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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks, what do we do with Joe Biden?

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Speaker 1: And that's where we start in this episode of Amy

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Speaker 1: and TJ. Robes. I'm almost a little I'm rethinking and

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Speaker 1: a little embarrassed about how we went into watching the

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Speaker 1: presidential debate between Trump and Biden tonight. We're of course

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Speaker 1: recording this episode right after watching, but we went into

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Speaker 1: it almost thinking there was going to be a lot

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Speaker 1: of entertainment value, and I'm almost now, after what we saw,

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Speaker 1: I'm almost a little embarrassed that we went into.

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Speaker 2: It that way.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we went into it looking at it as

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Speaker 3: political sport. I don't think that's unfair. I think that's

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Speaker 3: how we've looked at lots of debates. So we brought

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Speaker 3: our daughters into it. We kind of had a watch party,

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Speaker 3: so to speak, just bringing our kids into the political forum.

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Speaker 3: But what ended up happening was something that you and

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Speaker 3: I have never seen, and I think most people who

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Speaker 3: watch tonight's debate have never seen and those of us

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Speaker 3: who have covered debates. I mean, I felt like my

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Speaker 3: I actually covered my face and went into almost fetal

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Speaker 3: position because you couldn't believe what you were hearing and watching.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think every message I got from anybody during

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Speaker 1: the debate included the word cringe in it somewhere. But

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Speaker 1: to your point, and I think you said, we've made

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Speaker 1: this kind of a communal event. It was a watch party.

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Speaker 1: We were going to watch party, like, everybody, come over,

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Speaker 1: this is gonna be crazy, right, Trump versus Biden. Finally

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Speaker 1: we're going to see these two on the stage together.

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Speaker 1: And USA was playing Panama in the Copa America Cup

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Speaker 1: ahead of time at six o'clock. So we actually had

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Speaker 1: a really fun evening of television watching plant and the

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Speaker 1: tone really changed in it had to be. On the

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Speaker 1: very first answer that President Biden gave, you became concerned

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Speaker 1: and it kind of went in line with a lot

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Speaker 1: of the concerns people have had about him for a while.

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Speaker 1: And now we all got to watch him live. This

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Speaker 1: isn't about politics and policy and where you fall on

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Speaker 1: whatever side of the aisle and trying to spend Sometimes

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Speaker 1: we all have to agree on just what we all witness.

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Speaker 3: So I was going to say something very similar. I

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Speaker 3: watched my twenty one year old daughter put her hands

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Speaker 3: over her eyes and it wasn't about your political beliefs.

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Speaker 3: It wasn't about what side of the aisle you're on.

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Speaker 3: It was about watching someone struggle as a human being

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Speaker 3: and actually feeling compassion and I don't want to use

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Speaker 3: the word pity, but there was there were a few

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Speaker 3: moments where you actually felt that what if that was

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Speaker 3: my dad, but if that was my grandfather? And you

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Speaker 3: kind of looked at Joe Biden in that way, or

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Speaker 3: at least I did, versus do I agree with him?

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Speaker 2: Do I support what he's saying?

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Speaker 3: It became less about who ideologically you supported, and it

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Speaker 3: became more about, oh my god, what am I witnessing?

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Speaker 2: And and help.

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Speaker 1: We almost wanted to give him a lifeline. We've all

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Speaker 1: been in that play and it's tough to talk about.

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Speaker 1: I have no idea that I hadn't seen Joe Biden

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Speaker 1: in years, right, So I don't know. I can't speak

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Speaker 1: to him personally what he's like behind the scenes. But

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Speaker 1: we've all been somewhere with somebody who is frankly elderly

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Speaker 1: and your family and you're like, hey, come on, we're

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Speaker 1: going this way. Hey, hey, come on over here. No, no, no,

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Speaker 1: remember they said that thing to you oh, right over here, Grandma,

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Speaker 1: that you where you have to guide them a little bit. There,

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Speaker 1: they're there, They're still all there, but you got to

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Speaker 1: just a little. He feels like, you're all right, come on, Joe,

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Speaker 1: as you're seeing it. And we've all been there, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know what we're doing, what we're supposed to

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Speaker 1: make of it. When you're watching the president of the

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Speaker 3: Way, I had so many confusing thoughts in my head.

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Speaker 3: First of all, I will say this, I feel like

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Speaker 3: former President Trump actually took the opportunity to not pounce

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Speaker 3: on what we all saw. And I will give him

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Speaker 3: actually impressed by his restraint. There was one point he

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Speaker 3: don't even think he knows what he said, but he

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Speaker 2: It was what we were all thinking.

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Speaker 3: And I have to say my mind went to like

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Speaker 3: I kept thinking, God, what are our enemies thinking what

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Speaker 2: It made me nervous. It did in a way that

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Speaker 2: I've never felt before. This was.

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Speaker 3: This was a debate I have never witnessed or could

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Speaker 2: In my lifetime.

