US election 2024 Harris seen as debate winner widens lead over Trump in polls
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00:00Still the underdogs in this race, the Harris campaign is seeking to seize the moment we got a lot of work to do. We got a lot of work to do. Okay. Post debate polls suggest she's received a bump with her national lead at five points, but reservation rests on the surface of this allatement. The race is tight and there are still minds to change. She's going to have momentum lasting for a while. The real question, which is impossible to answer with certainty, is the sustained effect of the race.
00:30What would that be? You'll be hearing about it in the not too distant future. Donald Trump is back in key swing states as his own team is reportedly expressing frustrations over his performance that lacked substance and leaned heavily into baseless conspiracies. They're eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're eating the cats. Those comments targeting Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town have resulted in a wave of racist harassment, with local officials saying no such evidence exists. Trump is
01:00no stranger to peddling falsehoods, and while it plays well with loyalists, it poses a risk for luring new voters over. There is the chance that this could have some blowback because it makes him look off kilter. It makes him look very unpresidential to be continue to be pushing this unverified line in a race that might never leave the margins. Victory rests at a razor's edge and candidates words, whether during a debate or at the podium, could now be the hook that's needed. Even a small effect can turn out to matter. He
01:29could have a huge impact enormously because the vote likely will be so close in the battleground states. And it seems Tuesday's debate between Trump and Harris may be the only one. After he posted to social media on Thursday, he won't take part in another, arguing he already won, leaving Kamala Harris one fewer option to pitch her policies. Reggie Cicchini, Global News, Washington.