The pandemic was topic #1 at the vice presidential debate. Kamala Harris responded with some devastating facts.
The vice presidential debate between Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris started with a clash on the COVID-19 pandemic ― one in which Pence, head of the White House’s coronavirus task force, repeatedly misrepresented the truth and tried to change the subject.
But the arguments were just as sharp, especially on the subject of the pandemic. When moderator Susan Page asked Harris, the senator from California, how Biden and she would deal with the pandemic if they took office on Jan. 20, she started by attacking the Trump administration’s performance. Rather than explain why the administration minimized the threat for as long as it did, Pence insisted the administration acted effectively and early by restricting travel from China, where the outbreak started.
But the more important point ― which Harris got across and Pence never really confronted ― is that the administration’s slow response is partly to blame for shortages of personal protective equipment and delays in deploying a robust testing regime.
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