By: Sydney Umstead, News Editor
On Sept. 10, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris entered into the second debate of this November’s presidential election. While this was the second debate of the season, it was the first featuring Harris and Trump.
During the debate, Trump and Harris discussed their plans of what they would do if elected. When Trump was asked if he would veto a national abortion ban, he instead answered about immigration. He responded, to the question about the veto, with the false claim that immigrants in Springville, Ohio are eating pets. Fact-checkers and the Springville Police Department had almost immediately debunked these claims, and ABC News reported following the debate that the city has “created a webpage debunking some claims.”
The interviewers explained that there have been no reports of this, which prompted Trump to declare that he had seen it on television.
ABC News, who televised the debate, found that both Harris and Trump offered information that was false or needed to be clarified. However, on the topic of the bill that would have secured the border, Harris stated it was actually Trump who killed that bill. ABC News confirmed this to be true, stating, “The bill failed a key Senate procedural vote in May, with all but one Republican voting against it, including all those involved in crafting the deal,” only after Trump had publicly denounced it.
An article from The New York Times states how during the debate Harris had stated that world leaders “laugh at Donald Trump,” and that he “grew visibly angry” when his 2020 election loss was brought up in conversation.
There have also been critiques of Harris’s performance at the debate. The Times writes that the debate appeared “typical” as she had “appeared most at ease talking about Mr. Trump rather than fleshing out her own plans for the presidency.” The article continues, adding it seemed as though “the only moment Ms. Harris showed any nerves was in the very first answer” because she had “tried to pack many of her economic plans.”
The next debate this cycle is set for Oct. 1 between the candidates for Vice President, Tim Walz and J.D. Vance. Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would not take part in a third presidential debate.
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