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https://www.furman.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/218/2022/08/sean-orourke-600.jpg600419The Republican presidential candidates met in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday night for their second nationally televised debate. To help us understand who won, who lost and how it might affect the race going forward, we asked Dr. Sean O’Rourke, a professor of rhetoric in the Communication Studies Department at Furman, if he could give us his thoughts on the debate. The resulting Q&A revealed that the debate lived up to its hype.