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Debates 2020: Highlights from the 2020 vice presidential debate

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Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris faced off at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday ahead of the November 3 elections. The debate, hosted by USA Today’s Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, covered topics such as COVID-19, election integrity and the Supreme Court vacancy. ⬇️ Scroll through the video carousel for featured clips and fact-checks from Wednesday's debate.

Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris faced off at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday ahead of the November 3 elections. The debate, hosted by USA Today’s Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, covered topics such as COVID-19, election integrity and the Supreme Court vacancy. ⬇️ Scroll through the video carousel for featured clips and fact-checks from Wednesday's debate.

  1. 8 paź

    For 90 minutes, the understudies had their moment. Mike Pence and Kamala Harris faced each other behind plexiglass partitions in a low-key debate that was peevish but generally polite. Here are takeaways from tonight's :

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  2. 8 paź

    Coronavirus at the forefront of a civil showdown: 5 takeaways from the Pence-Harris VP debate

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  3. 8 paź

    At the end of tonight’s debate, Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris ended up with nearly the same amount of speaking time, differing by just a few seconds. via , & :

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  4. 8 paź

    ⚡️ “Fact checking the vice presidential debate”

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  5. 8 paź

    “Well, our heart breaks for the loss of any innocent American life and the family of Breonna Taylor has our sympathies, but I trust our justice system,” Mike Pence says when asked if justice was served in the Breonna Taylor case.

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  6. 8 paź

    VP Mike Pence to Sen. Kamala Harris: "When you were DA in San Francisco, African Americans were 19 times more likely to be prosecuted for minor drug offenses than whites and Hispanics."

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  7. 8 paź

    VP Pence: "There's no excuse for what happened to George Floyd. Justice will be served," but there is no excuse for the rioting and looting.

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  8. 8 paź

    Harris on Breonna Taylor and George Floyd: ‘We always must fight for the values that we hold dear … we need reform of policing in America and our criminal justice system’

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  9. 8 paź

    "Her family deserves justice." doesn't believe justice was served in the case of Breonna Taylor relating it to George Floyd's "torture" at the hands of police

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  10. 8 paź

    The moved to discussions about Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and the issue of abortion

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  11. 8 paź

    Kamala Harris responded to a question about the Supreme Court vacancy during the . Follow our updates here:

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  12. 8 paź

    Kamala Harris stands up for reproductive freedom and the Affordable Care Act

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  13. 8 paź

    "I just want the record to state, she never answered the question." -- Mike Pence, on Kamal Harris' long take on "packing the Supreme Court" with nominations

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  14. 8 paź

    Mike Pence: "I couldn't be more proud to serve as vice president to a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. I'm pro-life. I don't apologize for it."

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  15. 8 paź

    Here’s a look at what it means to pack the Supreme Court after Vice President Mike Pence pressed Senator Kamala Harris on the issue at the .

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  16. 8 paź

    VP Pence and Sen. Harris debate on China: Pence says Pres. Trump has stood up to China, which "had been taking advantage of America for decades." Harris: "The Trump administration's approach to China has resulted in the loss of American lives."

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  17. 8 paź

    Kamala Harris explains just how far the U.S. has fallen on the world stage because of Trump

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  18. 8 paź

    The next topic is China Q: VP Pence, how would you describe our fundamental relationship with China? Pence: "China is to blame for the coronavirus and President Trump is not happy about it."

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  19. 8 paź

    The pivots to "President Trump took out the ISIS leader, Al Baghdadi, without one American casualty...We destroyed the ISIS Caliphate." -- Mike Pence

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  20. 8 paź

    The started with a focus on coronavirus Follow for live updates

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  21. 8 paź

    The candidates are asked about fears that political interests could dictate the timing of a coronavirus vaccine

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  22. 8 paź

    VP Pence to Sen. Harris: "I just ask you, stop playing politics with people's lives. The reality is that we will have a vaccine, we believe, before the end of this year and it will have the capacity to save countless American lives."

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  23. 8 paź

    VP Mike Pence: "When I look at their plan... it looks a little bit like plagiarism which is something Joe Biden knows a little bit about."

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  24. 8 paź

    Kamala Harris addresses COVID-19 in first question: "The American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country...This administration has forfeited their right to re-election"

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  25. 8 paź

    While President Trump did restrict travel from China, his policy included exceptions that allowed “40,000 people to travel from China to the US from January 31 to April,” according to The New York Times.

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  26. 8 paź

    Harris says Trump called the coronavirus a “hoax.” That’s a matter of dispute. Trump says he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself.

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  27. 8 paź

    Kamala Harris claims Donald Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax." Trump was saying the politicization of coronavirus was the Democrats' "new hoax." False.

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  28. 8 paź

    Fact check: President Trump referred to the Democrat's criticism of his administration's response as a "hoax." However, he also consistently downplayed the severity of the virus.

