A skilled prosecutor vs. a disciplined debater. How will Kamala Harris and Mike Pence match up? Follow the VP debate as we fact check live.
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are facing off during the only vice presidential debate of this election. Refresh this page for the latest.Pence and Harris are facing off in Salt Lake City, Utah, at a critical moment in the race, as President Donald Trump is battling COVID-19, talks over a stimulus to blunt the economic impact of the pandemic has stalled and several battleground polls show Democratic nominee Joe Biden with a narrow but growing lead.
“The ticket holder relieves the CPD and the event site host of any and all liability of any kind and character....in the event of fire, natural disaster...injury or sickness ,” the ticket advises in red letters.Guests who won the lottery for tickets to the vice presidential debate wore salmon-colored surgical masks issued by the host University of Utah.
"I'm worried for the future but not for the debate tonight,” Ainsworth said. “I think everybody has been taken care of." Quinones said her eyes were opened during the impeachment of the president. She felt that Trump’s actions were being taken out of context.University of Utah students will attend the debate
The ticket also says members of the audience will not hold the Commission on Presidential Debates or the event host liable for any sickness including COVID-19.Sophomores Cooper McGee and Jake Larsen sat in lawn chairs on the ledge outside the second-story windows of their student rental house, taking in the vice presidential spectacle across the street at the University of Utah.
But Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff, objected, saying that it wasn’t needed because of other safety accommodations including daily testing and the extended separation between the candidates on stage. What to watch for? To begin with, the debate comes as the nation has watched President Donald Trump fight his own case of COVID-19, and a steady stream of White House officials also test positive. That issue, and the issue of how the White House has responded, is guaranteed to be front and center.
Harris, who has served as California’s junior Democratic senator since 2017, was the state’s attorney general for six years before entering Congress. Republicans have heavily scrutinized her record as attorney general, arguing that it provides some insight to the kind of policies she would pursue if she and Biden are elected in November.
“She is there to really talk to people at home and breakthrough about what they're feeling, their lives and their families,” Sanders told reporters Wednesday morning.
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