Kamala Harris: – They knew what was happening, but did not report – VG

Regardless of who wins the election in four weeks, the person sworn in on January 20 of next year will be the oldest person to start a presidential term in the United States. Donald Trump will be 74 years old, while Joe Biden will be 78 years old.

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That makes the US media refer to tonight’s debate between incumbent Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris as the most important vice-presidential debate in history.

In 90 minutes, the two will cover nine topics, none published in advance.

Coronaviruset

The first question was for Harris and it was about the coronavirus. He was asked how the Biden administration would handle the pandemic.

– They knew what was happening, but they didn’t inform you. They knew it, but they covered it up, Harris said, adding:

– They don’t have a plan yet. Joe Biden has it. We want to make sure there is a free vaccine for everyone.

Pence, for his part, said Trump has done everything he can to combat the virus, noting, among other things, that they introduced an entry ban from China.

“We will have tens of millions of vaccines before the end of the year,” he said.

– No matter what the vice president says they have done, it clearly has not worked when you look at the fact that more than 210,000 Americans have died, responded Harris, who pointed out that it is precisely Pence who has led the crown work in the Trump administration.

Moderator Susan Page then asked Pence how the American people can be expected to follow the administration’s advice to prevent infection when a major outbreak has been seen in the White House, indicating a lack of control in the own house.

– The reality is that the president trusts that the American people make decisions that are in the best interest of their health, Pence responded, among other things.

Health transparency

Page wanted to know if Pence believes that Americans have a right to know the health of a president and noted that there has been little misleading information about Trump since he fell ill from the crown.

“The American people have a right to know how things are going,” said Pence, who said he believes the administration has been very open about how things are going with the president.

Harris was asked the same question.

– Absolutely. But not only in health matters. Also when it comes to taxes. We now know that Donald Trump only paid $ 750 in income taxes a year. When I first heard that, I thought it meant $ 750,000, he replied, among other things.

Pence responded by saying that Trump has paid tens of millions in taxes.

Pence: Biden will raise taxes

The next topic was the economy. Kamala Harris went straight to the neck of Trump’s tax policy, which he says has only served the rich.

“Joe Biden believes that the US economy is measured by the performance of workers and families,” he said, adding that Trump is only concerned with those who already have more.

Pence, for his part, warned against what he believes will be high taxes for Americans with Biden as president.

The United States just heard Harris say that Biden wants to raise taxes. Which is quite surprising right after a pandemic that caused us to lose 22 million jobs. We have already received 11.6 million of them.

Harris denied that Biden would raise taxes for anyone making less than $ 400,000 a year.

– Don’t believe in science

After the economy, the topic was climate change. Here, Pence repeated what Trump said in his debate against Biden last week that it was okay to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, because it led to the loss of American jobs.

“By all estimates, our air and our land are cleaner than ever,” Pence said.

Harris attacked the Trump administration for cutting back on a series of climate measures started by his predecessor, Barack Obama.

“They don’t believe in science,” Harrus said.