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Separated by a screen, almost four meters and a number of opinions, the Republican Vice President, Mike Pence (61), and the Democrat Kamala Harris (55), who seeks to replace him, had their first debate last night ahead of the elections of 3 of November.
The 74-year-old President’s illness, added to concerns about the physical condition and age of his rival, Joe Biden, who is three years older, had increased interest in the match between his number two, which took place last night in Salt Lake City, Utah, and which was precisely marked by the Covid-19 pandemic. This time, yes, the forum did not reissue the chaotic staging of the debate between the president and the former vice president. “We want a debate that is lively. But Americans also deserve a discussion that is civilized, ”the moderator, Susan Page, said at the game.
So it was. Harris opened the fires by denouncing that “the President and the Vice President knew of the severity of this new coronavirus since last February 28,” and that “they still don’t have a plan.” Pence reacted by stating that “from the first day Trump cared about the health of Americans”, and that while Biden’s plan for the pandemic would only be a “plagiarism” of the Republican initiative in the matter, the vaccine would be ready to finish of year.
“Stop playing politics with people’s lives,” the vice president warned Harris, who has headed the White House cell to deal with the new disease since February. But the former prosecutor, used to discussing accusations, did not give respite to her adversary, to whom she replied: “The people have sacrificed too much for the ineptitude of this administration. They did not give the information to the people to protect themselves from this virus.
Page confronts Pence with contradictions in reports on Trump’s health. The vice president avoids responding, thanking the president for the messages of improvement received, including that of Biden, but, with no room for truces, Harris underlines the importance of transparency, although he not only says it because of the President’s medical reports, but also because of the background that indicates that he evaded taxes. After assuring that such reports “are false” and that the truth of the President’s tributes “will soon come to light”, the debate turns to the economy. So, While the former prosecutor promised that Biden would create 7 million more jobs than Trump, the vice president assures that a Democratic administration would do nothing more than raise taxes.
During the forum, and in connection with the nomination of conservative Amy Barrett for the Supreme Court, abortion returned to the discussion. Harris says that he will always fight for a woman to be able to decide about her body, to which Pence replied that “I am not going to apologize for defending life.”
