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The Wheelhouse: GOP Rumble in Milwaukee

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Republican candidates square off in the latest debate hosted by Fox Business and the Wall Street Journal.

There was one moment in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate that reminded us of all those other unwieldy, freewheeling and circus-like debates that came before: Rand Paul getting cut off by Carly Fiorina, and then Donald Trump drawing boos for being Trump. For the most part, though, last night’s debate was much more orderly. It was so orderly that rarely did the candidates, who had complained so loudly about previous moderators, get challenged on any of their statements.

This hour, our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse puts the media lens on this debate, and how it relates to ongoing student protests in New Haven and Columbia, Missouri where the press is being jeered and shut out.

GUESTS:

  • Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR
  • Gerry Brooks - Anchor at NBC Connecticut
  • Evelyn Simien - Associate professor of political science and faculty member at the Institute for Africana Studies at UConn

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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