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c-span as a public service along with other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. . we are glad you are with us. the new york times headline says, pundits said harris won the debate. undecided voters weren't so sure. the vice president talked about a sweeping vision to fix the country's most stubborn problems, but they wanted the fine print. both candidates hit the trail again after that debate. we will show you clips from both of them. we will start with vice president harris in north carolina yesterday, talking about wanting another debate. [video clip] v.p. harris: two nights ago donald trump and i had our first debate. [applause] i believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate. [applause]

because this election and what is at stake could not be more important. on tuesday night, i talked about issues that i know matter to families across america. like bringing down the cost of living, investing in america's small businesses, protecting reproductive freedom, and keeping our nation safe and secure. but that is not what we heard from donald trump. instead, it was the same old show. that same tired playbook that we've heard for years. with no plan for how he would address the american people. it is about him, not about you.

folks, i said it then and i say it now, it is time to turn the page. turn the page. turn that page. [applause] host: former president trump did talk about the possibility of another debate, saying it will not happen. here's what he put on truth social. when a prizefighter loses a match the first words out of their mouth are, i want a rematch. polls clearly show that i won the debate against comrade kamala harris. she was a no-show at the fox debate and refused nbc and cbs. all caps, kamala should have focused on what she did in the last four year period. there will be no third debate! here is donald trump in arizona yesterday at a rally.

fmr. pres. trump: when a prizefighter loses a fight, you've seen a lot of fights, right? the first words out of that fighter's mouth is i want a rematch, i want a rematch. that is what she said, i want a rematch. polls clearly show that i won the debate against comrade kamala harris. as you probably know -- when you say harris, does anyone know who harris is? kamala is a very different kind of a word. nice name, a very nice name. you don't notice harris. when you say harris, everyone says who the hell is that, right? she immediately called for a second debate which means she was like a prizefighter who lost the fight. we had two debates though. i had a debate with cricket joe biden -- crooked joe biden and

another debate with her. she and crooked joe have destroyed our country with mentally deranged people pouring into the u.s. unchecked, unvented, and with inflation bankrupting our middle-class it has gotten bad. everyone knows this. all of the problems caused by kamala and joe were discussed in great detail with the first debate with joe and second debate with conrad harris. she was a no-show at the fox debate. fox invited her. i sat with the great sean hannity. does everyone know sean? great man. he is a good man. i said, where is she? she didn't show so we did a town hall. he got great ratings on that town hall, i tell you. host: we are taking your calls. did tuesday's debate impact your view of the race? we want to hear from you.

if you are an undecided voter, (202) 748-8000. supporting vice president harris, (202) 748-8001. for those supporting former president trump (202) 748-8002. everyone else, you can call (202) 748-8003. we will go to the calls. margaret in arkansas, good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: get. -- good. caller: i was calling to say that the debate didn't really bother me because i was already a harris fan anyway. people need to wake up. trump is not for the people. he is against the people. especially people of color. the reason he wants the governors to run the states is because the governors who stand behind him are just like him. they want to treat people any kind of way. host: how do you say former

president trump is against people of color, margaret? how do you come to that conclusion? caller: like the stuff that he said. make america great again and all of that sarcastic stuff he be saying. if people listen at open their eyes, he is mainly talking about people of color. everything he be talking about welfare, everything he's talking about is always people of color. it is all types of racism. welfare, food stamps, you name it. everything, people of color. when it comes to jobs, are the migrants going to take the black jobs? why can't they take their jobs? host: got it. harold in cleveland, ohio. good morning. caller: yes, how are you doing? like i said, i'm still supporting trump.

i think the debate was obviously three against one. it sort of reminds you when she was debating mitt romney and obama. it was like candy crowley was debating mitt romney and barack obama sat back and watched the debate. a disgrace. another thing i would like to say is, another point i would like to make is, i've never seen anything like this in this country where a presidential candidate can have a bad debate like joe biden, and the powers that be in the democrat party come to him and say that he can drop out. not because he is sick, but because he is going to lose. can you imagine?

