Sen. Kamala Harris won big at the vice presidential debate as Mike Pence spent the evening lying and trying to clean up Trump’s failures.
Pence spent the entire evening interrupting, as he tried to mouth all of Trump’s failed talking points and barraged the American people with falsehood after falsehood.
Harris basically called Pence a liar:
Pence is flat out lying about Biden and Harris wanting to raise taxes. #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/yE6CMCGIiI
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— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 8, 2020
Harris hit Pence on the fact that the Trump administration will lose the most jobs in US history:
Kamala Harris just took control of the #VPDebate and called out Trump and Pence for riding on Obama and Biden's economic coattails. pic.twitter.com/Fo2sgBONXg
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 8, 2020
Mike Pence tried to bring up court-packing and walked right into a trap:
Pence tried to bring up court-packing, and Kamala Harris blew him up. #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/enfElan7EP
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 8, 2020
Mike Pence tried to sell a fantasy Trump presidency that the American people know does not exist. One could almost see Donald Trump’s lips moving as Mike Pence spoke. Trump needed Mike Pence to ride to the rescue and save his failing campaign.
Pence was talking over and interrupting Harris throughout the debate. Pence steamrolled over the rules and showed why these debates need to have a mute button. In 2016, Pence was the mainstream face of Trump radicalism. In 2020, Pence has become a mini-Trump, and he reminded voters why this administration has to be voted out in November.
Kamala Harris was in control. She was dominant, and she completely wiped the floor with Mike Pence.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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