conservative callers share their reflections on the first Republican presidential debate, and Mona Charen from The Bulwark breaks down why having just 12 minutes of airtime can encourage bad behavior.
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| 0:00.0 | It's notes from America, I'm Kai Wright. |
| 0:11.2 | Mona Charen has been deep in conservative politics for decades. |
| 0:15.4 | As a columnist, as a speechwriter, as a strategist, today she is among the most vocal conservatives |
| 0:21.2 | who consider Donald Trump a dire threat to the United States. |
| 0:25.4 | She's the policy editor of the Bullwork and host of the podcast, beg to differ. |
| 0:29.8 | Mona Charen joins me now to help understand what happened at the first debate in the |
| 0:34.7 | Republican presidential primary, which was held last week in Milwaukee. |
| 0:39.4 | Mona, thanks for coming back on notes from America. |
| 0:41.5 | Oh, it's a pleasure, Kai. |
| 0:43.2 | It's been a while since we've spoken. |
| 0:45.1 | It has been a minute. |
| 0:46.1 | It must be election season again. |
| 0:48.0 | Must be. |
| 0:49.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.0 | And listeners, we'd love to hear from any conservative voters out there who are not voting |
| 0:57.0 | for Donald Trump. |
| 0:58.8 | Did you watch the debate? |
| 1:00.3 | What did you think? |
| 1:01.6 | And what are you thinking about this primary in general right now? |
| 1:05.0 | If we've got any conservative voters listening who are not voting for Donald Trump, where |
| 1:10.0 | is your head on the back end of this debate? |
| 1:13.3 | And Mona, that day after the debate, you wrote a short essay in the Bullwork with your immediate |
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