Are American Women Going Backwards? 

Biden being old and slow vs. a dictator? Whats to hesitation? I’d vote for a corpse over Trump.

I wish there were more politicians like Katie Porter. We have a few but not enough.

YOUTH OF AMERICA! Your country needs your vote, and you need to vote to protect your fundamental rights ❤

I love Katie Porter! She’s SO Pragmatic!

Why aren’t we contrasting what Biden actually said in response to the debate questions with what trump said? Why aren’t we addressing the dozens of lies trump stated and his rejection of several debate questions? The focus on Biden’s age and voice are far less important than the validity of his statements and the quality of his record as President.

I am so glad to see the women push back against Couric.💙💙💙💙

Ex-President Trump, Former President Trump not President Trump!!!

What a great talk every woman in the US needs to watch 🗳️💙 for our. Future rights

I was so excited to watch this, but I'm very disappointed in Katie Couric's insistence on pushing negativity about Biden in the beginning. It was so off-putting! I'm proud that the other women on the panel tried to put things into perspective. Newsom/Porter 2028!!!

FASCISM WILL COME TO AMERICA WITH A CROSS WRAPPED IN A FLAG Sinclair Lewis Please spread the word regarding frightening Project 2025

Katie Porter is amazingly articulate. I would vote for her. Katie Porter and Pete Buttigieg for the next president and VP. I will not abandon Biden right now. We can’t have trump that’s for sure.

Katie Porter is a national treasure!

Ms Porter is an extraordinary woman. May she bring truth to power forever! Her leadership is inspiring.

Love, love, love Katie Porter!! You're my hero!

The THREE BADASS WOMEN on the panel are exactly the kind of leaders we need more of!!! PHENOMENAL!!!❤❤❤

I’m soPROUD of Katie Porter!

Katie Porter I so wanted to vote for you for my senator

I’m watching this 8 days later and I’m not worried about Biden’s age or health.

Rep Porter is on point every time!

Katie Porter is amazing. Wish all politicians were more like her!

100% still with Biden. Sure we could have done it differently in the past and had a system of moving women and young people forward into the party. But we didn't. Biden is absolutely the best person for the job right now.

92 million eligible voters did not participate in 2020. Find them, register them, and get them to the polls.

Hurray for Katie Porter! She is right that Biden has been a really good president though a mediocre debater. If Couric is right about people just "waking up" and feeling Biden is too old, where the hell were they several years ago when they could have been searching for and "grooming" a Democrat to run in 24?? It is too darn late for them to start whining now (I am disappointed in Couric's comments).

Katie Couric is wrong! Most of us KNOW that we must get beyond the debate. President Biden has done so much! He is not senile!-Susan

Katie Couric should hace moderated the conversation instead of trying to tell the others what they should be saying.

I’m still for Biden/Harris!

I absolutely love Ms. Porter

Katie Porter is on Fire 🔥🔥🔥

Couric, shit up! Don't chime in, let people talk unimpeded.

Katie, thank you so much for stepping up to support Biden President Biden and to demonstrate articulate how to get more women in leadership roles in the government!!💙💙💙💙💙

OMG Katie Porter I’m so happy you mentioned Pete Buttigieg!

I love you Katie Porter. I hope some day I can vote for you for President!

So glad Katie Couric waa on this panel. I often wondered about her listening skills. This conversation demonstrated that her ability to listen to responses is low. Judy Woodruff would have been a better facilitator with her skills to listen and draw out more information based on responses from those she spoke with in conversations.

Whoa, why is Katie Couric interrupting so much, trying to turn the conversation? Ugh.

We cannot risk choosing someone new at this point. We should not be in this position but this is what it is. Democracy is on the line and I believe Biden’s sane administration will keep Democracy afloat. Relax, Katie Couric. Thank you, Katie Porter, for keeping your head on straight.

Katie Curic practically begging people to agree with her about replacing Biden. Omg. That was kinda pathetic. 😂

porter is amazing

Katie Porter should run for President.She is the very best

Porter is right. Pay as much attention to those who do not show up as we do to voters in swing states.

Couric you are supposed to be a moderator here .. not rage on about your opinion on the debate

Absolutely love Katie Porter and how she calls people out so effectively - no fooling around!

Confused with Couric’s pursuit in pursuing Biden’s debate debacle. Neither of the three women relented.

Respectfully, Ms. Porter, a lot of the problem with old politicians who won't move on is two words: TERM LIMITS. Take your term consecutively or when you win between terms, but have term limits. That way you get new blood into the system. And get rid of lobbyists...

These intelligent women moved past the debate, Katie should move past it as well.

