As ABC News prepares to broadcast the third Democratic debate on Thursday, the network is introducing a new twist on campaign coverage.
“Around the Table,” which launched on Tuesday morning on ABC News Live, brings three undecided voters to a dinner table to meet with a Democratic presidential candidate. The voters get to ask the candidate any question in a more personal setting, certainly more informal than in a presidential town hall.
First up was Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman, who along with his wife Amy were joined at their El Paso home by Viviana Rivera, Caleb Morris and Tess Clarke and moderator Byron Pitts. As a dinner of beef, broccoli and baked potatoes was passed around the table, they covered issues like immigration, health care and education.
They also covered gun reform in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso.
“There is this identity that...
“Around the Table,” which launched on Tuesday morning on ABC News Live, brings three undecided voters to a dinner table to meet with a Democratic presidential candidate. The voters get to ask the candidate any question in a more personal setting, certainly more informal than in a presidential town hall.
First up was Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman, who along with his wife Amy were joined at their El Paso home by Viviana Rivera, Caleb Morris and Tess Clarke and moderator Byron Pitts. As a dinner of beef, broccoli and baked potatoes was passed around the table, they covered issues like immigration, health care and education.
They also covered gun reform in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso.
“There is this identity that...
- 9/10/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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