US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took the stage on Tuesday night time for his or her first and solely scheduled presidential debate earlier than the Nov. 5 election.
Listed below are some key quotes:
ECONOMY
“Look, we have had a horrible economic system, due to inflation, which is de facto generally known as a rustic buster,” stated Trump.
“Folks cannot exit and purchase cereal or bacon or eggs or anything. The folks of our nation are completely dying with what they’ve achieved. They’ve destroyed the economic system,” stated Trump.
“I imagine within the ambition, the aspirations, the goals of the American folks, and that’s the reason I think about and have really a plan to construct what I name a chance economic system,” stated Harris.
“My opponent, however, his plan is to do what he has achieved earlier than, which is to supply a tax minimize for billionaires and massive firms,” stated Harris.
ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT
“It should finish instantly, and the best way it should finish is we want a ceasefire deal, and we want the hostages out,” stated Harris.
“She hates Israel. If she’s president, I imagine that Israel won’t exist inside two years from now,” stated Trump to which Harris responded: “That is completely not true. I’ve my complete profession and life supported Israel and the Israeli folks.”
WORLD LEADERS
“World leaders are laughing at Donald Trump,” stated Harris.
“(Hungarian Prime Minister) Viktor Orban stated probably the most revered, most feared particular person is Donald Trump. We had no issues when Trump was president,” stated Trump.
UKRAINE
“I need the warfare to cease. I need to save lives,” Trump stated when requested if he wished Ukraine to win the warfare with Russia.
“If Donald Trump have been president, Putin could be sitting in Kyiv proper now,” stated Harris.
JABS
“Wait a minute, I am speaking now, in case you do not thoughts, please, does that sound acquainted?” stated Trump, showing to consult with Harris’ use of “I am talking” through the 2020 vice presidential debate in opposition to former Vice President Mike Pence.
“It is necessary to remind the previous president, you are not operating in opposition to Joe Biden, you’re operating in opposition to me,” stated Harris.
“So she simply began by saying she’s going to do that, she’s going to do this, she’s going to do all these great issues. Why hasn’t she achieved it? She’s been there for 3 and a half years,” stated Trump following Harris’ closing remarks.
ABORTION
“I pledge to you, when Congress passes a invoice to place again in place the protections of Roe v Wade as president of the USA, I’ll proudly signal it into legislation,” stated Harris.
“Now, I imagine within the exceptions for rape, incest and lifetime of the mom. … Now states are voting on it. … Every particular person state is voting. It is the vote of the folks. Now it isn’t tied up within the federal authorities,” stated Trump.
IMMIGRATION
“I am going to inform you one thing, he will discuss immigration so much tonight, even when it isn’t the topic that’s being raised,” stated Harris.
“Our nation is being misplaced, we’re a failing nation,” Trump stated, referring to folks crossing into the nation illegally.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
“I in all probability took a bullet to the pinnacle for the issues they are saying about me,” stated Trump.
TRUTHFULNESS
“As I stated, you are gonna hear a bunch of lies, and that is not really a stunning truth,” stated Harris.
“There she goes once more. It is a lie,” stated Trump after Harris stated he would signal a nationwide abortion ban have been he to win workplace.
JOE BIDEN
“Keep in mind this, she is Biden. She’s attempting to get away from Biden,” stated Trump, referring to Harris.
“Clearly, I’m not Joe Biden, and positively not Donald Trump, and what I do supply is a brand new era of management for our nation,” stated Harris.
GUNS
“She has a plan to confiscate all people’s gun,” stated Trump.
“(Democratic Vice Presidential nominee) Tim Walz and I are each gun homeowners. We’re not taking anyone’s weapons away,” stated Harris.
JAN. 6, 2021, CAPITOL ATTACK
“I had nothing to do with that, aside from they requested me to make a speech,” stated Trump, when requested if he regretted something that day.
“I used to be on the Capitol. I used to be the vice president-elect. I used to be additionally a senator and on that day, the president of the USA incited a violent mob to assault our nation’s capital, to desecrate our nation’s capital,” stated Harris.
COVID-19
“However what Donald Trump did, let’s discuss this, with COVID, is he really thanked President Xi for what he did throughout COVID,” stated Harris.
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