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\nPHILADELPHIA: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov. 5 election as polls show a tight race.<\/p>\n

\nHere are takeaways from the debate:<\/p>\n

\nRILING HER RIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHarris made a point to get under Trump\u2019s skin, as her campaign had forecast.<\/p>\n

\nShe urged viewers to attend a Trump rally, where she said Trump would say bizarre things such as windmills cause cancer (something he has, in fact, said) and where, she taunted, attendees would leave out of exhaustion and boredom.<\/p>\n

\nTrump, who prides himself on the crowds he draws, was clearly riled.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMy rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,\u201d he said. He accused Harris of busing in attendees to her rallies.<\/p>\n

\n
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\nFormer US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns from a commercial breaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.\u00a0 (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump then falsely claimed that immigrants in the country illegally were killing and eating people\u2019s pets in the city of Springfield, Ohio, an unsubstantiated claim that has circulated on social media and been amplified by Trump\u2019s vice presidential running mate JD Vance.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn Springfield, they\u2019re eating the dogs! The people that came in, they\u2019re eating the cats!\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019re eating the pets of the people that live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nCity officials in Springfield have said those reports are untrue, which the ABC moderators pointed out after Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTalk about extreme,\u201d Harris responded, laughing.<\/p>\n

\nPLAYING DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAnother of Harris\u2019 goals, as a former California prosecutor, was to call Trump out for his past actions, particularly his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nAn hour into the debate, her strategy appeared to be paying off. Trump was continually on the defensive.<\/p>\n

\n
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\nDemocratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nAsked about the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the US Capitol, he insisted he \u201chad nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech.\u201d He also maintained, falsely, that he had won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used Trump\u2019s actions as an argument for the country to turn the page.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDonald Trump was fired by 81 million people, so let\u2019s be clear about that, and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that, but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe vice president dug at Trump a little more, saying world leaders were \u201claughing\u201d at him and calling him a disgrace \u2013 language that Trump has employed himself at rallies in reference to how he says other countries view President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

\nA few minutes later, Trump erupted, claiming Harris had received \u201cno votes\u201d in claiming the Democratic nomination and suggesting she replaced Biden as part of some sort of coup.
\u201cHe hates her,\u201d Trump said of Biden. \u201cHe can\u2019t stand her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe exchanges may have aided Harris\u2019 argument that Trump, as she put it, lacks the \u201ctemperament\u201d to be president.<\/p>\n

\n
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\nRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nRACIAL DIVIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDeep into the debate, the long-simmering topic of race came up. Trump was asked why he had publicly questioned Harris\u2019 dual heritage as a Black and South Asian woman.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI don\u2019t care what she is,\u201d he responded. \u201cI read that she was Black. Then I read that she was not Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAsked to respond, Harris accused Trump of using race to divide Americans throughout his career. She cited how he and his father turned away Black renters in the 1970s and how Trump led the public outcry against five young Black and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a jogger in New York City\u2019s Central Park in 1989.<\/p>\n

\nMore recently, he openly questioned whether President Barack Obama was a US citizen, Harris noted.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president who has, consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think the American people want better than that,\u201d Harris added. \u201cWe don\u2019t want a leader who is constantly trying to have Americans point their fingers at each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nInstead of trying to defend his record, Trump pivoted back to the economy and tried to pin Biden\u2019s economic policies on Harris. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get away from Biden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used the attack to pitch herself again as a change agent.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cClearly, I am not Joe Biden, and certainly not Donald Trump,\u201d Harris said, \u201cand what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHANDSHAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHeading into the debate, there was a question as to how Harris and Trump, who have never met, would greet each other.<\/p>\n

\nHarris settled the issue, definitively. She walked over to Trump at his podium, extended her hand and introduced herself as \u201cKamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIt was a disarming way for Harris to approach a man who has spent weeks insulting her race and gender.<\/p>\n

\n
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\nUS Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nSPARRING ON THE ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn the debate\u2019s opening minutes, Trump and Harris went to battle on one of the issues that is top of mind for voters: the economy.<\/p>\n

\nHarris detailed the economic policies she has rolled out in recent weeks, which include a substantial tax credit for small start-ups. Trump focused his comments on tariffs, saying he would protect the American economy from unfair foreign competition.<\/p>\n

