Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Sarah Isger. We've got Jonah Goldberg. We've got Steve

Hayes and a special guest Audrey Fallberg. Steve and Audrey have been in Milwaukee for

the debate. They've got lots of on the ground stuff. But also if you're looking for even

more debate content from members of the dispatch, we did a special dispatch live right after

the debate. We had David Drucker. We had David French Kevin Williamson hosted with Mike

Warren. Jonah was there. Steve was there. I was there. It was just fun for the whole family.

And so if you want to hear even more, you can become a member of the dispatch, find that

dispatch live recording and just bathe in all of the fun that was the first GOP primary

debate in Wisconsin.

Before we do pick housekeeping, this will actually be my last time hosting the podcast for a

few weeks. As many of you know, I have to go do something else for a little bit, but

I'll be back. Don't worry. And in the meantime, Jonah's having a Hunger Games-esque competition

to see who will fill in for me. Make sure you don't like them too much, but be kind.

Be kind.

All right. With that, Steve, you're in Milwaukee. I don't know. Give us the vibes.

It's hot. It's still hot. We're recording this about 9 a.m. on Thursday and it's already

80 degrees. It was well over 100 yesterday. Two days of very un-Mawaki like weather here

at the end of August. This is usually about the most pleasant time to be in Milwaukee.

You know, you fill in your own, make your own metaphor, make your own jokes. The debate

last night was interesting in a sort of, I don't think it matters much kind of way. You

know, if you went to the debate and you've done these before and I've been doing these

for way too long, I don't know in my first debates where 90, probably 96. Everything

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