Former President Donald Trump closed the debate by pointing out that his opponent has had a full term as vice president to implement the changes she promises to make.
âShe just started by saying sheâs going to do this, sheâs going to do that, sheâs going to do all these wonderful things. Why hasnât she done it?â Trump asked.
âSheâs been there for 3 ½ years. Theyâve had 3 ½ years to fix the border. Theyâve had 3 ½ years to create jobs and all the things we talked about. Why hasnât she done it?â
PHILADELPHIAâIn her closing statement, Vice President Kamala Harris pointed to the contrast between her and former President Donald Trump.
âI think you’ve heard tonight two very different visions for our countryâone that is focused on the future and the other that is focused on the past and an attempt to take us backward. But we’re not going back,â she said.
âAnd I do believe that the American people know we all have so much more in common than what separates us, and we can chart a new way forward and a vision, having a plan, understanding the aspirations, the dreams, the hopes, the ambition of the American people.â
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump reiterated that he would keep the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, unless a suitable replacement is presented.
âIf we come up with something, and we are working on things, we’re going to do it, and we’re going to replace it,â he said.
âBut remember this: I inherited Obamacare because Democrats wouldn’t change it,â he said. âIf they would have done that, we would have had a much better plan than Obamacare.â
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump, who earlier in the debate said he would have âfired all the generalsâ involved, called the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal âthe most embarrassing event in the history of the nationâ and the reason âwhy Russia attacked Ukraineâbecause she and her boss are weak.â
Vice President Kamala Harris, who frequently describes herself as âthe last person in the roomâ with President Joe Biden, reiterated her support for his decision to end the United Statesâ 20-year war in Afghanistan with a full withdrawal by Sept. 11, 2021.
Harris said the February 2020 Doha Agreement negotiated by the Trump administration fostered the collapse of the Afghanistan government, emboldened the Taliban, and directly led to the Aug. 26, 2021, terror attack at Hamid Karzai Airportâs Abbey Gate that killed more than 180 people, including 13 U.S. service members.
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump said he doesnât care what race Vice President Kamala Harris identifies with.
Debate moderator David Muir asked the former president why he thinks âitâs appropriate to weigh inâ on Harrisâs racial identity, referencing previous comments he made about âwhen she happened to turn black.â
âI donât, and I donât care,â Trump responded. âI donât care what she is. ⌠You make a big deal out of somethingâI couldnât care less. Whatever she wants to be is OK with me.â
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump criticized the billions spent on security assistance for Ukraine and declined to say whether he believed Ukraineâs victory would matter to U.S. national security, saying instead he would seek an immediate end to the war.
Vice President Kamala Harris underscored that she believed Ukraineâs âsovereignty and territorial integrityâ must be upheld.
âWe brought 50 countries together to support Ukraine in its righteous defense, and because of our support, because of the air defense, the ammunition, the artillery, the Javelins, the Abrams tanks that we have provided, Ukraine stands as an independent and free country,â she said.
PHILADELPHIAâVice President Kamala Harris vowed âI will not ban frackingâ about 40 minutes into her Tuesday debate with former President Donald Trump during a brief skirmish over energy policy.
Claiming sheâs never supported a blanket ban on fracking, which a president and Congress can only impose on federal lands, Harris noted she cast the deciding vote in the adoption of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act âthat opened new leases for fracking.â
While Harrisâs energy policies essentially perpetuate President Joe Bidenâs emphasis on renewable energy, she said her primary policy goal will be âto reduce reliance on foreign oil.â
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden could address the border quickly and without Congress.
Most recent U.S. immigration policy has been shaped by executive orders issued or rescinded by Trump and Biden. The rescission of Trump-era executive orders at the onset of the Biden administration marked a significant change in border policy. Encounters at the southern border surged.
âThey donât need bills,â Trump said, suggesting executive authority is enough to fix the border issue.
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump reiterated that he did nothing wrong on Jan. 6, 2021.
When asked by the moderators whether he had any regrets about his actions that day, Trump suggested that he didnât organize the rally, emphasizing that he told attendees to protest at the Capitol âpeacefully and patrioticallyâ ahead of the Capitol breach.