I AGREE WITH KATIE MY CALI GIRL. I AM VOTING FOR BIDEN

what happens in America, including women's rights, influences the world. very important 🙏

What the hell? Melissa should talk on and on we are privileged and lucky to have her there Educating everybody for free

Something I discovered by listening to Thom Hartmann and then investigating on my own is this. Right after the Equal Rights Amendment for men was signed into being, and Equal Rights Amendment for Women was brought into being by the ERA. For almost 40 years it circulated amongst the states, it lacked 16 states fir it to be ratified and placed inyo the constitution! In 2021 a republican based group brought it in front of a sympathetic Federal judge who dismissed it as expired. Attempts had been made to extend the deadline but were stalled by republican politicians. Thom Hartmann reported in 2022 that 244 womens rights bills were set to be re-ratified by congress as they have been every 10 years, dome since the early 1900s. Not one House nor Senate republican politician voted for them...not one! These had to be re-done every 10 years because republican politicians refused to vote for them otherwise. 2023 Rowe v Wade was dismissed by the Republican appointed Justices on the Supreme. Afterwards Red states put into place prepared anti abortion laws that they had formated as soon as it was known the Justices had accepted the case. Now I am hearing politicians state women have too much power, they shouldn't vote, go to college, have control over their own bodies as to how many children they bare and on and on. They are on a roll to put women back into the 1800s when we had no control over anything!

Great discussion. Yes, the religious right, with its tentacles throughout state gov. up to the SC, is working against women.

As always Ms Porter is the smartest woman in the room!

I am VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO HAS BEEN DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR THE USA, OUR FREEDOM, RIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE‼️ DEMOCRACY 💯 👏 💯 👏 💯 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 I

Katie hit the nail on the head. How are we grooming the next generation of leaders?

I'm voting Joe Katie C., you're focused on the wrong candidate.

LOVE KATIE. PROTECT HER AT ALL COSTS.

🇨🇦 stick with President Biden. He has done a fabulous job.

Katie, thank you so much for speaking the truth about Biden and supporting him! For your truths. What would a Congress with a majority of Katie Porter type representatives be able to accomplish? Why can’t this be a reality?

I’m with Joe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Was Couric's hatchet job on President Biden part of the discussion of whether American women are going backward? I think not. It is a moderator's job to have the panel explore all aspects of the topic at hand. Couric, clearly had her own agenda.

Katie Porter needs to keep plowing through political bureaucracy - she is spot on for the American woman & family

Katie Porter is a ROCK STAR!! She is so spot on for many issues. Katie for president!!!!

Katie Porter is so good.

I really enjoy hearing from all the women on the panel, especially Katie Porter! She is really a dynamic force!

I wish they would have talked about how the Supreme Court may it legal to bribe an elected official.

Katie Couric needs to leave it alone. Everyone has a bad night and Biden should be given the grace to have one too without everyone running away screaming! One debate doesn't mean he can't do the job! Turning on your candidate or representative after one bad night is what Trump does, it shouldn't be what we do. Stop it!

Katie Porter is very knowledgeable, wise and intelligent. A woman for me to aspire to become 💙

Misogyny: Everyday life for my entire personal and work life among male family and male military, education, retail, law and entrepreneurial environments.

Katie for President

What is wrong with Katie Couric? Yes, we acknowledge the debate did not go well for Biden, move on! We have 2 choices, we women will come together to deliver the win to Biden. That is our best option in the short game. Period. If Katie Couric cannot be part of the solution then she is not helping the movement.

Katie Couric a huge disappointment. Proud of other three women for not caving into her determination to bash Pres. Biden.

We are entering even darker times for women….

Instead of a typical presidential debate I would rather have the candidates (Biden, Trump) sit down individually/separately and give long form answers to serious questions that a president would actually deal with. Then show the responses side by side, no cutting or editing, no help, no notes. Two minute answers is ridiculous.

Thank you Aspen Institute for putting together such an intelligent trio of rockstar women❤❤❤❤

Katie Couric - don't care for your interview comments

Historian Heather Cox Richardson writes: Gish Gallop, "It's a rhetorical technique in which someone throws out a fast string of lies,non-sequiturs, and specious arguments, so many that it is impossible to fact-check or rebut them in the amount of time it took to say them. Trying to figure out how to respond makes the opponent look confused, because they don't know where to start grappling with the flood that just happened. It's a form of gaslighting". For me as a voter, there was no debate, gaslighting took it. The monitors delivered gaslighting for us shutting off the mich did nothing. Some men just are not civil. Would party policy written, and read aloud for at least this election cycle actually give the voter the chance to know policy proposed? I think so.

Biden worked on building the most competent administration team even before he won office in 2020, and that team can keep doing a great job even if Biden's health goes to h3ck or even if Biden dies in office. I'd prefer to stick with Biden despite his health issues because I'm voting for a great administrative team that believes in democracy and working together for the people and the planet. I'm confident that if Biden declines, his team will keep it all going, with or without him, and that Biden can be persuaded to step aside and let Kamala do the job when he realizes he can't do it the way it deserves to be done. He already did so once when having his colonoscopy procedure, I've nor reason to think Joe will not hand off power when his health is failing even temporarily, or that the White House team would not use the 25th amendment rapidly to replace Joe if he should become incapacitated and unable to do his job. This is very different from how DJT behaved while in office; when DJT thought he might be dying of COVID and let his doctors bully him into going to the hospital, he did not hand off power to Pence, rather he would have clung to power until he died while in office, and if he had ended up in a vegetative state, the country would have been left without leadership too long while those GOP jockeying for power got around to using the 25th amendment to replace DJT. Also DJT doesn't build a great competent team around himself, only a cult of personality, his admin had the highest turnover and infighting (which DJT enjoyed) of almost any POTUS, and sometimes it was incapacitating. DJT doesn't want highly competent people in office who will challenge what he says, rather he puts people in office who will always kiss up to him, even if that means they are incompetent and don't do their jobs or allow their departments to do their jobs. That is one of the scariest parts of DJT's Project 2025, is that they plan to purge the entire executive branch of anyone who doesn't pass their Trump loyalist test, and they will replace all the fired people with Trump loyalists, even though that means they will be putting incompetent people into jobs that really need highly competent people, such as managing nuclear power plants and the nuclear arsenal.

