A Fiery First Republican Debate — Without Trump

<p>Last night, Republicans held their first debate of the 2024 presidential cycle without the party’s dominant candidate onstage: Donald J. Trump.</p><p>Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for The Times, walks us through the debate and discusses how it might influence the rest of the race.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman">Maggie Haberman</a>, a senior political correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/us/politics/republican-debate-takeaways.html?smid=pc-thedaily">Seven takeaways</a> from the first Republican debate.</li><li>Trump skipped the event in favor of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/us/trump-tucker-carlson-interview.html?smid=pc-thedaily">a gentle online interview with Tucker Carlson</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>