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My 2024 Presidential Debate - by Scott Alexander

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Alexander: Hello and welcome to the first Presidential debate of 2024. Based on the remarkable popularity of the previous debates I moderated (2016, 2020, 2023), I’ve been asked to come here again and help the American people learn more about the our two candidates - President Joseph Biden, and former president Donald J. Trump. This debate will be broadcast live to select viewers, and I’ll also post a transcript on my blog. Let’s start with a question for President Biden. Mr. President, the biggest political story of the past four years was Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and gave final decision-making power on abortion back to the states. How would a second Biden administration treat this issue? Do you think states should be setting policy on abortion? Biden: I’m not even sure states exist. Alexander: You’re . . . not sure states exist? Biden: The Pledge of Allegiance says that America is “one nation, indivisible.” Taken seriously, we have pledged to reg

My 2024 Presidential Debate ... Scott Alexander Jun 27, 2024 426 173 26 Share Alexander: Hello and welcome to the first Presidential debate of 2024. Based on the remarkable popularity of the previous debates I moderated ( 2016 , 2020 , 2023 ), I’ve been asked to come here again and help the American people learn more about the our two candidates - President Joseph Biden, and former president Donald J. Trump. This debate will be broadcast live to select viewers, and I’ll also post a transcript on my blog. Let’s start with a question for President Biden. Mr. President, the biggest political stor

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