everybody knew john mccain was going to lose to barack obama. can you imagine if republicans went to john mccain and said, drop out of the race and we will replace you with someone who did not receive any votes? i've never seen anything like this in america. the supreme court eventually needs to come in and say this can't be done. four months outside of the race she didn't get a single vote. i feel biden was dropping out because he was sick or hurt, but because he was going to lose? imagine if every candidate around the country said, we are going to drop, just drop out of the race because it looks like we are going to lose the race, and we are going to replace, the powers that be in the republican and democratic party, are just going to replace them with someone who got zero votes. that's just crazy. host: harold mentioned the

debate between obama and romney. we have that debate on c-span.org. you can look at that and all of the previous debates going back to 1976. melba in texas. caller: the gentleman ahead of me was spot on. i had not thought of it like that, but he has brought something that needs to be looked at and given attention to peer my comment about trump's i want him to bring back to leanne because i can feel him slipping away in major areas where he should be stronger in. trump has laid it out for us and we see what he has to give us. we should be smart enough to want to go back to our best selves. host: what do you think kellyanne conway can bring to the campaign? caller: kellyanne kept the focus and kept him on principle. he gets personal to his

detriment. that is not a good thing. kellyanne kept him focused and winning. host: here is a facebook post. laura says, no, the tuesday debate did not impact ur vote. i already knew everything about the candidates i needed to know. trump is a danger to our country. he proved that again at debate. says, not at all. these twidates are so different. r me, it is abouticies. i'm looking for the candidate that will close the and bring back legal immigration. a president that will supp our military and police, strive for a better education system. we don't need big government in emma kratz all about contr us. look what happened to the m they have a political agenda. no longer are the days when journalists protected us and exposed corruption. they have become the face of corruption. rob says, a completely unhinged

trump only solidified why he was replaced the time. no one is terminating pregnant sees post birth, nor are people eating cats and dogs. his tariffs have cost the american consumer $100 billion. he has completely dismantled the republican party. steve next, lynbrook, new york. caller: good morning. great service. i have been a c-span listener i think since the inception. i recently retired. this is the most important election. we always say that, but this really is. democracy against autocracy. the debate didn't really change my mind. i was a harris supporter. president joe biden stepped away because he knows the situation with him and everything else. going back to your other caller,

what are they talking about? there's nothing in the u.s. constitution about political parties. in fact, washington and adams warned us about the division of parties. political parties, each party can decide who the candidate is. there's nothing sacrosanct about the primaries. after all, electors elected by the constitution. that is an argument they are just using. it is always complaining. they blame and complain. trump himself, we have known him in new york for all of our lives, really, he is a carnival barker, a phony. he doesn't have any real principle. he's a tremendous danger to democracy. thank you so much for your work. host: ellen in long beach, california. caller: i will be writing in my name as president.

i think every united states citizen should write in their name as president. they need to know our names. they have been feeding off of us, republicans and democrats, for a long time. they might as well know who we are. my point is they are out of touch, these candidates. it shocked me how out of touch they are. harris is a marxist the -- marxist de facto. all of these people who claim refugee status, there is a clause in social security that says if you come in as a refugee you are entitled to five years of social security benefits. transfer of wealth from those who have earned it to those who have never paid into it. that is one black mark against harris. her other policies, she has no substance when she talks about the economy. and closing the borders is very wishy-washy and full of happy

words. trump is the gothic equivalent of harris, full of doom and gloom and horrible things but also out of touch with the people of the united states. he seems to be pounding away on how horrible -- he is correct to pound away on immigration. it is marxism and draining the wealth of our country from the individuals. he is very irrational. he seems unable to stay on a topic. he is a gothic counterpart to harris. he is trying to paint the doom and gloom picture if you don't vote for him, but there is no substance. no real plans given. this is a formality. this election is a formality to vote for which autocrat. this is becoming an autocracy. trump needs to realize the way

the world is his globalization and trade. we make a lot of money in long beach off of the port, and that is a lot of trade with china. i don't feel like slamming down the door on them. we lose money. host: helen, we will have a round table drilling down on the economic policies of the candidates in our next hour. be sure to listen to that. teresa in waco, texas. you are next. caller: i will be voting for president trump. i listened to the debate and i always like what he has to say. i've been to israelis. they are all -- i've been to his rallies. they are always fun. harris, i kind of thought she was given the questions. a whistleblower has come out and said that yes, she was indeed given the questions. i watched president trump's rally last night. he came up with a new concept. of course he said no tax on

tips, no tax on social security, and no tax on overtime. my father who is 80 years old who is not political at all called me and asked me if i heard that. he was so excited. there are so many people on social security who are still working. they need the no tax on social security and no tax on overtime. i love it president trump is offering. a lot of the things that were stated during the debate that they fact checked president trump on our true. those were all true what he said. the situation in springfield, ohio is going on. governor dewine sent in-state troops. he is requesting 2.5 million dollars. there are a lot of terrible things going on because of the haitian immigration. they use those animals for voodoo rituals that they have. host: i'm sorry.