\nWhile both sides got their jabs in, Harris got to speak first on a topic where she trails Trump in terms of voter trust. She appeared to force the former president onto his back foot, and Trump essentially played defense on one of his strongest issues.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cShe doesn\u2019t have a plan\u201d Trump said, after Harris\u2019 opening comments. \u201cIt\u2019s like Run, Spot, Run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nA SCHISM ON ABORTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe two candidates also engaged in a fractious debate about abortion, an issue where polls show Harris has the upper hand.<\/p>\n

\nTrump defended the US Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 ruling that ended constitutional protection for abortion and sent the issue back to individual states, arguing, incorrectly, that it was an outcome desired by both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats have long supported a constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI did a great service in doing it. It took courage to do it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nA member of the media uses phone as a screen displays the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump contended that some states allow babies to be aborted after birth, a point corrected by ABC News moderator, Linsey Davis.<\/p>\n

\nHarris flashed some outrage at Trump\u2019s assertion that abortion becoming a states-rights issue was a popular result, referring to states that have passed restrictive bans.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis is what people wanted?\u201d Harris asked. \u201cPeople being denied care in an emergency room because health care providers are being afraid of being hauled off to jail?\u201c<\/p>\n

\nTrump was asked whether he would veto a federal abortion ban if one were passed by Congress. He insisted it would never happen, but refused to answer the question definitively.<\/p>\n

\nWORLDS APART<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOne of the most heated policy discussions came when Trump and Harris clashed over how they would handle Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\nThe candidates\u2019 responses revealed the degree to which their views on America\u2019s role in the world fundamentally differ.<\/p>\n

\nTrump refused to say he wanted Ukraine to win the war, even as ABC moderator David Muir pushed him on the point, saying only that he wanted to wrap up the conflict as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back, arguing that what Trump really wanted was Ukraine\u2019s quick and unconditional capitulation.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIf Donald Trump were president, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\n‘WEAPONIZED\u2019 JUSTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn one heated exchange, Trump and Harris accused each other of conspiring to \u201cweaponize\u201d the Justice Department in a bid to go after their enemies.<\/p>\n

\nTrump said the indictments he faces for conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss and for his mishandling of classified documents \u2014 as well as his conviction for forging documents related to hush money payments to a porn star \u2014 are all the result of a conspiracy cooked up by Harris and Biden. There is no evidence for that assertion.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back by pointing out that Trump has promised to prosecute his enemies if he wins a second term.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cUnderstand this is someone who has openly said he would terminate, I\u2019m quoting, terminate the Constitution,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe exchange underlined how Harris and Trump see the stakes of this election as existential. Both see their opponent as a threat to democracy itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nPHILADELPHIA: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov. 5 election as polls show a tight race.<\/p>\n

\nHere are takeaways from the debate:<\/p>\n

\nRILING HER RIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHarris made a point to get under Trump\u2019s skin, as her campaign had forecast.<\/p>\n

\nShe urged viewers to attend a Trump rally, where she said Trump would say bizarre things such as windmills cause cancer (something he has, in fact, said) and where, she taunted, attendees would leave out of exhaustion and boredom.<\/p>\n

\nTrump, who prides himself on the crowds he draws, was clearly riled.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMy rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,\u201d he said. He accused Harris of busing in attendees to her rallies.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nFormer US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns from a commercial breaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.\u00a0 (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump then falsely claimed that immigrants in the country illegally were killing and eating people\u2019s pets in the city of Springfield, Ohio, an unsubstantiated claim that has circulated on social media and been amplified by Trump\u2019s vice presidential running mate JD Vance.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn Springfield, they\u2019re eating the dogs! The people that came in, they\u2019re eating the cats!\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019re eating the pets of the people that live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nCity officials in Springfield have said those reports are untrue, which the ABC moderators pointed out after Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTalk about extreme,\u201d Harris responded, laughing.<\/p>\n

\nPLAYING DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAnother of Harris\u2019 goals, as a former California prosecutor, was to call Trump out for his past actions, particularly his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nAn hour into the debate, her strategy appeared to be paying off. Trump was continually on the defensive.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nDemocratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nAsked about the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the US Capitol, he insisted he \u201chad nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech.\u201d He also maintained, falsely, that he had won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used Trump\u2019s actions as an argument for the country to turn the page.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDonald Trump was fired by 81 million people, so let\u2019s be clear about that, and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that, but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe vice president dug at Trump a little more, saying world leaders were \u201claughing\u201d at him and calling him a disgrace \u2013 language that Trump has employed himself at rallies in reference to how he says other countries view President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

