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US Presidential Debate 2020 Event LATEST Updates: The first presidential debate concluded with Chris Wallace asking both candidates if they would commit to urging calm and avoiding declaring victory until the election results are independently verified. In what was the most chaotic presidential debate in recent years, somehow fitting for what has been an extraordinarily ugly campaign, the two men frequently talked over each other with Trump interrupting, nearly shouting, so often that Biden eventually snapped at him, “Will you shut up, man?” During a prolonged segment on race, the two fought over who would handle issues of race, culminating in Biden calling Trump a racist. President Donald Trump says he’s had “no negative effect” from massive campaign rallies with thousands of attendees not adhering to social distancing recommendations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Trump said during Tuesday night’s debate against Democrat Joe Biden that he thought masks “are OK,” pulling one out from his pocket and saying, “I wear masks when needed.” Donald Trump and Joe Biden have now taken the debate stage in Cleveland, Ohio. The first presidential debate is officially underway with discussion on president’s Supreme Court pick. Dubbed as the “Super Bowl of American Democracy”, Donald Trump and Joe Biden would respond to questions on their track record, the Supreme Court, economy, race and violence in cities and integrity of the elections. Ahead of the US presidential election on 3 November, Republican candidate and incumbent President Donald Trump will go head-to-head with Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden at 6.30 am Indian Standard Time. The much-awaited clash, set to occur at 9 pm Eastern Time in Cleveland, will be moderated by Chris Wallace, the anchor of Fox News Sunday. This will be the second time Wallace will be moderating a presidential debate. He earlier helmed the Trump and Clinton debate in 2016. This will be the first of three debates ahead of November’s election. As per Indian Express, the 90-minute debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments. Each segment will focus on vital topics including the candidates’ records, the Supreme Court, the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, race and violence in the US, and the integrity of the election. Here are some other details about the first debate 2020 between Trump and Biden: Time The first debate will be held on 29 September from 9 pm to 10:30 pm Eastern Time. In India, the debate will be televised live between 6:30 am and 8 am. Venue The debate is slated to occur at the Samson Pavillion of the Health Education Campus (HEC) shared by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The debate was earlier scheduled to take place at the University of Notre Dame but the university, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, withdrew as host. Where to watch The New York Times will be streaming the first debate event live. It will also be aired on channels including CNN, Fox News, CBS, ABC, C-SPAN, NBC and MSNBC. Format The entire debate will be divided into six segments. Each segment will be around 15 minutes. The moderator will introduce a topic and give each candidate two minutes. This will be followed by a discussion between the candidates, with the two receiving approximately equal time. Safety precautions Amid the customs and routines upended by the coronavirus will be the customary display of civility before the debate: Trump and Biden are not expected to shake hands at the opening. They will each be stationed at podiums spaced far apart and are expected to have a limited, socially distanced audience reports The Associated Press. Future debates The second debate is set to occur on 15 October. The debate will be hosted at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. Steve Scully, the political editor at C-SPAN, will be moderating the debate. The third and final debate will occur on 22 October at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. V-P debate on 7 Oct Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris and Vice-President Mike Pence are set to debate just once: in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 7 October. The debate will be hosted at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah and will be moderated by USA Today’s Washington Bureau chief Susan Page. According to The New York Times, the debate will be split into nine segments, each around 10 minutes.
US Presidential Debate 2020 Event Highlights: First Biden-Trump face-off concludes, veers from 'How you doing?' to 'Will you shut up?'
US Presidential Debate 2020 Event Highlights: The first presidential debate concluded with Chris Wallace asking both candidates if they would commit to urging calm and avoiding declaring victory until the election results are independently verified
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First Biden-Trump face-off concludes
US President Donald Trump spoke for a total of 39.06 minutes, just more than Democratic challenger Joe Biden’s 37:56 during the first presidential debate, according to CNN.
