Second Republican Debate: Meet the Press Special

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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After the second GOP presidential debate, Kristen Welker speaks with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Campaign Manager James Uthmeier, Sen. Tim Scott’s Campaign Adviser Matt Gorman and former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson. NBC News Correspondents Steve Patterson and Shaq Brewster speak with voters in California and Wisconsin. Vaughn Hillyard reports on former President Trump’s speech to autoworkers in Michigan. Leigh Ann Caldwell, Hallie Jackson, Lanhee Chen and Hugh Hewitt discuss the evening’s events at the roundtable.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, a second debate, a second chance, a seven Republican presidential candidates
0:10.2	take the stage, hoping to take some momentum away from the field's frontrunner, Donald
0:15.4	Trump, who's skipping debate night for a second straight time.
0:22.8	This is a Meet the Press Special, live from Washington.
0:25.8	Here's Kristen Welker.
0:28.9	Welcome to a Meet the Press Special.
0:31.0	The second Republican presidential debate, I am Kristen Welker in Washington.
0:35.7	For a second time, the Republican presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump, was not on the
0:39.8	debate stage.
0:40.8	And for a second time, one major question hung over the night, whether anyone could or would
0:46.6	do something, anything to change the trajectory of this race.
0:51.2	With Mr. Trump dominating the contest in both the national polls and the early states,
0:56.2	tonight's debate could very well have been the Republican field's last best chance to
1:00.3	dent Trump's momentum.
1:02.4	Well with the debate, wrapping up at the Ronald Reagan Library in Seamy Valley, California,
1:07.7	it appears Trump's grip on the race isn't going anywhere, anytime soon.
1:13.2	Even as we did see some standout moments from the stage and an overall strong performance
1:18.3	by Senator Tim Scott.
1:20.4	Even overall, what we saw tonight was a stage full of candidates trying to aggressively
1:24.7	at times rise from the pack, but struggling over each other to do so.
1:30.1	Take a listen to this moment, which starts as an exchange between Tim Scott and Vivek
1:34.5	Ramaswamy and devolves into a cacophony of candidates.
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