\nA few minutes later, Trump erupted, claiming Harris had received \u201cno votes\u201d in claiming the Democratic nomination and suggesting she replaced Biden as part of some sort of coup.
\u201cHe hates her,\u201d Trump said of Biden. \u201cHe can\u2019t stand her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe exchanges may have aided Harris\u2019 argument that Trump, as she put it, lacks the \u201ctemperament\u201d to be president.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nRACIAL DIVIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDeep into the debate, the long-simmering topic of race came up. Trump was asked why he had publicly questioned Harris\u2019 dual heritage as a Black and South Asian woman.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI don\u2019t care what she is,\u201d he responded. \u201cI read that she was Black. Then I read that she was not Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAsked to respond, Harris accused Trump of using race to divide Americans throughout his career. She cited how he and his father turned away Black renters in the 1970s and how Trump led the public outcry against five young Black and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a jogger in New York City\u2019s Central Park in 1989.<\/p>\n

\nMore recently, he openly questioned whether President Barack Obama was a US citizen, Harris noted.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president who has, consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think the American people want better than that,\u201d Harris added. \u201cWe don\u2019t want a leader who is constantly trying to have Americans point their fingers at each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nInstead of trying to defend his record, Trump pivoted back to the economy and tried to pin Biden\u2019s economic policies on Harris. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get away from Biden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used the attack to pitch herself again as a change agent.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cClearly, I am not Joe Biden, and certainly not Donald Trump,\u201d Harris said, \u201cand what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHANDSHAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHeading into the debate, there was a question as to how Harris and Trump, who have never met, would greet each other.<\/p>\n

\nHarris settled the issue, definitively. She walked over to Trump at his podium, extended her hand and introduced herself as \u201cKamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIt was a disarming way for Harris to approach a man who has spent weeks insulting her race and gender.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nUS Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nSPARRING ON THE ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn the debate\u2019s opening minutes, Trump and Harris went to battle on one of the issues that is top of mind for voters: the economy.<\/p>\n

\nHarris detailed the economic policies she has rolled out in recent weeks, which include a substantial tax credit for small start-ups. Trump focused his comments on tariffs, saying he would protect the American economy from unfair foreign competition.<\/p>\n

\nWhile both sides got their jabs in, Harris got to speak first on a topic where she trails Trump in terms of voter trust. She appeared to force the former president onto his back foot, and Trump essentially played defense on one of his strongest issues.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cShe doesn\u2019t have a plan\u201d Trump said, after Harris\u2019 opening comments. \u201cIt\u2019s like Run, Spot, Run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nA SCHISM ON ABORTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe two candidates also engaged in a fractious debate about abortion, an issue where polls show Harris has the upper hand.<\/p>\n

\nTrump defended the US Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 ruling that ended constitutional protection for abortion and sent the issue back to individual states, arguing, incorrectly, that it was an outcome desired by both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats have long supported a constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI did a great service in doing it. It took courage to do it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nA member of the media uses phone as a screen displays the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump contended that some states allow babies to be aborted after birth, a point corrected by ABC News moderator, Linsey Davis.<\/p>\n

\nHarris flashed some outrage at Trump\u2019s assertion that abortion becoming a states-rights issue was a popular result, referring to states that have passed restrictive bans.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis is what people wanted?\u201d Harris asked. \u201cPeople being denied care in an emergency room because health care providers are being afraid of being hauled off to jail?\u201c<\/p>\n

\nTrump was asked whether he would veto a federal abortion ban if one were passed by Congress. He insisted it would never happen, but refused to answer the question definitively.<\/p>\n

\nWORLDS APART<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOne of the most heated policy discussions came when Trump and Harris clashed over how they would handle Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\nThe candidates\u2019 responses revealed the degree to which their views on America\u2019s role in the world fundamentally differ.<\/p>\n

\nTrump refused to say he wanted Ukraine to win the war, even as ABC moderator David Muir pushed him on the point, saying only that he wanted to wrap up the conflict as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back, arguing that what Trump really wanted was Ukraine\u2019s quick and unconditional capitulation.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIf Donald Trump were president, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\n‘WEAPONIZED\u2019 JUSTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn one heated exchange, Trump and Harris accused each other of conspiring to \u201cweaponize\u201d the Justice Department in a bid to go after their enemies.<\/p>\n