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Mail-in ballots a disaster: Trump
In his closing statement, Trump has reiterated that mail-in ballots “is a disaster”. “This is going to be a fraud like you have never seen. We are going to do well. But, who knows? We are not going to know (the election results) for months.”
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Trump is Putin’s puppy: Joe Biden
Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of failing to confront Russia, accusing the US leader of being the “puppy” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I’ve gone head to head with Putin, and made it clear to him – we’re not going to take any of this stuff. He’s Putin’s puppy,” Biden said of Trump.
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US presidential debate displayed contrasting styles of Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Trump’s debating style helped carry him to victory and can still be glimpsed almost every time he appears at a White House news conference or a rally.
But Biden’s performances have been inconsistent over the course of two vice presidential debates and through this season of nearly a dozen Democratic primary debates. Even his supporters say that, at 77, his voice is less firm and that he appears less energetic and passionate than just eight years ago. Trump has highlighted some of those moments to try to raise doubts about his opponent’s mental acuity.
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Debate veers from ‘How you doing?’ to ‘Will you shut up?’
It started out civil enough, with President Donald Trump striding deliberately to his lectern, and Democrat Joe Biden nodding to his opponent and offering, “How you doing, man?”
Within 15 minutes, the interruptions and talking over one another at Tuesday’s presidential debate had deteriorated to the point that Biden blurted out, “Will you shut up, man?”
There were no handshakes to start the first presidential debate of the 2020 general election. The traditional nicety was one of several formalities abandoned because of the ongoing pandemic.
The 90-minute faceoff played out in a makeshift debate hall with a crowd of under 100 people due to coronavirus safety restrictions, in an atrium that previously was set up for use as a hospital for COVID-19 patients.
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Show up and vote, in whichever way is best for you: Biden
To ensure a fair election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden said America should let people vote, even by mail-in ballots, make sure polls are open in time and stay open till all votes are counted.
“Show up and vote. You will determine the outcome of this election. Vote, vote, vote. Vote in whatever way is the best way for you,” Biden told the electorate.
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Trump and Biden lash, interrupt each other
In what was the most chaotic presidential debate in recent years, somehow fitting for what has been an extraordinarily ugly campaign, the two men frequently talked over each other with Trump interrupting, nearly shouting, so often that Biden eventually snapped at him, “Will you shut up, man?”
“The fact is that everything he’s said so far is simply a lie,” Biden said. “I’m not here to call out his lies. Everybody knows he’s a liar.”
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‘Under Trump administration, America has become weaker, sicker, poorer and more divided’: Biden
On why the electorate should vote for him, Donald Trump said, “There has never been an administration or a president who has done more than I have done in three and a half years.” Biden, said, “Under this president, we’ve become weaker, sicker, poorer and more divided.”
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Biden argues his climate plan would pay for itself
Trump attacked Biden for his climate policies, claiming his proposals would cause economic catastrophe. When asked whether he supported the Green New Deal, Biden said he did not because he has his own climate plan.
“I support the Biden plan that I put forward, which is different than what he calls the radical Green New Deal,” Biden said.
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Trump claims Biden wants to shut down America
President Donald Trump claimed several times that Joe Biden wanted to shut down the country to address the coronavirus. “He wants to shut down this country and I want to keep it open,” Trump said.
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Trump sidesteps white supremacist condemnation
President Donald Trump danced around a question from moderator Chris Wallace about whether he was willing to condemn white supremacists and military groups.
“I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not the right wing,” Trump responded. “I’m willing to do anything. I want to see peace.”
When pressed further, Trump said, “What do you want to call them? Give me a name. Give me a name?”
Finally he said, “Proud Boys — Stand back, stand by, but I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not right-wing problem….. This is a left wing problem."
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I don’t know Beau, I know Hunter: Trump
Biden criticized Trump over reports that he described fallen American soldiers as “suckers” and “losers”. Biden noted that his late son, Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015, served in Iraq for a year and received the Bronze Star.
Trump responded by dismissing the memory of Biden’s son, telling his opponent, “I don’t know Beau; I know Hunter.”
