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Debate Recap: A Night of Jabs, Flubs, Race and Trump
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=52256"><span class="small">Dana Farrington, NPR</span></a>   
Thursday, 21 November 2019 09:31

Farrington writes: "It was a night of jabs and flubs and multiple exchanges about race and gender. But overall, there wasn't as much attacking. There was less cross-talk among the candidates tonight compared with during the last two debates."

Democratic Debate. (photo: Saul Loeb/AFP)
Democratic Debate. (photo: Saul Loeb/AFP)


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Debate Recap: A Night of Jabs, Flubs, Race and Trump

By Dana Farrington, NPR

21 November 19

 

hat’s a wrap. The debate was expected to focus in on Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who has been rising in the polls. But at the end of the night, Sen. Elizabeth Warren walked away with the most speaking time — again. 


It was a night of jabs and flubs and multiple exchanges about race and gender. But overall, there wasn’t as much attacking. There was less cross-talk among the candidates tonight compared with during the last two debates, for example.

Scroll through the posts below for the highlights and analyses that stood out. Subscribe to The NPR Politics Podcast to hear our debate recap episode later tonight, and visit NPR.org in the morning for takeaways from NPR’s Domenico Montanaro.

Next up: the Dec. 19 debate, which has an even higher bar for qualification. 

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