President Donald Trump, who remains infected with COVID-19 after being diagnosed last week, declared on Thursday that he would not participate in the upcoming debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden next week after the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) changed the debate to a virtual format due to Trump’s illness.
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Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic VP pick Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) faced off during their only vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City.
The VP debate came amid an escalating COVID-19 outbreak among White House staffers and President Trump’s departure from Walter Reed following his treatment for the infectious disease that has killed more than 200,000 Americans.
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Compared to last week’s Trump-fueled debate disaster, Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) was a more conventional affair, but that didn’t stop subtle-yet-show-stopping moments from going viral (no pun intended). Continue reading “The Fly And Bloodshot Eyes: Pence Fuels Meme-Worthy Debate Moments”
He’s the adult in the room.
Vice President Mike Pence, following in his boss’ footsteps, refused to commit to stepping down if he and President Donald Trump lose the election.
Instead, he dipped into a right-wing grab bag of conspiracy theories.
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There’s a tried-and-true rule for cable TV talking heads: Answer the question you want to answer, not the one you’re asked.
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My take on this debate is basically the same as my mid-debate take. I wouldn’t say Harris wowed. There weren’t a lot of zingers. But she hit every last point the campaign could have asked for. Just methodically. Killing the ACA, Charlottesville, the horrific failure of the COVID response. She didn’t really care about Mike Pence. She was there to make a case against Donald Trump. And she did.
Vice President Mike Pence offered up the first direct defense of the Rose Garden COVID-19 superspreader event to unveil Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, casting it as a matter of freedom of choice.
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As a news guy I like boffo clips. There aren’t many boffo clips so far out of this debate. But Harris is hitting basically every mark she needs to make. Every single one. Pence is mostly going through the motions. He’s doing fine. But he needs to do a lot more than fine.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene immediately in the census, hours after an appellate court ordered the count extended until the end of the month.
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