Philadelphia, September 11: The first, and possibly only, debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the 2024 election has come to an end. Tuesday's event in Philadelphia gave Americans their most detailed look at a campaign that's dramatically changed since the last debate in June.
In rapid fashion, President Joe Biden bowed out of the race after his disastrous performance, Trump survived an assassination attempt and both sides chose their running mates. It's the only debate that's been firmly scheduled and could be the only time voters see Harris and Trump go head-to-head before the November general election. US Presidential Elections 2024: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Meet for First Time As High-Stakes Presidential Debate Begins.
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Closing arguments Harris and Trump veered in different directions in their closing arguments. The vice president promised that she was focused on the future while Trump was stuck in the past. She emphasized that she has plans to help the middle class.
Trump criticized Harris for not implementing her plans while she's in office.
슬롯사이트œWhy hasn't she done it?슬롯사이트� he said repeatedly. The 90-minute debate is going longer than advertised. The debate had been advertised as 90 minutes, with two commercial breaks. But it was always possible that ABC News might go longer. That's exactly what's happening. US Presidential Debate 2024 Live Streaming: Watch Video Telecast As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Face Off in 90-Minute Encounter in Pennsylvania.
Harris Says She is a Gun Owner
As she tried to refute Trump's accusation that she wants to take away owners' guns, Harris revealed that she is a gun owner, too.
슬롯사이트œTim Walz and I are both gun owners. We're not taking anybody's guns away,슬롯사이트� she said. Harris first revealed the news in 2019: 슬롯사이트œI am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the reason a lot of people do 슬롯사이트� for personal safety,슬롯사이트� Harris told reporters in Iowa. 슬롯사이트œI was a career prosecutor.슬롯사이트�
The Affordable Care Act Has Gotten More Popular in Polling
One challenge for Trump's attacks on the ACA: It's gotten a lot more popular since it was passed in 2010. A KFF Health Tracking Poll found earlier this year that 62% of U.S. adults have a favorable opinion of the Affordable Care Act, up from 46% in 2010. More broadly, recent AP-NORC polling gives Harris more of an advantage on the issue of health care. Americans trust her over Trump to better handle health care, 46% to 31%. About 2 in 10 say they trust neither (13%) or both equally (9%).
Trump's Mystery Healthcare Plan
For years, Trump has been promising a better healthcare plan than the Affordable Care Act. Asked again during the debate, Trump was unable to explain what he would do on healthcare. 슬롯사이트œI have concepts of a plan,슬롯사이트� he said. 슬롯사이트œI'm not president right now.슬롯사이트� He said he would reveal the plan 슬롯사이트œin the not-so-distant future,슬롯사이트� something he's promised before.
Trump again questions Harris' race but says he doesn't care about it
Trump again questioned Harris' racial identity but then repeatedly said that he 슬롯사이트œdoes not care슬롯사이트� how she identifies. 슬롯사이트œI read where she was not Black, ... and then I read that she was Black,슬롯사이트� Trump said. 슬롯사이트œI couldn't care less. Whatever she wants to be is okay with me.슬롯사이트� Harris called it a 슬롯사이트œtragedy슬롯사이트� that Trump, she argued, 슬롯사이트œhas consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people.슬롯사이트�
When They Go Low...
Harris has done something a lot of advisers wanted her to do tonight: She has identified herself as someone who uplifts and Trump as someone who weighs down. She criticized Trump for 슬롯사이트œbelittling슬롯사이트� and 슬롯사이트œname-calling슬롯사이트� and said she will instead bring a 슬롯사이트œsense of optimism슬롯사이트� as president. At the same time, Harris hasn't shied away from hitting Trump with direct, cutting attacks, both on his actions as president and on his false claims about her record.
Harris notes that Trump called for executing the now-exonerated 슬롯사이트œCentral Park Five슬롯사이트� Harris said Trump has a long history of racial division, going back to when his family's company was investigated for refusing to rent to Black people decades ago.
She also mentioned that he called for the death penalty for the 슬롯사이트œCentral Park Five,슬롯사이트� who were falsely accused of rape, and spread false 슬롯사이트œbirther슬롯사이트� theories about President Barack Obama. 슬롯사이트œI think the American people want better than that, want better than this,슬롯사이트� Harris said New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, will be speaking to journalists after the debate ends.
Trump Has To Be Careful With His Personal Attacks on Harris
Trump has to be careful with his personal attacks on HarrisTrump has a fine line to walk on personal attacks on Harris tonight. A Pew Research Center poll found that about two-thirds of voters say Trump has been 슬롯사이트œtoo personally critical슬롯사이트� of Harris. Slightly fewer than half (45%) of voters say Harris has been too personally critical of Trump. Trump's supporters are more likely to say he's too critical of Harris (41% of Trump's supporters say this) than Harris' supporters are to say she's too critical of Trump (12% of Harris supporters say this).
Over Time
Both candidates have gone over their allotted time several times during their answers and responses, with Trump ignoring the time clock far more than Harris. At one point as the debate approached a commercial break around the one-hour mark and as Trump continued to talk about Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, moderator Linsey Davis cut off Trump with, 슬롯사이트œPresident Trump, thank you. We have a lot of issues to get to.슬롯사이트�
No Audience Means No Waiting for Them To Quiet Down
Anyone who's watched a lot of presidential debates knows that a chunk of time is spent quieting down the crowd in between answers. But no audience being present means that Harris and Trump are likely getting in more speaking time to the questions posed by the ABC News moderators - and reacting to their opponent's responses. As was the case with Trump's June debate with Biden, rules dictate that there is no live audience present for his debate with Harris.
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