All right. Welcome, everyone to a presidential debate special of the Don Lemon Show.

Good evening.

We're so happy that you're here.

This is a special edition of our show, and you just watched it.

Donald Trump and the Vice President Kamala Harris met face to face for the first time in perhaps a single most pivotal presidential debate in American history.

We have so much to discuss and I'm grateful to

be joined by a fantastic panel here. Melanie Campbell is the president of the National Coalition

on Black Civic Participation and the host of tomorrow's the Black Women's Roundtable

at the Congressional Black Caucus. I will see you on Thursday morning, by the way, for a breakfast there at the Congressional Black Caucus

in Washington, D.C.

Ryan Wiggins is a chief of staff at the Lincoln Project,

and Terence Woodbury is a founding partner at HIT

or hit strategies.

Rachel Biddecoffer is a phenomenal political strategist

and an analyst.

So thank you all for joining you.

I appreciate it all.

David Muir, Lindsey Davis, wrapping up the debate just moments ago. It is interesting to gauge

and watch the public's reaction via social media. Now I want to know what you experts think.

So Rachel, as someone who is a strategist and you're watching with a critical eye,

what did you think of this debate?

Yeah, and as a political scientist that studies these things,

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