The president then launched into more attacks against Biden’s younger son for his business activities and past drug use.
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Biden calls Trump a racist, says he uses ’everything as a dog whistle to try to generate hatred’
Joe Biden said that Trump attempts to make everything into a racial “dog whistle” tonight, arguing that the President has “done virtually nothing” for African Americans during his time as president.
During a prolonged segment on race, the two fought over who would handle issues of race, culminating in Biden calling Trump a racist.
Asked why he would be better at tackling issues of race, Biden attacked Trump for equivocating on the racist right-wing rally in Charlottesville in 2017 with the protests in response and the fact that protesters outside the White House were forcibly moved earlier this year so the President could walk to a nearby church.
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Stand back and stand by: Trump to far-right group Proud Boys
Democratic challenger Joe Biden called on Trump to denounce white supremacist violence, weeks after two anti-racist protesters were shot and killed in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Trump responded by telling the far-right group Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.”
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Trump, Biden trade barbs about each other’s families
While Biden was making a point during the first presidential debate in Cleveland about the Trump administration’s trade deals with China not having the desired effect, Trump jumped in. He resurrected past claims about the former vice president’s son Hunter working overseas.
Trump said Hunter Biden reaped millions in ill-gotten profit from China and other overseas interests, accusations that have been repeatedly debunked. Biden shot back, “None of that is true.” He then added of Trump, “His family, we could talk all night.”
Trump interrupted to respond that his children gave up lucrative jobs to join government and “help people,” which left moderator Chris Wallace pleading, “Mr. President, please stop” trying to restore order on the stage.
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Trump continues to boast COVID-19 vaccine will be available soon
Donald Trump has continued to boast that a coronavirus vaccine will be available before the 3 November election. However, public health experts – including CDC director Robert Redfield – have called that timeline unlikely and dangerous. Redfield, testifying before the Senate, said a vaccine would likely be widely available in “late second quarter, third quarter 2021”.
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Biden release tax returns ahead of debate
US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has released his tax returns just hours ahead of the first debate with President Donald Trump. Biden and his wife Jill paid nearly $288,000 (£224,000) in income tax last year, according to the filings.
He has called on the president to release his returns.
The move follows a report by the New York Times that Trump paid just $750 in income tax in 2016. He dismissed said the claims as “fake news”. For years Trump has been criticised by Democrats for not making his tax returns public as his predecessors did.
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Trump claims ’no negative effect’ from rallies
President Donald Trump says he’s had “no negative effect” from massive campaign rallies with thousands of attendees not adhering to social distancing recommendations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Trump said during Tuesday night’s debate against Democrat Joe Biden that he thought masks “are OK,” pulling one out from his pocket and saying, “I wear masks when needed.”
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Hard to get any word in with this clown: Biden on Trump’s COVID-19 plan
As expected, Trump attacked Biden’s son, Hunter, for his business dealings in Ukraine, which became a target of Republican ire during the impeachment inquiry.
Biden tried to redirect the conversation back to the coronavirus pandemic, saying this was about every American family, not his family.
As Trump repeatedly tried to interject and attack his opponent, Biden said, “It’s hard to get any word in with this clown – excuse me, this person.”
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You’re the worst president America has ever had’: Biden to Trump
Trump was pressed on the _New York Time_s story about his tax returns, which showed he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
The president claimed he had paid “millions” in income taxes. Biden responded by repeatedly pressing Trump to release his tax returns, and the president claimed he would soon, which he has been saying since 2015.
“You are the worst president America has ever had,” Biden said.
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Biden slams Trump for downplaying COVID-19
Joe Biden asked the American people whether they trust Trump about coronavirus, noting that the President told journalist Bob Woodward in February that he downplayed the virus.
“Do you believe for a moment what he’s telling you, in light of all the lies, he’s told you about the whole issue relating to Covid,” Biden said, looking straight into the camera. “He still hasn’t even acknowledged that he knew this was happening, knew how dangerous it was going to be back in February, and he didn’t even tell you.”