These women are brilliant!

When Katie Porter says that women feel like this in everyday life that they are repressed she is right. All you need to do is go into any type of medical industry. Although there are great women doctors the male to women ratio of power with men having more power. Just see how a nurse is treated when a doctor speaks. And if you've been in a delivery room you know those nurses do most the work. And this is just one major industry. To be a fly on the wall of all the rest this is why women always vote with men.

Someone needs to to talk about what Joe Biden had been doing for the last few days Before the debate. He was flying across the world to meet with world leaders and then flying home and meeting with political leaders.

I'm not abandoning Biden!

We have a standard bearer! Get over the freaking debate!!

Nancy read my mind- Nancy Pelosi Says It's Fair To Ask Questions About Joe Biden's Health But the former House speaker said the same "legitimate" questions about mental acuity should also be asked about former President Donald Trump.

If only we could have someone like Katie Porter as president.

Dangerous to change horses in the middle of the stream. ALL of Katie Porter"s talking points are true in my view. We'll just come out on more solid ground as a country, if we START working on them and not kid ourselves about trying to scurry around to find a NEW presidential candidate for the 2024 election. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Change, yes. TIMING deserves attention. I think everything fantasized and projected at this late date, in some insane dash to find 'a savior', reflects that discomfort from such voices reacting this way- NOW. Voices of those who are perhaps (unconsciously) conditioned to avoid FACING the truth, in the (life)time that kind of real change Katie Porter points to, requires. AND that change to stand and confront skillfully requires REAL skills needed by each of us. Reactionism and judgmentalism are OUT, folks. It's personal coping skills building time.

Katie,p Couric, what we do, is vote for BLUE. what don’t you understand? It’s either a DEMOCRACY OR AUTOCRACY.

The moderator is trying to be an intelligent panelist but is so crude and off point. Let's stay with an intelligent wise President, who has aged faster because of the horrendous situation he took on.

We went 250 years backwards a few days ago.

President Biden looked tired, but he didn't lie and I thought trump was as usual a man who lied each time he opened his mouth, he shows how much diestain he has for women. I will vote for President Biden he is the best and we need to stand by him. And I strongly stand by our President. I'm voting blue all the way up and down the ticket.

Thank you all, this was powerfully important. In the 70s, I was dating an abusive alcoholic. When the cops were called, they would say, “ what did you do to deserve it? Or you’re not gonna make us take him to Saginaw are you? You’ll just be back in his bed tonight.” Project 25 will take us back to that time in our history. The gathering of powerful women like you amazingly wise speaker’s is critical at this time so we don’t go backwards. Now is the time to stand up and speak out. And Kaite Porter, I would love to see you in a debate with Donald Trump. He wouldn’t know what hit him. I hope you run for president someday, you certainly have my vote.

Katie Porter is so on point. Yes we women are or have experienced this kind of horror in daily life. It’s not uncommon.

Quiet Katie Couric! Get on with moderating the discussion. You’re not on the panel. Go Katie P!

VP Harris or even Porter for POTUS is fine with me. Anyone other than dump truck. Stop bashing Biden. Enough already. Trump lied every time he opened his mouth!!! Dems are shooting themselves in the foot by bashing Biden. They seem to think Biden ran his presidency by himself. Wake up. Our agenda is made real by department heads, staff, and career employees. I would literally vote for a rock over Trump. 💖✨🇺🇸✨🗿

Heather Cox Richardson would have been a fabulous addition to this panel. After reading the comments here, I feel much more optimistic than I did after listening to the discussion.

Planned Parenthood tests for STDS in men and women.

When people were saying Bernie was too old and the DNC wanted Biden instead, I hope the hindsight on this is humbling for them.

Okay, but don't - PLEASE don't call the orange guy "The President". He is the Former President.

Senator Katie, you are pure wisdom, commonsense and fairness on 'wheels'.(Excuse the analogy). There is hope for my two young daughters here in Europe when I hear you share knowledge to the world. Please never stop, you're being heard around the world!

Katie P. is awesome and I hope she finds her way into biden's next administration. I've concluded after cruising through msm, journalists like drama. This is not the time to make drama. I talked to my daughter about the significance of the crossroads. Let's get through the election... remember we have a VP ✌🏾

Women voters. Even if you are living in an oppressive home situation as described by Katie Porter... your vote is PRIVATE. Vote for Women's freedom and equality.

Those of us who fought through women's rights movement will never go back.

Katie C., please be mindful of NOT referring to trump as "the president."