\nTrump said the indictments he faces for conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss and for his mishandling of classified documents \u2014 as well as his conviction for forging documents related to hush money payments to a porn star \u2014 are all the result of a conspiracy cooked up by Harris and Biden. There is no evidence for that assertion.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back by pointing out that Trump has promised to prosecute his enemies if he wins a second term.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cUnderstand this is someone who has openly said he would terminate, I\u2019m quoting, terminate the Constitution,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe exchange underlined how Harris and Trump see the stakes of this election as existential. Both see their opponent as a threat to democracy itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nPHILADELPHIA: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov. 5 election as polls show a tight race.<\/p>\n

\nHere are takeaways from the debate:<\/p>\n

\nRILING HER RIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHarris made a point to get under Trump\u2019s skin, as her campaign had forecast.<\/p>\n

\nShe urged viewers to attend a Trump rally, where she said Trump would say bizarre things such as windmills cause cancer (something he has, in fact, said) and where, she taunted, attendees would leave out of exhaustion and boredom.<\/p>\n

\nTrump, who prides himself on the crowds he draws, was clearly riled.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMy rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,\u201d he said. He accused Harris of busing in attendees to her rallies.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nFormer US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns from a commercial breaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.\u00a0 (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump then falsely claimed that immigrants in the country illegally were killing and eating people\u2019s pets in the city of Springfield, Ohio, an unsubstantiated claim that has circulated on social media and been amplified by Trump\u2019s vice presidential running mate JD Vance.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn Springfield, they\u2019re eating the dogs! The people that came in, they\u2019re eating the cats!\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019re eating the pets of the people that live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nCity officials in Springfield have said those reports are untrue, which the ABC moderators pointed out after Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTalk about extreme,\u201d Harris responded, laughing.<\/p>\n

\nPLAYING DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAnother of Harris\u2019 goals, as a former California prosecutor, was to call Trump out for his past actions, particularly his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nAn hour into the debate, her strategy appeared to be paying off. Trump was continually on the defensive.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nDemocratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nAsked about the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the US Capitol, he insisted he \u201chad nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech.\u201d He also maintained, falsely, that he had won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used Trump\u2019s actions as an argument for the country to turn the page.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDonald Trump was fired by 81 million people, so let\u2019s be clear about that, and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that, but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe vice president dug at Trump a little more, saying world leaders were \u201claughing\u201d at him and calling him a disgrace \u2013 language that Trump has employed himself at rallies in reference to how he says other countries view President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

\nA few minutes later, Trump erupted, claiming Harris had received \u201cno votes\u201d in claiming the Democratic nomination and suggesting she replaced Biden as part of some sort of coup.
\u201cHe hates her,\u201d Trump said of Biden. \u201cHe can\u2019t stand her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe exchanges may have aided Harris\u2019 argument that Trump, as she put it, lacks the \u201ctemperament\u201d to be president.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nRACIAL DIVIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDeep into the debate, the long-simmering topic of race came up. Trump was asked why he had publicly questioned Harris\u2019 dual heritage as a Black and South Asian woman.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI don\u2019t care what she is,\u201d he responded. \u201cI read that she was Black. Then I read that she was not Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAsked to respond, Harris accused Trump of using race to divide Americans throughout his career. She cited how he and his father turned away Black renters in the 1970s and how Trump led the public outcry against five young Black and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a jogger in New York City\u2019s Central Park in 1989.<\/p>\n

\nMore recently, he openly questioned whether President Barack Obama was a US citizen, Harris noted.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president who has, consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think the American people want better than that,\u201d Harris added. \u201cWe don\u2019t want a leader who is constantly trying to have Americans point their fingers at each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nInstead of trying to defend his record, Trump pivoted back to the economy and tried to pin Biden\u2019s economic policies on Harris. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get away from Biden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used the attack to pitch herself again as a change agent.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cClearly, I am not Joe Biden, and certainly not Donald Trump,\u201d Harris said, \u201cand what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHANDSHAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHeading into the debate, there was a question as to how Harris and Trump, who have never met, would greet each other.<\/p>\n

\nHarris settled the issue, definitively. She walked over to Trump at his podium, extended her hand and introduced herself as \u201cKamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIt was a disarming way for Harris to approach a man who has spent weeks insulting her race and gender.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nUS Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nSPARRING ON THE ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn the debate\u2019s opening minutes, Trump and Harris went to battle on one of the issues that is top of mind for voters: the economy.<\/p>\n