i'm trying to find what you were talking about that there was a whistleblower about vice president harris being given the questions? can you tell me where you found that so i can look it up? caller: sure. hold on. philip anderson. it is stated it is now confirmed kamala harris cheated on a rigged debate. she will be releasing an affidavit from an abc whistleblower regarding the debate. he just signed a nondisclosure agreement with the attorney of the whistleblower. it will all be coming out. host: philip anderson is who? caller: i'm not sure. it just says philip anderson. host: what is the website? caller: hold on. i just have it screen shot ted.

it will be released. i don't know how or when but i heard it will be today. it always seems to go that way. it seems to go that way whenever a democrat is involved. host: we will look into that to see if it's actually true. joey in marietta, georgia. caller: good morning. i am so saddened to see how things are going in this country. from someone who used to believe and support the democratic platform, i'm amazed how so many of us have been lied to. we have been taken advantage of. think about it. if you go back to your common sense, look at the direction this country is going morally. do we believe, democrats, that it is ok to have -- boys rescue? how far does it have to go before we say enough is enough?

this is getting out of control. we need to think back to reality. the reality is, the democrats have been lying to us for so many years. all of this good talk and good appearances me nothing, because you can see, why wasn't all of these great ideas, why weren't they implemented 3.5 years ago? why did these things not evolve when she became vice president? why is it that now all of a sudden these great ideas are coming to light? it is because they are lying to us. they have been lying to us for so many years. they want to get into government, they want to become powerful, and they want to take this country in a direction where none of us, democrats, republicans, or independents don't want the country to go where it is going. everyone sees the food, utilities, the rent, the cost of insurance, everything is

skyrocketing. how in the world can we say that this is good? how can we support the party that has done nothing to change any of those things? as a matter of fact, they probably made it to become the way it is now. how the world can we sit back and say, no, everything will change in november. everything will come together. we will have low-cost this and low cost of that. none of that will happen because none of it has been done. the person, and i hate to say this because some people will hate me for this, that the one person who proved gas, food, utilities, rent, insurances, and everything else were at reasonable, livable costs, he is the one that has done it. he is the only politician that has actually said what he was going to do and actually did it. get off the hate wagon about his personality and what he's done and how many times he's filed bankruptcy. please, get over that. look up what he's done for this country. how many wars were going on when

he was president? how any people did respect this country? you need to wake up. democrats, i'm begging you. it is time to put country over party. host: here is vice president harris' first post-debate ad. [video clip] >> there are two very different visions for our country, one focused on the future and one on the past. >> we are a failing nation. a nation that is dying. a nation in serious decline. >> i offer a new generation of leadership for our country. one who brings a sense of optimism about what we can do. we have so much more in common than what separates us. we can chart a new way forward. i'm kamala harris and i approve this message. host: we have not been able to confirm the allegation that vice president harris was given questions ahead of time by abc news or anybody else, but we

will look at that if anything comes up. robin, mercer island, washington, undecided. caller: thank you for taking my call. i appreciated the comments this morning. i watch washington journal, i followed the rnc and dnc debate. i was watching parliament the other day, the labour party. these two candidates. she looks like she represents a bright future and she has

drove a huge spike in traffic to the u.s. governments vote.gov information site following her endorsement of vp harris for president. she made that endorsement on tuesday and instagram post saying this. i'm voting for kamala harris because she fights for the rights and causes i believe need a warrior to champion them. i think she is steady handed, gifted leader and i believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. new york, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you c-span. if it wasn't for the raw unedited footage that c-span provides, i'm afraid i would be even more confused and more depressed than i am now. i feel that a lot of the -- of

course a lot of the postdebate discussion happened on 9/11 and i am surprised that a lot of the debate wasn't discussed in that context. because i asked myself you know a big deciding factor in my decision-making was who would i want as president on such a day is that and the idea of either one of them being president on such a day, which hopefully will not be several times worse than 9/11, give me the creeps. that's a big question i have about harris and her foreign policy. i have a feeling she will out of some kind of benevolent sense of continuity keep sullivan and blinken and austin and i think under that kind of management on such a day the results would be a catastrophe out of confusion of mismanagement on the part of the administration and of course if trump was president on such a

day in that reaction would be some kind of ruthless nationalism that would make whatever bush did seem lame. host: you did mention bush, he was president, george w. bush was president on 9/11. are you happy with his leadership? caller: about his leadership, his leadership totally turned upside down on 9/11. there was a perception and operation of his leadership on september 10 and that on september 11 all of that was wiped clean and that's what we should consider about the future. we may be content about trump's or harris's administration, that will be turned totally upside down if god for bid such an awful national tragedy or something worse would happen. it would be totally wiped clean and it would be a totally redefined administration.