That was a very very cold opening between the two of them. #KamalaHarris took it upon herself to walk into his space and say her name aloud. Trump was ice cold.
They shook hands, seemingly at Harris’s initiation. Harris walked over to Trump w/her arm extended to initiate a handshake. “Kamala Harris,” she said as she took Trump’s hand — perhaps a subtle way to remind him, who has deliberately mispronounced her name on numerous occasions, how to pronounce her name.
Among the proposals #KamalaHarris quickly refers to: a $50k #tax deduction for #SmallBusinesses, which would expand an existing tax deduction of $5k.
The #tariffs #Trump plans to impose on US imports — & economists say amount to a tax on #US consumers.
#Trump did not look at Harris while she spoke. He was almost expressionless during her first answer. By contrast, Harris has turned her body & is listening as he speaks.
Trump again [sigh] reiterates #ConspiracyTheories that #immigrants are taking the jobs of native-born Americans, including #Black Americans. The percentage of native-born #Americans who are #employed, factoring for structural changes in age, are higher than at any year of the Trump admin. That ratio for Black workers is as high or higher as it ever was during the Trump presidency.
#Trump is now claiming he has NOTHING to do with #Project2025. That’s not quite true, but it makes sense he wants to disavow it. Democrats have successfully weaponized Project 2025 against Trump.
#KamalaHarris seems sort of amused with Trump’s last response. She smiled when he said he hadn’t read Project 2025.
#Trump is questioned on his #abortion track record — bragging about overturning #RoeVWade, then claiming his administration would be “great for women & their reproductive rights.”
Trump just mixed up the states of West Virginia & Virginia as part of his abortion answer.
#KamalaHarris’s mic is muted, but you can clearly see her shake her said and say “that’s not true” when Trump falsely claims her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, supports abortion in the ninth month.
#Trump is claiming that #Democrats support executing babies after birth, which is NOT true. That’s illegal everywhere. We are hearing versions of this false claim a lot from #Republicans.
Even though the mics are muted, #KamalaHarris is trying to fact-check Trump in real time. Harris just said “that’s not true” as Trump talked about abortion.
Best #FactCheck of the night from ABC’s Linsey Davis: “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.”
After #Trump spent much of his answer repeating the #lie that Democratic states allow killing babies after they’re born, #Harris explains current legal limits on #abortion.
This is a very strong & passionate answer on abortion from #KamalaHarris, really summing up how the bans have impacted #women since #Roe was overturned, & tying Trump closely to those bans.
#Trump repeatedly dodges the answer on whether he’d veto a #NationalAbortionBan. #JDVance said a few weeks ago that he would veto one if it came across his desk.
Trump basically saying: “JD Vance doesn’t speak for me.”
Trump often references stmnts from a fmr Virginia governor (Trump mixed it up w/West Virginia) to support his false claims that Democrats support killing babies. The VA gov’s comments were about how doctors handle rare cases where the fetus is not viable.
#Trump is likely very happy to have the conversation move from #abortion to #immigration. Except…
#KamalaHarris says she supports the bipartisan Senate #border bill that Trump basically torpedoed last winter, saying he didn’t want to give the administration a policy win.
Harris says Trump preferred to “run on the problems” at the border rather than trying to fix them with the border bill.
#HannibalLecter has made his first presidential #debate appearance. ← sentence I never thought I’d write.
Trump loves to claim other nations are sending patients from mental institutions to the US (no evidence of this). But who would have thought Harris would be the first to mention Hannibal Lecter! #AsylumSeekers aren’t looking for #InsaneAsylums dumbass.
This is the second time the ABC moderators have fact checked Trump’s false claims this time regarding crime stats under #BidenHarris
This seems an effort by #Harris to get under #Trump’s skin: “People start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom.” And it works: instead of answering a question on immigration, Trump starts going off about how many people go to his rallies.
Dude, #Trump is literally spouting the ridiculous #ConspiracyTheory that #immigrants are eating cats & dogs, but doesn’t get distracted.
Again, ABC does a #FactCheck on this nonsense.
#Harris pivots to name drop all the #Republicans who are now backing her, including former vice president #DickCheney.
#Trump, Mr. #Insecurity, is driven totally crazy when #Democrats bring up his fmr advisers who have turned on him, particularly #JohnKelly, his fmr chief of staff. #KamalaHarris is doing just that tonight -- bringing up all the former administration officials who have spoken out against Trump.
Whiny baby says, “I fired most of those people, not so graciously” 🙄
#Trump falsely claims he got more votes than “any president in history by far” during the 2020 election.
#JoeBiden got 7 million more votes than Trump in 2020. Trump also lost the popular vote to #HillaryClinton in 2016. [#FuckTheElectoralCollege #PeopleVoteLandDoesNot]
#Trump keeps coming back to #Venezuela #crime rates, which he claims have declined. This has NO BASIS IN #REALITY. Caracas remains one of the world’s most dangerous cities.
He is simply a #Maduro wannabe.
The violent crime #FactCheck by David Muir is 4th time ABC moderators have had to correct Trump.
#Trump is still refusing to look at #KamalaHarris while she speaks.
#KamalaHarris goes after #Trump’s #criminal charges and cases in a way Biden never did. Trump looked annoyed but didn’t say anything as she listed out his #felony #convictions & his various cases, including that he was found liable for a #SexualAssault in #NewYork. Now, he tries to fire back & claims #Harris & #Biden are responsible for the federal & state charges, with NO evidence.
Obviously getting #desperate now, #Trump goes for the #pity play:
Bringing up his assassination attempt & the BS weaponization of the government: “I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things they say about me.”
give me a fucking break loser.
#KamalaHarris mentioned that #Trump’s father gave him a big #inheritance — $400 million — & that his companies repeatedly have filed for bankruptcy.
Trump defensively: “I wasn’t giving $400 million, I wish I was,” he said. “I was given a fraction of that, a tiny fraction of that.”
At last, #Trump is questioned about why he sat by for hours as his supporters stormed the Capitol on #Jan6. He didn’t answer that part of the question & instead moved to other topics.
Trump says “nobody died” on Jan 6, 2021, after describing the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt by Capitol Police. Multiple Capitol Police officers died either that day or in the days to come.
Another #Trump #ConspiracyTheory:
Trump says #Harris wants to do #transgender operations on #immigrants in detention. He’s referring to Harris’s response to an ACLU candidate survey in 2019 in which she said this: “It is important that transgender individuals who rely on the state for care receive the treatment they need, which includes access to treatment associated with gender transition.”
He also thinks kids get operations during the public school day.
#Trump often talks about #strongmen loving him, including his relationships with #Hungary Prime Minister Viktor #Orban, #Russia President Vladimir #Putin & #NorthKorea leader #KimJongUn. He brags about the “love letters” from Kim Jong Un. Tonight, Harris is saying these world leaders want Trump back in office because they can manipulate him.
Reportedly, #Trump advisers are livid that #ABC is periodically fact-checking him. CNN didn’t do that, for better or worse, in the last #debate. You’re going to see a lot of #GOP attacks on ABC tonight.
I’ll say this, the moderators are DEFINITELY allowing Trump to “respond” to #KamalaHarris’ answers FAR MORE than they’re allowing Harris to reply to his.
@Nonilex
I admire Harris and her skill in this debate with giving the best answer she has for questions and in this case attributes of her husband which is irrelevant.
This was bait to get her to talk about her husband.
Nonilex
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