\nHarris detailed the economic policies she has rolled out in recent weeks, which include a substantial tax credit for small start-ups. Trump focused his comments on tariffs, saying he would protect the American economy from unfair foreign competition.<\/p>\n

\nWhile both sides got their jabs in, Harris got to speak first on a topic where she trails Trump in terms of voter trust. She appeared to force the former president onto his back foot, and Trump essentially played defense on one of his strongest issues.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cShe doesn\u2019t have a plan\u201d Trump said, after Harris\u2019 opening comments. \u201cIt\u2019s like Run, Spot, Run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nA SCHISM ON ABORTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe two candidates also engaged in a fractious debate about abortion, an issue where polls show Harris has the upper hand.<\/p>\n

\nTrump defended the US Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 ruling that ended constitutional protection for abortion and sent the issue back to individual states, arguing, incorrectly, that it was an outcome desired by both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats have long supported a constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI did a great service in doing it. It took courage to do it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nA member of the media uses phone as a screen displays the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump contended that some states allow babies to be aborted after birth, a point corrected by ABC News moderator, Linsey Davis.<\/p>\n

\nHarris flashed some outrage at Trump\u2019s assertion that abortion becoming a states-rights issue was a popular result, referring to states that have passed restrictive bans.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis is what people wanted?\u201d Harris asked. \u201cPeople being denied care in an emergency room because health care providers are being afraid of being hauled off to jail?\u201c<\/p>\n

\nTrump was asked whether he would veto a federal abortion ban if one were passed by Congress. He insisted it would never happen, but refused to answer the question definitively.<\/p>\n

\nWORLDS APART<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOne of the most heated policy discussions came when Trump and Harris clashed over how they would handle Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\nThe candidates\u2019 responses revealed the degree to which their views on America\u2019s role in the world fundamentally differ.<\/p>\n

\nTrump refused to say he wanted Ukraine to win the war, even as ABC moderator David Muir pushed him on the point, saying only that he wanted to wrap up the conflict as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back, arguing that what Trump really wanted was Ukraine\u2019s quick and unconditional capitulation.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIf Donald Trump were president, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\n‘WEAPONIZED\u2019 JUSTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn one heated exchange, Trump and Harris accused each other of conspiring to \u201cweaponize\u201d the Justice Department in a bid to go after their enemies.<\/p>\n

\nTrump said the indictments he faces for conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss and for his mishandling of classified documents \u2014 as well as his conviction for forging documents related to hush money payments to a porn star \u2014 are all the result of a conspiracy cooked up by Harris and Biden. There is no evidence for that assertion.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back by pointing out that Trump has promised to prosecute his enemies if he wins a second term.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cUnderstand this is someone who has openly said he would terminate, I\u2019m quoting, terminate the Constitution,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe exchange underlined how Harris and Trump see the stakes of this election as existential. Both see their opponent as a threat to democracy itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nPHILADELPHIA: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov. 5 election as polls show a tight race.<\/p>\n

\nHere are takeaways from the debate:<\/p>\n

\nRILING HER RIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHarris made a point to get under Trump\u2019s skin, as her campaign had forecast.<\/p>\n

\nShe urged viewers to attend a Trump rally, where she said Trump would say bizarre things such as windmills cause cancer (something he has, in fact, said) and where, she taunted, attendees would leave out of exhaustion and boredom.<\/p>\n

\nTrump, who prides himself on the crowds he draws, was clearly riled.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMy rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,\u201d he said. He accused Harris of busing in attendees to her rallies.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nFormer US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns from a commercial breaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.\u00a0 (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump then falsely claimed that immigrants in the country illegally were killing and eating people\u2019s pets in the city of Springfield, Ohio, an unsubstantiated claim that has circulated on social media and been amplified by Trump\u2019s vice presidential running mate JD Vance.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn Springfield, they\u2019re eating the dogs! The people that came in, they\u2019re eating the cats!\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019re eating the pets of the people that live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nCity officials in Springfield have said those reports are untrue, which the ABC moderators pointed out after Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTalk about extreme,\u201d Harris responded, laughing.<\/p>\n

\nPLAYING DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAnother of Harris\u2019 goals, as a former California prosecutor, was to call Trump out for his past actions, particularly his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nAn hour into the debate, her strategy appeared to be paying off. Trump was continually on the defensive.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nDemocratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nAsked about the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the US Capitol, he insisted he \u201chad nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech.\u201d He also maintained, falsely, that he had won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used Trump\u2019s actions as an argument for the country to turn the page.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDonald Trump was fired by 81 million people, so let\u2019s be clear about that, and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that, but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe vice president dug at Trump a little more, saying world leaders were \u201claughing\u201d at him and calling him a disgrace \u2013 language that Trump has employed himself at rallies in reference to how he says other countries view President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

