What the Harris-Trump debate says about the state of the race

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris met on stage for their first, and likely only, debate of the campaign Tuesday night, just a week before early voting kicks off in Pennsylvania, one of the most critical battleground states of the election.

Over an hour and a half Harris needled Trump on everything from crowd sizes to getting “fired” by the American people.

With each jab the former president seemed to become more enraged, his anger distracting him from his own talking points and allowing Harris to set the agenda.

Headlines across the country declared a clear victory for Harris and Trump now says that he will not debate her again.

But how much will all this matter at the polls? The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser joins Diane to help answer that question.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Diane. On my mind, the first and likely the only presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
0:16.2	Their first face-to-face meeting in this presidential election, their first face-to-face
0:20.8	meeting ever.
0:21.8	Harris-needed Trump on everything
0:24.8	from crowd sizes to getting fired by the American people.
0:29.6	Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people.
0:33.2	So let's be clear about that.
0:34.8	And clearly he is having a very difficult time
0:37.1	processing that.
0:38.4	And with each jab, the former president
0:41.6	seemed to become more enraged.
0:44.4	You talk about a threat to democracy.
0:46.4	He got 14 million votes and they threw him out of office.
0:49.8	And you know what, I'll give you a little secret. He hates her. He can't stand her.
0:54.0	It's distracting him from his own talking points and allowing Harris to set the agenda.
1:01.0	The result, a clear victory for Harris.
1:06.2	But how much will that matter?
1:09.0	The New Yorker Susan Glancer joins me to answer that question.
1:16.1	Susan, your column on Wednesday was titled,
1:20.0	Donald Trump had a really, really bad debate.
1:25.6	Just how bad was it?
1:27.6	You know, Diane, don't take it for me.
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