2023 Golden Gate Opener Swing # 2

San Francisco State University - Sep 30 | Status: Completed | 4:13 PM Pacific

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  A. Novice Extemporaneous Event Prompts

Round 1 - 9:15am

Speaker 1

  1. Should Clarence Thomas resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Elon Musk

  3. Was the Hollywood strike worth it?

Speaker 2

  1. Should Nancy Pelosi resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Pete Buttigieg  

  3. Will the UAW strike be successful?

Speaker 3

  1. Should Kevin McCarthy resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Fran Drescher

  3. Is “hot union summer” over? 

Speaker 4

  1. Should Mitch McConnel resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Ibram X Kendi

  3. Should baristas unionize?

Speaker 5

  1. Should Bob Mendez resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Oprah Winfrey

  3. Should graduate students unionize?

Speaker 6

  1. Should Loren Bolbert resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Mark Zuckerberg

  3. Is the Las Vegas hotel worker strike worth it?

Speaker 7

  1. Should Ken Paxton resign?

  2. Retain or Release: Jeff Bezos

  3. Should the California Faculty Association strike?

Round 2 - 1:00pm

Speaker 1

  1. Should NATO do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Does Putin have an  endgame in Ukraine? 

  3. Should the EU develop its own military force?

Speaker 2

  1. Should the UN do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Is Putin bluffing about nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

  3. Should the Ukraine step up attacks inside Russia?

Speaker 3

  1. Should China do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Does the US have an exit strategy in Ukraine? 

  3. Are Ukraine's grain shipments fair targets?

Speaker 4

  1. Should Turkey do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Is Zelinsky doing enough to win the war? 

  3. Can the US do more to support opposition movements inside Russia?

Speaker 5

  1. Should the EU do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Was Putin right about NATO expansion? 

  3. Are sanctions against Russia working?

Speaker 6

  1. Should Eastern European Countries do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Are the Republicans right on Ukraine? 

  3. Will more weapons make a difference in Ukraine?

Speaker 7

  1. Should Germany do more to support Ukraine?

  2. Is Turkey a reliable ally?  

  3. Should the US do more to engage Russia?

Final Round - 3:45pm

Speaker 1

  1. Here for it or over it?: Parents rights

  2. Here for it or over it?: Internal Revenue Service 

  3. Here for it or over it?: Influencers

Speaker 2

  1. Here for it or over it?: Dodd v. Jackson’s Women’s Health

  2. Here for it or over it?: Free speech

  3. Here for it or over it?: National Rifle Association

Speaker 3

  1. Here for it or over it?: Debt relief

  2. Here for it or over it?: the Department of Defense

  3. Here for it or over it?: Travel bans

Speaker 4

  1. Here for it or over it?: the Environmental Protection Agency

  2. Here for it or over it?: Woke advertising

  3. Here for it or over it?: Dress codes

Speaker 5

  1. Here for it or over it?: the Department of Education

  2. Here for it or over it?: Anti-drag laws

  3. Here for it or over it?: the 2020 election

Speaker 6

  1. Here for it or over it?: Book bans

  2. Here for it or over it?: Homeland Security

  3. Here for it or over it?: Campaign finance reform

Speaker 7

  1. Here for it or over it?: the Central Intelligence Agency

  2. Here for it or over it?: Bostock v. Clayton County

  3. Here for it or over it?: cable news