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From night to Thursday Norwegian time, Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic hopeful Kamala Harris met for the first and only debate before the election.
Various fact-checkers have now scrutinized the debate, and while the debate has been described as quiet and predictable compared to the presidential candidates, not everything that was served to listeners was completely true.
These are some of the lies of the vice presidential candidates that were fulfilled.
– He has always been honest
One of Pence’s lies told by CNN is Pence’s claim that the Trump administration has always been honest about the pandemic.
– Let’s talk about respecting the American people. You respect the American people when you tell them the truth, Harris said, to which Pence interrupted: “as we always have.”
In the book “Rage”, written by famous journalist Bob Woodward, however, Donald Trump admits how he deliberately minimized the dangers of the coronavirus, supposedly so as not to create panic in the population.
– The biggest failure in history
Pence also claimed that the Rosehagen event at the White House, where several people from the Trump administration were later diagnosed with an infection, was an outdoor event.
However, CNN notes that a reception was held at the White House prior to the event. According to CNN sources, those present were not asked to wear face masks, and the footage must also show that the distance rule was not followed at all during the reception, which was indoors.
Isolated: – Like a ghost town
Vaccine errors
Much of last night’s debate centered on the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic, with CNN noted that both Harris and Pence served up several important lies and oversimplifications of the truth.
Among other things, Pence reiterated the claim that it appears that the American people will be able to receive a vaccine for the New Year and that this could save many American lives.
However, both the NY Times and CNN note that while several vaccine developers are confident that a vaccine will be approved before the New Year, it will take a long time to distribute to the majority of the population. Estimates of this are from mid to late 2021.
Harris also made a claim related to the crown that CNN’s fact-checkers have noted.
Harris said that up to one in five companies had to close due to the coronavirus. However, CNN notes that this figure is based on a survey, but that there are no clear figures on how many have actually had to close their businesses permanently as a result of the closures.
Pence warns: – Stay home
Basic misconception
Also in terms of finances, both sides made claims that are not true, writes CNN.
Among them is Harris’s claim that Biden will not raise income taxes for anyone making less than $ 400,000 a year. However, CNN says that some of the financial burden on some of Biden’s proposals to increase corporate taxes could also affect this group of the American population.
Regarding the financial plans of the presidential candidates, the verifiers of several major newspapers have found several erroneous accusations.
Among other things, Pence claimed that Joe Biden wants to return to what he describes as “economic submission” to China by changing the tariff.
The Chicago Tribune notes that there are several fundamental misconceptions in Pence’s statements about how the tariff itself affects the trade balance, but also claims that the Trump administration has not reduced the trade balance with China as a whole.
On the contrary, the newspaper claims that the United States now has a deficit of almost a billion dollars more than the one the country had in recent years under the Obama presidency.
The mystery of Trump’s image
Harris also made a fundamental mistake about the fiscal policy of his own presidential candidate.
If Trump has given tax cuts, Harris said the first thing Biden will do if he becomes president is change this law. The Chicago Tribune, on the other hand, notes that Biden only wants to change parts of this law, and that he will not be able to change this law on his own at all.
