Last night's debate, by 2020 standards, was normal. There was an actual debate this time, but not necessarily answers to the moderator's questions. Here are some takeaways ⤵️
Pence said Harris was seeking to"undermine public confidence" in the effort to develop and approve a vaccine."Stop playing politics with people's lives," he said.There was far less interrupting, angry cross-talk and fewer personal attacks than in the presidential debate. Moderator Susan Page, Washington bureau chief ofand regularly reminded the candidates that answers should be"uninterrupted.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during Wednesday's debate. She accused the president of covering up information about the coronavirus when he was briefed in January and argued that he still didn't have a plan to combat the disease.Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during Wednesday's debate. She accused the president of covering up information about the coronavirus when he was briefed in January and argued that he still didn't have a plan to combat the disease.
Harris refused to answer a question posed by both the moderator and again by Pence about whether she backed what many liberal activists are pushing: adding justices to the Supreme Court —Both also evaded a question about what they thought states should do if the Supreme Court struck down3. Candidates' strategies reflected the state of the campaign — Pence attacked Biden-Harris as extreme; Harris pivoted to Trump's record on the coronavirus.
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