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Speaker 3: And it speaks to so many issues within our country,

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Speaker 3: like why we have the system we have in place

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Speaker 3: to incentivize or at least encourage people to run for office.

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Speaker 3: I think we have a broken system if these are

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Speaker 3: our choices. And I'm not even talking about politics. I'm

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Speaker 3: just talking about the people willing to put themselves on

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Speaker 3: has a business resume. But I just like so many

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Speaker 3: It's just discouraging, disappointing, and frankly for me and even

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Speaker 3: for the younger generations, we were watching with.

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Speaker 2: Frightening. That's where I was left after tonight.

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Speaker 1: There will be some who will discuss incumbents losing the

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Speaker 1: debate their first debate. There is a long history of

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Speaker 1: incumbent presidents not doing well in their first debate. A

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Speaker 1: lot of that has to do with style, A lot

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Speaker 1: them how they made their points. This is not what

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Speaker 1: this debate was about at all. I have no idea

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Speaker 1: what substance was about in this debate. Style was not

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Speaker 1: and the strategy. It wasn't that. This was strictly about

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Speaker 1: us all watching a guy who seemed to struggle putting

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Speaker 1: not understanding what he's saying. So this debate, we are

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Speaker 1: not debating at all about who won on style or substance.

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Speaker 1: We have to talk about President Biden, and we will

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Speaker 1: be talking about President Biden. Do you do you see

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Speaker 1: any way that this he's had an off night? Is

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Speaker 1: there any chance of that? And I want to hold

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Speaker 2: You know, it's a hard thing.

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Speaker 3: To see what somebody was even four years ago and

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Speaker 3: all real valid concerns. And you know, just as much

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Speaker 3: as we have an age requirement, you know, presidents to

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Speaker 2: The age requirement.

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Speaker 3: I think this will beg the question whether or not

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Speaker 3: there should be an age requirement or an age limitation.

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Speaker 3: My father will point out he was forced in his

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Speaker 3: lot of financial reasons, but for many reasons. And so

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Speaker 3: if you can have an age requirement, can you not

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Speaker 3: about this is above politics.

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Speaker 2: This is about so much more than that.

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Speaker 3: And you know, whatever you think about where each candidate stands,

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Speaker 3: competency has to be something that we can talk about

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Speaker 3: competency is that has to be one of the stipulations

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Speaker 1: And cognitive ability aren't necessarily always directly tied to somebody's age.

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Speaker 1: And I know you agree with this because we have

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Speaker 3: We even talked about whether you like him or don't.

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Speaker 3: We were just actually making this comparison because we were

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Speaker 3: watching doctor Anthony Fauci talking about stepping aside.

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Speaker 2: How old is he? Eighty eight? He's even realized he

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Speaker 3: So yes, I don't think you can put a necessary

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Speaker 2: Can drive at a certain age.

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Speaker 3: But it is and there has to be some measure

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Speaker 3: I would argue of mental cognitive ability in order to

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Speaker 3: I believe makes many people question whether or not Joe

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Speaker 1: I yes, we have to wait and see. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Let me see, right, let me see in that. I

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Speaker 1: had a cold. Not to say that. I don't know

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Speaker 3: But I think that makes it worse when the White

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Speaker 3: he had a cold. Because yes, his voice was raspy.

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Speaker 3: That was the least of my concerns. Yes, fine, if

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Speaker 3: That was not what made me nervous or made me

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Speaker 1: What does any American who watched that tonight and waking

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Speaker 1: up the next morning these discussions taking place, how are

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Speaker 1: supposed to feel about them? Because there's going to be

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Speaker 1: in it's going to be jocking. Oh that's politics. But

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Speaker 3: It's concerning, and here's something that you and I can

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Speaker 3: speak to directly.

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Speaker 2: So we watched.

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Speaker 3: Obviously we watched the debate, but we watched the coverage

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Speaker 3: after the debate, and I think you and I know

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Speaker 3: in a way that we can speak very confidently about.

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Speaker 3: When you see broadcasters defending or at least trying to

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Speaker 3: massage something that's obvious to everyone who watched, that's concerning

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Speaker 3: to me. I would appreciate in these moments for people

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Speaker 3: who are journalists, whatever network you work for, to be

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Speaker 3: least to point out the obvious, and not to say, oh, well,

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Speaker 3: look back in history, and every incumbent president who goes

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Speaker 2: I think it just in the way.

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Speaker 1: Look, this is a rarity, right, We've been jumping around

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Speaker 3: I know, and that wasn't really even a non issue.

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Speaker 2: That is remarkable, it really was.

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Speaker 3: And you know what, we did have this It seems

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Speaker 3: But it was quiet because I think everyone was not

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Speaker 2: It wasn't this spirited debate where you're like, I.

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Speaker 3: What we saw that it wasn't just a bad night,

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Speaker 1: So but if we for now, if we suspend some

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Speaker 1: But now the talk is there's no way that debate

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Speaker 2: In their own families. But now I think we're facing

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Speaker 3: This didn't feel political, This didn't feel ideological, This didn't

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