\nA few minutes later, Trump erupted, claiming Harris had received \u201cno votes\u201d in claiming the Democratic nomination and suggesting she replaced Biden as part of some sort of coup.
\u201cHe hates her,\u201d Trump said of Biden. \u201cHe can\u2019t stand her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe exchanges may have aided Harris\u2019 argument that Trump, as she put it, lacks the \u201ctemperament\u201d to be president.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nRACIAL DIVIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDeep into the debate, the long-simmering topic of race came up. Trump was asked why he had publicly questioned Harris\u2019 dual heritage as a Black and South Asian woman.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI don\u2019t care what she is,\u201d he responded. \u201cI read that she was Black. Then I read that she was not Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAsked to respond, Harris accused Trump of using race to divide Americans throughout his career. She cited how he and his father turned away Black renters in the 1970s and how Trump led the public outcry against five young Black and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a jogger in New York City\u2019s Central Park in 1989.<\/p>\n

\nMore recently, he openly questioned whether President Barack Obama was a US citizen, Harris noted.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president who has, consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think the American people want better than that,\u201d Harris added. \u201cWe don\u2019t want a leader who is constantly trying to have Americans point their fingers at each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nInstead of trying to defend his record, Trump pivoted back to the economy and tried to pin Biden\u2019s economic policies on Harris. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get away from Biden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used the attack to pitch herself again as a change agent.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cClearly, I am not Joe Biden, and certainly not Donald Trump,\u201d Harris said, \u201cand what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHANDSHAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHeading into the debate, there was a question as to how Harris and Trump, who have never met, would greet each other.<\/p>\n

\nHarris settled the issue, definitively. She walked over to Trump at his podium, extended her hand and introduced herself as \u201cKamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIt was a disarming way for Harris to approach a man who has spent weeks insulting her race and gender.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nUS Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nSPARRING ON THE ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn the debate\u2019s opening minutes, Trump and Harris went to battle on one of the issues that is top of mind for voters: the economy.<\/p>\n

\nHarris detailed the economic policies she has rolled out in recent weeks, which include a substantial tax credit for small start-ups. Trump focused his comments on tariffs, saying he would protect the American economy from unfair foreign competition.<\/p>\n

\nWhile both sides got their jabs in, Harris got to speak first on a topic where she trails Trump in terms of voter trust. She appeared to force the former president onto his back foot, and Trump essentially played defense on one of his strongest issues.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cShe doesn\u2019t have a plan\u201d Trump said, after Harris\u2019 opening comments. \u201cIt\u2019s like Run, Spot, Run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nA SCHISM ON ABORTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe two candidates also engaged in a fractious debate about abortion, an issue where polls show Harris has the upper hand.<\/p>\n

\nTrump defended the US Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 ruling that ended constitutional protection for abortion and sent the issue back to individual states, arguing, incorrectly, that it was an outcome desired by both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats have long supported a constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI did a great service in doing it. It took courage to do it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nA member of the media uses phone as a screen displays the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump contended that some states allow babies to be aborted after birth, a point corrected by ABC News moderator, Linsey Davis.<\/p>\n

\nHarris flashed some outrage at Trump\u2019s assertion that abortion becoming a states-rights issue was a popular result, referring to states that have passed restrictive bans.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis is what people wanted?\u201d Harris asked. \u201cPeople being denied care in an emergency room because health care providers are being afraid of being hauled off to jail?\u201c<\/p>\n

\nTrump was asked whether he would veto a federal abortion ban if one were passed by Congress. He insisted it would never happen, but refused to answer the question definitively.<\/p>\n

\nWORLDS APART<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOne of the most heated policy discussions came when Trump and Harris clashed over how they would handle Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\nThe candidates\u2019 responses revealed the degree to which their views on America\u2019s role in the world fundamentally differ.<\/p>\n

\nTrump refused to say he wanted Ukraine to win the war, even as ABC moderator David Muir pushed him on the point, saying only that he wanted to wrap up the conflict as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back, arguing that what Trump really wanted was Ukraine\u2019s quick and unconditional capitulation.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIf Donald Trump were president, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\n‘WEAPONIZED\u2019 JUSTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn one heated exchange, Trump and Harris accused each other of conspiring to \u201cweaponize\u201d the Justice Department in a bid to go after their enemies.<\/p>\n

