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Moustafa Bayoumi, Jill Filipovic, Lloyd Green, Arwa Mahdawi and Osita Nwanevu

Trump v Biden in the first 2024 presidential debate: our panelists’ verdict

Moustafa Bayoumi: ‘The Democrats must select someone other than Biden as their candidate’

What a catastrophe. From the moment the debate started, Joe Biden was meandering, confused and charmless. It never improved. Donald Trump, however, was relatively restrained, at least for Trump. Of course, he resorted to lies, insults and exaggerations throughout the 90 minutes. By citing things called “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs” and by calling Biden a “bad Palestinian”, Trump managed to hit all his usual racist notes.

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