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🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Sarah, Steve, and Jonah break down the first (and possibly only) debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and whether or not it will move the needle. The Agenda: —Kamala Harris won —Will the Trump-Harris debate actually matter? —Steve missed the eating pets controversy —Trump’s debate prep —No clarity on abortion policy —The rise of independent voters —Is media bias worth your time? Show Notes: —“Keep the cat memes flowing” —Chris Rufo’s $5,000 cat-eating bounty —The Federalist: ABC Should Be Prosecuted For Illegal Contributions To Harris In ‘Debate’ —Post-debate Dispatch Live —Fact-checking the Harris-Trump ABC News debate —The RFK Jr. dead bear cub story The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	They're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets.
0:07.5	I have concepts of a plan.
0:09.5	She's going to my philosophy now.
0:11.2	I was going to send her a MAGA hat.
0:12.6	She's a Marxist.
0:13.7	We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies
0:16.1	in the history of politics.
0:17.4	I said that.
0:18.2	Are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020?
0:20.9	No, I don't acknowledge that at all.
0:21.9	But you did say that sarcastically. I probably took a bullet to the head
0:25.4	because of the things that they say about me. Welcome to the dispatch
0:43.8	the dispatch podcast. I'm Sarah Isger, it's Jonah Goldberg and Steve Hayes
0:48.1	obviously starting with the debate. I want to know before we talk about who won or lost what does it mean to win or
0:55.8	lose a general election presidential debate are we scoring this on like
1:00.0	Oxford rules of who actually did a better job debating or are we scoring this
1:04.8	on undecided voters and what they thought of it? Are we scoring it on whether it has
1:09.2	an impact on the election? What does it mean to win a debate before I ask who won?
1:14.0	I think that's a good question.
1:15.0	I would say the last definition doesn't have any impact on the election.
1:20.0	That's what really matters about it.
1:22.0	You can win and there's a long history of candidates winning
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