“You are the worst president the United States has ever had.” Chaos in the presidential debate

“Palhaço “,” silly “,” racist. “These are three accusations that are difficult to see in a presidential debate, at least in the United States, but that this Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Portugal) were heard in Cleveland, where first of the three debates took place between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican candidates for the presidential elections, to be held on November.

Perhaps even more surprising, it will be known that all three charges came from Joe Biden, the candidate who in the primary debates did not criticize a colleague who did not come with a compliment. Former Vice President of Barack Obama He changed the record and, on Tuesday, presented an offensive stance that he rarely showed before – he said, at one point, to Trump: “You are the worst president America has ever had. On a very unusual night Biden He even admitted that it was “difficult to answer something with this clown”, although he later tried to correct the offense. “I’m sorry man”.

The most tense situation for Biden It happened when Trump launched several accusations of corruption and drug abuse at Joe’s son Biden, Hunter Biden, which according to the democrat was “tried false “. Biden said that his son’s only problem was addiction, “which it affects many Americans, “adding that” he did nothing wrong “and” is proud “of him.

In general, the debate fell into chaos several times, generated by the numerous interruptions of Donald Trump, who cut Biden in almost all of your answers, good for Chris Wallace’s attempts, pivot Fox News Sunday, to moderate the accusations from both sides. The strategies of both candidates appeared to be the following: Trump used the interruption as a way to shuffle and confuse the message of Biden me Biden used smiles and Grind disapproval as a way to escape Trump’s attacks. Throughout the debate, however, Biden always watched screen, talking to the voter.

The topics chosen for this first exchange of arguments were the pandemic, the economy, racism and violence, the appointment to the Supreme Court and the tax returns of the Current president, the subject of a lengthy report published Monday by the New York Times. Below is a summary of some of the topics:

A pandemic of the new coronavirus

“Believe for a moment what he tells you, in light of all the lies that you have been told COVID-19-19? “, questioned Biden, mentioning the decrease of the virus that the Republican leader registered in Audio admit, in an interview with journalist Bob Woodward. The former deputy also recalled that The United States “has 4% or 5% of the world’s population and 20% of the deaths” associated with the new coronavirus, accusing his opponent of mismanagement of pandemic. Trump responded by saying that “it is China’s fault”, that it has done “an excellent job” and that Biden it would make “much worse”.

When the moderator asks about wearing masks, Trump tried to deflect criticism that he rarely wears them (and that he encourages large crowds at his campaign events) by saying that Biden it doesn’t cause overcrowding because nobody shows up. “I wear masks, I just don’t wear them like him (Biden), every time we see it it is masked. We may be talking 60 meters apartncia and appears with the largest mask we have ever seen “Trump said. About campaign events? “People want to hear what I have to say,” he shot.

Donald Trump’s taxes

Biden accused Trump of paying less taxes than most teachers after the New York Times gained access to his tax returns for the past 20 years and concluded that the Republican leader paid taxes in only 10 of the 15 years prior to his election in 2016. Trump, the only US president since the 1970s who refuses to make his tax returns public, denied the news, which he called false, and repeated that he pays “millions in taxes.” “Show us the statements,” he challenged Biden. “You will seethe when they’re done, ”Trump responded.

Despite being pressured by the moderator, who specifically asked for the personal income tax paid in 2016 and 2017 ($ 750), Trump declined to give a concrete explanation, denying the allegations. It only says that “nobody likes to pay taxes”, but that “like any other private entrepreneur, it is governed by the law”. Biden He accused him of taking advantage of the law to avoid paying taxes. “You are the worst president the United States has ever had,” he fired when interrupted by Trump.

Appointment to the Supreme Court

The first question the moderator asked was about the appointment of Conservative Amy Rabbit Barrett for Ruth’s Supreme Court seat Bader Ginsburg. Chris Wallace noted that the Republican Party has come under fire for proceeding with confirmation by the attorney before the election. Trump responded that he won the election in 2016 and that “elections have consequences”, assuring that Barrett “is as good as anyone who served on the Supreme Court.” “We won the elections and that is why we have the right to elect him,” he said.

Biden He recalled that people are already in the electoral process and their understanding must be taken into account. “We have to wait and see what the outcome of this election is,” said the Democrat, but he launched into one of his main battle horses against Trump: the Affordable Care Act (health system for the most disadvantaged). Emphasizing that the Current The president “made it clear that he wants to end the Affordable Care Act,” explained that Barrett’s hasty appointment is made for this purpose, but without criticism. directly to magistrate.

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