\nTrump said the indictments he faces for conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss and for his mishandling of classified documents \u2014 as well as his conviction for forging documents related to hush money payments to a porn star \u2014 are all the result of a conspiracy cooked up by Harris and Biden. There is no evidence for that assertion.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back by pointing out that Trump has promised to prosecute his enemies if he wins a second term.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cUnderstand this is someone who has openly said he would terminate, I\u2019m quoting, terminate the Constitution,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe exchange underlined how Harris and Trump see the stakes of this election as existential. Both see their opponent as a threat to democracy itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n

\nPHILADELPHIA: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov. 5 election as polls show a tight race.<\/p>\n

\nHere are takeaways from the debate:<\/p>\n

\nRILING HER RIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHarris made a point to get under Trump\u2019s skin, as her campaign had forecast.<\/p>\n

\nShe urged viewers to attend a Trump rally, where she said Trump would say bizarre things such as windmills cause cancer (something he has, in fact, said) and where, she taunted, attendees would leave out of exhaustion and boredom.<\/p>\n

\nTrump, who prides himself on the crowds he draws, was clearly riled.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMy rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,\u201d he said. He accused Harris of busing in attendees to her rallies.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nFormer US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns from a commercial breaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.\u00a0 (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump then falsely claimed that immigrants in the country illegally were killing and eating people\u2019s pets in the city of Springfield, Ohio, an unsubstantiated claim that has circulated on social media and been amplified by Trump\u2019s vice presidential running mate JD Vance.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn Springfield, they\u2019re eating the dogs! The people that came in, they\u2019re eating the cats!\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019re eating the pets of the people that live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nCity officials in Springfield have said those reports are untrue, which the ABC moderators pointed out after Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTalk about extreme,\u201d Harris responded, laughing.<\/p>\n

\nPLAYING DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nAnother of Harris\u2019 goals, as a former California prosecutor, was to call Trump out for his past actions, particularly his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nAn hour into the debate, her strategy appeared to be paying off. Trump was continually on the defensive.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nDemocratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nAsked about the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the US Capitol, he insisted he \u201chad nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech.\u201d He also maintained, falsely, that he had won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used Trump\u2019s actions as an argument for the country to turn the page.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDonald Trump was fired by 81 million people, so let\u2019s be clear about that, and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that, but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe vice president dug at Trump a little more, saying world leaders were \u201claughing\u201d at him and calling him a disgrace \u2013 language that Trump has employed himself at rallies in reference to how he says other countries view President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

\nA few minutes later, Trump erupted, claiming Harris had received \u201cno votes\u201d in claiming the Democratic nomination and suggesting she replaced Biden as part of some sort of coup.
\u201cHe hates her,\u201d Trump said of Biden. \u201cHe can\u2019t stand her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe exchanges may have aided Harris\u2019 argument that Trump, as she put it, lacks the \u201ctemperament\u201d to be president.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nRACIAL DIVIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDeep into the debate, the long-simmering topic of race came up. Trump was asked why he had publicly questioned Harris\u2019 dual heritage as a Black and South Asian woman.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI don\u2019t care what she is,\u201d he responded. \u201cI read that she was Black. Then I read that she was not Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAsked to respond, Harris accused Trump of using race to divide Americans throughout his career. She cited how he and his father turned away Black renters in the 1970s and how Trump led the public outcry against five young Black and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a jogger in New York City\u2019s Central Park in 1989.<\/p>\n

\nMore recently, he openly questioned whether President Barack Obama was a US citizen, Harris noted.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president who has, consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think the American people want better than that,\u201d Harris added. \u201cWe don\u2019t want a leader who is constantly trying to have Americans point their fingers at each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nInstead of trying to defend his record, Trump pivoted back to the economy and tried to pin Biden\u2019s economic policies on Harris. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get away from Biden,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nHarris used the attack to pitch herself again as a change agent.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cClearly, I am not Joe Biden, and certainly not Donald Trump,\u201d Harris said, \u201cand what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHANDSHAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nHeading into the debate, there was a question as to how Harris and Trump, who have never met, would greet each other.<\/p>\n

