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An Irishman Abroad

Has Donald Trump Been Forced To Debate Kamala Harris? - Irishman In America

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The lines have been drawn, the running mates have been selected and it now appears that a debate will take place on September 10th. Is Donald spiralling the way the polls and his latest press conference suggest or is there a lot more going on than meets the eye? Marion McKeone looks back on the past week in US politics including the over reaction by many to Kamala Harris’s candidacy. Are the polls meaningless? Did RFK Jnr really dump a bear cub in Central Park? Has there ever been a more wacky election in history? To hear weekly episode in the lead up to the election and lots more visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad. Come and see Jarlath Regan live this fall in New York, Boston, Chicago or around Ireland www.jigser.com/gigs

Transcript

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0:00.0

My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.

0:07.5

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected president of the United States.

0:13.1

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

0:17.1

We will be back in some form.

0:19.3

We are still deeply divided.

0:24.6

Public health experts warned this was coming unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened here today?

0:26.6

Absolutely.

0:27.6

Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

0:31.6

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

0:38.2

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

0:43.5

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

0:50.4

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

0:58.6

of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. You're very welcome to the now

1:04.6

weekly Irishman in America with me, Jardith Regan over here and Marion McKeown over there, attempting to make sense of it all

1:12.6

on the journey to the polls in November

1:15.2

for this 2024 presidential election.

1:19.3

Who do you think is having more fun right now, Marion?

1:22.6

Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

1:25.7

Because Donald Trump looks like he is not enjoying himself.

1:31.4

The risk of stating the obvious, I think we'll have to give it to Kamala Harris and Tim Walts

1:36.2

at the moment. I think it's my sixth presidential election I've covered. And there's never been

1:41.4

one like this. And, you know, I will say just at the outset, I am so

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