Biden continued: “He’s on record as saying it. He panicked or he just looked at the stock market, one of the two, because guess what, a lot of people die and a lot more are going to die unless he gets a lot smarter, a lot quicker.”
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Trump questions effectiveness of face masks
Trump questioned the effectiveness of masks as a means of mitigating the spread of coronavirus. Biden noted health experts have said 100,000 lives could be saved over the next few months, if Americans consistently wear masks and practice social distancing.
The president responded by claiming many health experts have said “the opposite” about masks.
“No serious person has said the opposite,” Biden said.
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Biden criticises Trump’s response on COVID-19
The debate has shifted to coronavirus after a largely unproductive segment on the supreme court that was defined by crosstalk and insults.
Biden criticized Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, noting the country is still recording roughly 40,000 new cases a day.
Referencing Trump’s comments to Bob Woodward that he downplayed the seriousness of the virus to avoid creating a panic, Biden told America, “You don’t panic, he panicked.”
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President has no plan for COVID-19: Biden
Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump over COVID-19 at US Presidential debate. “Seven million contracted the virus. The President has no plan for pandemic,” said Biden.
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Trump attacks Biden on health care
Trump repeatedly mocked Biden, suggesting the Democratic nominee’s comments on health care would cost him support among progressives. Biden responded by calling Trump a “liar” and a “clown.”
When Trump interrupted another one of Biden’s answers, the Democrat said, “Will you shut up, man?”
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‘Will you shut up, man?’ exasperated Biden asks combative Trump’
“Folks do you have any idea what this clown is doing?” Biden said about Trump #Debates2020
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I am the Democratic party right now: Biden to Trump
When US President Donald Trump claimed Joe Biden wanted to push the country toward “socialist medicine,” the Democrat emphasized that he is not a socialist.
Biden replied to Trump’s broader attacks against Democrats by saying, “I am the Democratic party right now.”
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Trump justifies nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
Debate moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News asked about the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Wallace noted Republicans have been criticized for trying to get Barrett confirmed before the election.
Trump justified advancing the nomination by saying “elections have consequences,” referring to his White House victory in 2016, and by pledging Barrett would be “as good as anybody that has served on that court.”
“We won the election, and therefore we have the right to choose her,” Trump said.
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First question to Trump is on the Supreme Court
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have now taken the debate stage in Cleveland, Ohio. The first presidential debate is officially underway with discussion on president’s Supreme Court pick.
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Trump ready for debate: Mike Pence
Vice President Mike Pence said during remarks at a Make America Great Again event and presidential debate watch party that he spoke with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning and that “he’s ready” for the debate tonight.
“It’s gonna be a great night,” Pence said. “I can tell you I left the President earlier today in the Oval Office. And he’s ready. We’re ready.”
He later said, “Somebody said to me. How long has the President been preparing for the debate? I said all his life.”
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What is the format of the debate?
The candidates will not have opening statements, and Trump will receive the first question from the moderator. Each segment will last about 15 minutes, and the candidates will have two minutes to respond after the moderator opens each segment with a question.
Chris Wallace of Fox News will then use the rest of the time in the segment to facilitate further discussion on the topic, according to the commission.
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What is the venue of the debate?
The debate will be held at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ohio has traditionally been a swing state over the past two decades, but Trump won there by eight points in 2016. The state is seen as trending towards becoming more solidly Republican, due to its whiter, older population compared with the rest of the US.
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Topics shortlisted for Trump-Biden debate
The 90-minute debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments. Each segment will focus on vital topics including the candidates’ records, the Supreme Court, the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, race and violence in the US, and the integrity of the election.
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Biden and Trump to clash in first debate at 6.30 am IST
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are scheduled to meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The 90-minute event, moderated by Fox News host Chris Wallace, will be the first of three scheduled presidential debates.
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