\nHarris settled the issue, definitively. She walked over to Trump at his podium, extended her hand and introduced herself as \u201cKamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIt was a disarming way for Harris to approach a man who has spent weeks insulting her race and gender.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nUS Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nSPARRING ON THE ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn the debate\u2019s opening minutes, Trump and Harris went to battle on one of the issues that is top of mind for voters: the economy.<\/p>\n

\nHarris detailed the economic policies she has rolled out in recent weeks, which include a substantial tax credit for small start-ups. Trump focused his comments on tariffs, saying he would protect the American economy from unfair foreign competition.<\/p>\n

\nWhile both sides got their jabs in, Harris got to speak first on a topic where she trails Trump in terms of voter trust. She appeared to force the former president onto his back foot, and Trump essentially played defense on one of his strongest issues.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cShe doesn\u2019t have a plan\u201d Trump said, after Harris\u2019 opening comments. \u201cIt\u2019s like Run, Spot, Run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nA SCHISM ON ABORTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe two candidates also engaged in a fractious debate about abortion, an issue where polls show Harris has the upper hand.<\/p>\n

\nTrump defended the US Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 ruling that ended constitutional protection for abortion and sent the issue back to individual states, arguing, incorrectly, that it was an outcome desired by both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats have long supported a constitutional right to abortion.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cI did a great service in doing it. It took courage to do it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nA member of the media uses phone as a screen displays the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\nTrump contended that some states allow babies to be aborted after birth, a point corrected by ABC News moderator, Linsey Davis.<\/p>\n

\nHarris flashed some outrage at Trump\u2019s assertion that abortion becoming a states-rights issue was a popular result, referring to states that have passed restrictive bans.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis is what people wanted?\u201d Harris asked. \u201cPeople being denied care in an emergency room because health care providers are being afraid of being hauled off to jail?\u201c<\/p>\n

\nTrump was asked whether he would veto a federal abortion ban if one were passed by Congress. He insisted it would never happen, but refused to answer the question definitively.<\/p>\n

\nWORLDS APART<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOne of the most heated policy discussions came when Trump and Harris clashed over how they would handle Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\nThe candidates\u2019 responses revealed the degree to which their views on America\u2019s role in the world fundamentally differ.<\/p>\n

\nTrump refused to say he wanted Ukraine to win the war, even as ABC moderator David Muir pushed him on the point, saying only that he wanted to wrap up the conflict as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back, arguing that what Trump really wanted was Ukraine\u2019s quick and unconditional capitulation.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIf Donald Trump were president, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\n‘WEAPONIZED\u2019 JUSTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIn one heated exchange, Trump and Harris accused each other of conspiring to \u201cweaponize\u201d the Justice Department in a bid to go after their enemies.<\/p>\n

\nTrump said the indictments he faces for conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss and for his mishandling of classified documents \u2014 as well as his conviction for forging documents related to hush money payments to a porn star \u2014 are all the result of a conspiracy cooked up by Harris and Biden. There is no evidence for that assertion.<\/p>\n

\nHarris shot back by pointing out that Trump has promised to prosecute his enemies if he wins a second term.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cUnderstand this is someone who has openly said he would terminate, I\u2019m quoting, terminate the Constitution,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\nThe exchange underlined how Harris and Trump see the stakes of this election as existential. Both see their opponent as a threat to democracy itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PHILADELPHIA: Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov. 5 election as polls show a tight race. Here are takeaways from the debate: RILING HER RIVAL Harris made a point to get under Trump\u2019s skin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,96,97,114,103,626,157,628,101,627,118,623,109,117,123,105,40,115,106,120,95,108,119,116,112,113,100,624,99,31,110,32,107,111,98,122,625,121,104],"class_list":["post-3036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-abha","tag-al-ahsa","tag-al-kharj","tag-almadinah","tag-asir","tag-bank","tag-calls","tag-citizen","tag-dammam","tag-death","tag-eastern","tag-government","tag-gulf-news","tag-hail","tag-hajj-","tag-islam","tag-israeli","tag-jeddah","tag-jobs","tag-jobs-in-saudi","tag-jubail","tag-khalij-times","tag-king-abdullah","tag-makkah","tag-mecca","tag-medina","tag-oil","tag-practices","tag-qatif","tag-riyadh","tag-saudi-gazette","tag-significant","tag-sports","tag-tabuk","tag-taif","tag-umrah","tag-west","tag-work-in-saudi-arabia","tag-yanbu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3038,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions\/3038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}