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The Brian Lehrer Show

What Happened at Last Night's Presidential Debate

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A recap of last night's debate.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. We'll play some excerpts from last night's presidential debate now and for the rest of the show and invite your reactions, call or text us, with anything that stood out to you or your political analysis of the debate.

0:25.9

And if there are any undecided voters left in the audience or people who are leaning one way or another but weren't sure if you would vote at all, we would love to hear from you, 212-433 WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92 call or text. But since I'm not sure

0:44.9

if those undecided people even exist, we also invite you to point to a debate moment or overall

0:51.7

impression or feeling that's stuck with you overnight and you're

0:55.3

still thinking about it or you be the pundit, you be the political analyst, do you think the debate

1:00.5

will matter to the outcome of the election in any way? Maybe you're not undecided or flippable

1:05.8

yourself, but you have friends or relatives who might be in a swing state that maybe you don't live in

1:11.6

or live in anymore.

1:12.8

And you heard from them since the debate.

1:15.5

Who has family in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, etc.?

1:18.3

212-433.

1:20.6

WNYC, help us report this story.

1:23.3

Or you be the political analyst.

1:25.1

Did the debate or the post-debate news of Taylor Swift posting an

1:28.6

Instagram endorsement of Harris in response to the debate, did it, will it matter?

1:33.7

212-433-9692.

1:37.5

We'll bring on Susan Page from USA Today in just a minute, but first I'll play an excerpt.

1:43.1

This might have been the policy

1:44.4

heart of the debate, and forgive me for talking about policy, not just vibes and who's

1:50.1

getting under whose skin, but this may have been the policy and credibility, heart of the debate.

1:56.5

From the opening section, which was about the economy, and they did spend the first 15 minutes or so on it,

2:02.8

Harris tries at this moment to move the subject to their policies and who's actually thinking

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