ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
www.zerohedge.com
Summary (of the nine discussion topics):
1. COVID Response - Pence won - a body-blow slamming Kamala on vaccines: "stop playing politics with people's lives."
2. Health Of Candidates - Tie - neither candidate answered but if we had to pick, Pence shaded it as Kamala discussed herself.
3. The Economy - Pence won - the vice-president crushed Harris on Biden taxes (briefly silencing her over Trump tax cut repeal).
4. Climate Change - Pence won - perhaps surprisingly but Harris was unable to recover from being cornered on her sponsorship of the Green New Deal
5. China - Pence won - Harris facts all over the place and Pence closed with Biden's "cheerleading" for China.
6. Foreign Relations - Tie - both candidates parried each other's running mate's performance
7. The Supreme Court - Pence won - Harris refused to answer the question of packing the court and Pence was frank about being "pro-life."
8. Racial Justice - Pence won - again rather stunningly, Pence crushed Harris on misleading quotes and soundbites
9. Transfer Of Power - Pence won - while Harris went "vote now", Pence reminded the audience that Harris party spent the last four years trying to overturn the previous election
Pence dominated Harris as finally, questions were asked and answered and facts were checked!
Harris spoke more (38:48 to Pence's 35:22) but said less...
Moderator Susan Page reminded the audience that attendees were all wearing masks and that she hoped for a better behaved debate
The first question was about the coronavirus "not being under control."
Harris began on the offense, noting that
“The American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country," and adding a line about "sacrificial workers."
Harris accused Trump of "covering it up," and "frankly this administration has forfeited their right to re-election because of this.”
Harris said the Biden-Harris plan is testing, contact-tracing, and free vaccines.
Pence's response was heartfelt and factful as he explained the timeline of airline shutdowns "which Biden called xenophobic."
And the vice-president mocked that Biden had "plagiarised" their plan - as it is exactly the same as they have been doing.
"It looks a little like plagiarism, which Joe Biden knows a little something about."...
Pence slams Harris for claiming that the plan "hasn't worked" was a great misjustice, pinning the decisions on Fauci and Birx.
Pence framed the plan as the American people fighting and being brave, forcing any counter to appear as Kamala is attacking Americans....
Then this happened...
Pence: “Will you and Biden pack the Supreme Court?”
Harris: “Trump packed the district courts with white people!”
Moderator: “Thank you, let’s move on.”
Pence:
"If you haven't figured it out yet, the straight answer is they are going to pack the Supreme Court if they somehow win this election."...
Finally, the topic of the Transfer of Power was discussed.
But Harris decided to shift to an infomercial:
“here’s what I’d like to say to everybody: vote. Please vote. Vote early.”
Pence came out swinging by bringing up the facts that the previous campaign spied on his campaign and has spent the last few years trying to overturn the last election:
“Your party has spent the last three and a half years trying to overturn the results of the last election,” Pence says, bringing up the Mueller investigation and impeachment.
PENCE: "When you talk about accepting the outcome of the election, I must tell you, Senator, your party has spent the last three and a half years trying to overturn the results of the last election."