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#HappeningNow: President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden take the stage in Cleveland, Ohio for the first of three presidential debates in the 2020 cycle.
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Fox News' Chris wallace welcomes Pres. Trump & fmr VP Biden to debate stage.
First subject: Supreme Court
Trump: "We have the Senate, we have the WH, and we have a phenomenal nominee."
Biden: Says Americans won't get chance to weigh in & wait for election outcome.
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First subject: Supreme Court
Trump: "We have the Senate, we have the WH, and we have a phenomenal nominee."
Biden: Says Americans won't get chance to weigh in & wait for election outcome.
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Biden says Judge Amy Coney Barrett "seems like a very nice person", but cites her writings that suggest she would repeal ACA.
Trump hits back: "There aren't 100 million people w/ pre-existing conditions."
Attacks Biden for wanting to wipe private health insurance.
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Trump hits back: "There aren't 100 million people w/ pre-existing conditions."
Attacks Biden for wanting to wipe private health insurance.
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Biden shifts to attacking President Trump on pandemic response and says 200,000 people that have died on his watch.
Pres. Trump says Biden is responsible for deaths of 300K+ military personnel.
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Pres. Trump says Biden is responsible for deaths of 300K+ military personnel.
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Pres. Trump spars w/ moderator Chris Wallace as he asks when the president will unveil a replacement to Obamacare:
Wallace to Pres. Trump: "I would like you to let me ask my question."
Trump: "I guess I'm debating you not him -- I'm not surprised."
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Wallace to Pres. Trump: "I would like you to let me ask my question."
Trump: "I guess I'm debating you not him -- I'm not surprised."
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Trump & Biden spar on healthcare:
Biden: "I'm not here to call out his lies, everybody knows he's a liar."
Trump to Biden: "You just lost the left. You agreed with Bernie Sanders on a plan ... on socialized medicine."
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Biden: "I'm not here to call out his lies, everybody knows he's a liar."
Trump to Biden: "You just lost the left. You agreed with Bernie Sanders on a plan ... on socialized medicine."
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Wallace asks Biden if he supports ending the filibuster or packing the Supreme Court.
Biden dodges question, says his answer will become the issue.
"I'm not going to answer the question."
Trump: "Whose on your list Joe?!"
Biden to Trump: "Keep yapping, man."
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Biden dodges question, says his answer will become the issue.
"I'm not going to answer the question."
Trump: "Whose on your list Joe?!"
Biden to Trump: "Keep yapping, man."
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Trump/Biden on COVID-19:
Biden says the reason the economy is shut down because of Trump's handling of the pandemic.
Trump calls Biden xenophobic, says governors praised his response.
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Biden says the reason the economy is shut down because of Trump's handling of the pandemic.
Trump calls Biden xenophobic, says governors praised his response.
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Pres. Trump says he disagrees w/experts on his coronavirus task force about how quickly a coronavirus vaccine will be widely available to the public.
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Biden on why he's is more reluctant to reopen the economy compared to Pres. Trump
"Nancy Pelosi and Schumer -- they have a plan. He won't even meet with them. He sits in his golf course."
Trump claims Dems want to keep things shut because "it's a political thing."
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"Nancy Pelosi and Schumer -- they have a plan. He won't even meet with them. He sits in his golf course."
Trump claims Dems want to keep things shut because "it's a political thing."
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Wallace asks candidates about differences in campaigning amid pandemic:
Trump says he holds big rallies because people "want to hear what I have to say."
"We've had in negative effect."
Biden: "He's been totally irresponsible. He's a fool on this."
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Trump says he holds big rallies because people "want to hear what I have to say."
"We've had in negative effect."
Biden: "He's been totally irresponsible. He's a fool on this."
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