Today is Wednesday, September 11th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.

I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices but a magnifying

glass for the most important news.

And also your most efficient resource this election season. The big talk this morning is of course the presidential debate where Vice President

Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off on the ABC News debate stage.

And while I can't quite summarize the 90 minutes here, I will be

doing a recap on tomorrow's episode of American Fever Dream where we can dive

deep into these alleged transgender migrants who are eating our pets. Also, about half an hour after the debate,

the queen of childless cat ladies herself, Taylor Swift,

announced in an Instagram post that she will be endorsing and voting for Kamala Harris.

I guess the Republican anti-cat rhetoric has gone just a little

bit too far for Miss Americana. Meanwhile on the election beat, Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance said during a

podcast appearance on Monday that if he had been in Mike Pence's position on January 6, 2021,

he would have effectively overturned the election by asking the states to submit

alternative slates of electors instead. For context he had expressed this

sentiment before he was chosen as Donald's VP, but this is his first time

reiterating it since.

On this podcast, he said that,

Mike Pence should have done more to surface some problems in the 2020 election.

As a reminder, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.

And I have a feeling that if Mike Pence could have found sufficient evidence to do so,

he would have done it, given the angry mob that was there to hang him if he wouldn't.

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