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Kamala Harris fired her arguments against the president. Mike Pence fought to defend him. And then there was the fly.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, in a televised duel.
Photo: Morry Gash (Keystone)
The two plexiglass panels are the clearest sign that something is completely wrong. They are placed as screens between Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, and Joe Biden’s candidate for that same position, Senator Kamala Harris. The two met for their television debate Wednesday night just under four weeks before the Nov. 3 election at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City. In other electoral campaigns, the vice-presidential debate was largely insignificant. But given the circumstances in which it now took place, there was a drama of its own in it (read the runner-up in the ticker here).
It’s not just the plexiglass panels. Per the recommendations of the CDC, the US health authority, pennies shouldn’t be here at all. It should be in quarantine. He should have stayed home because he was in contact with a crown-infected person, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who is now curing his illness in the White House. The White House is a Corona hotspot. According to the latest data, more than 30 employees are seriously infected. Trump’s wife, Melania, tested positive, generals, key advisers. Even Trump’s valet and aide who keeps the suitcase with the nuclear weapons codes near Trump. Not to mention the 7.6 million Americans who have been infected so far. And the 210,000 deaths per crown in the country.
They both know how to behave
Moderator Susan Page enters the debate directly with the pandemic, which – beforehand – came out as expected from such an event. Harris and Pence were not interrupted beyond the usual limits. At no point was it necessary, “Shut up, man!” like Biden did a week ago when he and Trump were having their first televised debate. Trump let the meeting with his constant boos degenerate into an uncontrollable dispute. Which raised questions about whether such debates were of any value (read the review: Trump vs. Biden: Four Findings from the TV Showdown).
That was not to be expected here. Politically, Harris and Pence may be light years apart. But they both know how to behave. Pence even tried to flatter her and complimented her on the “historic nature” of her candidacy. She is the first woman of color to run for the position of vice president of one of the two major parties.
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Harris apparently wasn’t impressed by Pence’s compliments. Whenever he tried to interrupt her, she would look him directly in the eye, raise an eyebrow and say calmly and firmly, “Mr. Vice President, I’m talking.” Which each time forced Pence to interrupt his flow at least for a moment. Point for harris. He had the vice president under control.
Pence was not Harris’ main opponent in the debate. But President Donald Trump. And Pence fought to defend the president. He listed his government’s alleged successes in fighting the pandemic: the ban on entry of people from China at the start of the pandemic, the development of a vaccine at breakneck speed, the many, many tests, the distribution of protective equipment. .
Now when you look at Biden’s plan, “it seems a bit plagiarism,” Pence said. And unlike Trump a week ago, he at least shows empathy: “Not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought about all the American families who have lost a loved one,” he said. “I want everyone to know that they are always in our hearts and in our prayers.”
“Whatever the vice president says the government did, it clearly didn’t work.”
Harris didn’t leave it that way. He recalled the 210,000 deaths by crown in the country. The fact that the vice president is the head of the Corona task force in the White House. And also because Trump is presumably still sick and contagious in the Oval Office, and everyone he calls himself is required to don a yellow protective suit, mask, and goggles. “Whatever the vice president said the government did, it clearly didn’t work out,” he said.
Managing the pandemic was not the only open flank Harris stabbed on. Under Trump, there are fewer jobs at the end of his first term than at the beginning, he said. He doesn’t care about ordinary people, only about himself. When told that Trump had recently paid only $ 750 per year in income taxes to the federal government, she believed she had misheard. It certainly meant $ 750,000. No, $ 750 (keep reading: Smart or unscrupulous? How Trump avoided taxes for years).
Pence rejects the tax issue. The reports “are not accurate.” Trump paid millions of dollars in taxes. This cannot be proven. Trump still refuses to release his tax returns to this day.
So the debate continued to babble. They both voiced their expected points. Harris paints the picture of a completely incompetent Trump administration that is failing to control the pandemic, failing to create jobs, losing trade wars, and fueling racism in the country. Pence, on the other hand, wants to make people believe that there is only one way out of the crisis with Trump.
The secret star
A fly caused amusement outside Kingsbury Hall. In the middle of the debate, he had settled on the vice president’s snow-white hair and didn’t move for a few minutes. The fly is now an internet celebrity with dozens of Twitter accounts like @MikePencefly, which already has more than 80,000 followers.
Provides fun during discussion: a fly.
Video: Tamedia
The debate may have seemed boring to some. But if the polls aren’t fooling you, then a little more boredom is exactly what many Americans crave after four years of Trump. In any case, Harris and Pence have shown that they would both make better presidents than Trump. And it finally came down to content. And not just discussions.
The moderator had the last word. And invited to the next television debate of the presidential candidates on October 15 without worry. That may have been a bit premature. If Trump is as sick as his medication suggests, then it will be written in the stars if he will be fit enough next week. And above all, if it is still contagious. Biden’s camp has already made clear that Trump can debate with himself on this case.
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