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  29. 8 paź

    The American people have a president who's a business man, a job creator..." defends Trump's record of paying his fair share of taxes and attacks Joe Biden's record on the economy

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  30. 8 paź

    Sen. Kamala Harirs: "It would be really good to know who the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, owes money to."

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  31. 8 paź

    When asked about the economy, VP Pence says: "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to raise taxes - they want to bury our economy."

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  32. 8 paź

    Harris contrasts Biden and Trump on the economy: ’I remember hearing about some ‘Infrastructure Week,’ I don’t think it ever happened’

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  33. 8 paź

    The candidates were asked about their positions on climate change, and whether it poses an existential threat

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  34. 8 paź

    VP Pence at : "Look, Senator Harris, you are entitled to your own opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts. You said on multiple occasions when you were running for president that you would ban fracking."

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  35. 8 paź

    Kamala Harris is asked what a Biden-Harris administration stance toward The Green New Deal would be. Harris said: "I will repeat, and the American people know, Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact. That is a fact."

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  36. 8 paź

    Sen. Harris when responding to a question on climate change: "We have seen a pattern with this administration, which is, they don't believe in science."

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  37. 8 paź

    Pence said Biden would "ban fracking." Biden's plan will not permit new fracking on federal land - but there is no ban in the plan. Most fracking is done on private or state-owned land.

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  38. 8 paź

    At the candidates are sparring over Joe Biden's position on fracking. The Democratic candidate said that he does not intend to ban fracking, but will not support new projects in the industry

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  39. 8 paź

    Debate fact check: "As president, Biden says, he would not approve new fracking permits on federal lands. But he would allow existing fracking to continue on federal property and existing and new fracking to continue on private land."

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  40. 8 paź

    CLAIM: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support the Green New Deal Here's what the record shows

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  41. 8 paź

    President Trump ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West Coast infernos and renewed his unfounded claim that failure to rake forest floors and clear dead timber is mostly to blame.

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  42. 8 paź

    Pence repeated Trump's claim that improper forest management led to wildfires on the West Coast. This is overly simplistic. Experts said forest management is just one element, while climate change and urban sprawl are also key contributors.

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  43. 8 paź

    California’s firestorms aren’t caused by just one factor. Instead, climate change, forest management and urban sprawl all contribute, according to forestry, fire and climate experts.

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  44. 8 paź

    Mike Pence skirted a question during Wednesday's debate about whether President Donald Trump would accept the results of the election if he loses

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  45. 8 paź

    The final topic of the : the election Moderator asks Sen. Kamala Harris: If you win the election, what would happen next? Harris: "We believe in the American people. We believe in our democracy. And here's what I would like to say to everybody: vote."

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  46. 8 paź

    Among 's final remarks, he said: "President Trump and I are fighting every day in courthouses to prevent Joe Biden and Kamala Harris from changing the rules and creating this universal mail-in voting which will create a massive opportunity for voter fraud."

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  47. 8 paź

    “Universal” mail-voting, in which mail-ballots are automatically mailed to all registered voters, is in 9 states.

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  48. 30 wrz

    Voter fraud of any kind is exceedingly rare in the US, and voting by mail is safe and legal, according to data and election experts.

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  49. 8 paź

    The fly left in the same mood it had arrived. Quiet, confident and mysterious.

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  50. 8 paź

    An uninvited guest stole the spotlight for a portion Wednesday night's vice presidential debate: a fly that perched upon Vice President Mike Pence's hair

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  51. 8 paź

    This is impressive. deserves credit for a good debate.

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  52. 8 paź

    This VP debate was civil, compared to the POTUS debate. The moderator struggled to keep candidates to time. The candidates consistently didn’t answer questions asked of them. Pence used some of his time to ask his own questions of Harris, & she didn’t answer his questions either.

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  53. 8 paź

    Interruptions were minimal and both candidates largely followed the directions of moderator Susan Page.

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  54. 7 paź

    Meet USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief , tonight's moderator.

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  55. 7 paź

    "I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn't have a debate." — Joe Biden said the next presidential debate scheduled for October 15 should not go ahead if President Trump is still infected with COVID-19.

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  56. 5 paź

    President Trump, who has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for four days, intends to participate in the next presidential debate with Joe Biden on October 15, according to his campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh.

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  57. 8 paź

    The Trump campaign said on Wednesday that it was saving a ticket for the late rapper Tupac Shakur at the between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, an apparent dig at the California senator.

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  58. 7 paź

    Kamala Harris has been criticized on her previous records as San Francisco's District Attorney and California's Attorney General. Ahead of tonight's , here is a deeper look at Harris' record on criminal justice reform.

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  59. 30 wrz

    Catch up on all the highlights from the first presidential debate between and .

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