Trump noted that no police officers were killed that day, and referenced the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt âby an out of control police officer that should have never, ever shot her.â
PHILADELPHIAâVice President Kamala Harris reiterated that her âvalues have not changedâ when it comes to her stance on issues such as fracking, a major issue in Pennsylvania, where the debate is taking place.
In 2019, she was in favor of banning fracking. She has since moved away from that position and cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which included the expansion of fracking leases.
âMy values have not changed, and what is important is that there is a president who actually brings values and objectives that is about lifting people up and not beating people down and name calling,â she said. âI intend to be that president.â
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump responded to Vice President Kamala Harrisâs claim that he would support a national abortion by calling it âa lie.â
âIâm not signing a ban, and thereâs no reason to sign a ban because we’ve gotten what everybody wanted,â he said.
Reaffirming his stance that abortion is a statesâ rights issue, Trump touted his role in nominating three of the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion.
PHILADELPHIAâAs former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris went back and forth on abortion, ABC appeared to break its own rule about the mics being muted for those not speaking.
It’s also possible Trumpâs voice carried into Harrisâs mic.
PHILADELPHIAâVice President Kamala Harris said China failed to provide transparency about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Referencing Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, Harris said, âXi was responsible for lacking and not giving us transparency about the origins of COVID.â
While former President Donald Trump did not respond to this point in the debate, he has previously repeatedly criticized the Chinese regime for covering up the pandemic origins.
PHILADELPHIAâThe Heritage Foundationâs controversial Project 2025 policy playbook was bound to come up during the debate.
Vice President Kamala Harris chose to bring it up on the first question.
âWhat youâre going to hear tonight is a detailed and dangerous plan called Project 2025 that the former president intends on implementing if he were elected ⌠again,â Harris said.
PHILADELPHIAâThe presidential candidates kicked off the debate by talking about the economy.
Vice President Kamala Harris asked if Americans are better off now than they were four years ago.
Harris briefly outlined some of her economic plans, including a $6,000 child tax credit and a tax deduction for small businesses.
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris took the debate stage at the National Constitution Center and shook hands as Harris said, âKamala Harris.â The two met for the first time in what will likely be the only debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
Trump and President Joe Biden, the prior Democratic nominee, did not shake hands when they debated in June. Biden dropped out of the race on July 27.
The first topic of the debate is the economy.
PHILADELPHIAâRobert F. Kennedy, Jr., told The Epoch Times ahead of the debate that the most important message former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris can send tonight is one of âreconciliation.â
“I would love to see a message of reconciliation, you know, an understanding that we’re all Americans and that … we can differ on these issues without ⌠hating on each other,” Kennedy said, suggesting that the two candidates should shake hands on the debate stage.
He said he hopes Harris will pledge to the American people her commitment to democracy and freedom in the wake of rising totalitarianism in the world.
PHILADELPHIAâSen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) met with reporters ahead of Tuesday nightâs debate and explained what Vice President Kamala Harris needs to do to prevail in the showdown with former President Donald Trump.
âShe needs to connect with the American people. She needs to talk to them about her tax policy, caring about the middle-class, not about the ultra-wealthy the way [Trumpâs] policy will,â Duckworth told The Epoch Times.
âShe needs to talk to them about what she will do for health care, reproductive health care, and to connect with the voters directly and not allow [Trump] to get her off of her game plan,â she said.
PHILADELPHIAââContrastâ was the word on every tongue in the spin room before the debate as both candidatesâ surrogates shared their hopes and expectations for the night.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), there on behalf of former President Donald Trump, told The Epoch Times that Trumpâs primary goal should be to âset up the contrastâ between himself and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) speaks to reporters at the media filing center and spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ahead of the presidential debate between Republican nominee former President Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters at the media filing center and spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ahead of the presidential debate between Republican nominee former President Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Energy is certain to be addressed during Tuesday’s debate, with Vice President Kamala Harris set to defend President Joe Bidenâs renewable energy policies, and former President Donald Trump vowing to unplug them.
Harris campaigns as Bidenâs successor in perpetuating a transition to renewable energies. She was key in getting the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the 2022 CHIPS & Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), adopted.
Harris cast the deciding vote to pass the IRA, which provides $370 billion to reduce greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050.
AdImpact, a marketing and advertising analytics firm, released data on Sept. 10 illustrating how much political ad spending has exploded since the June 27 debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Between Super Tuesday (March 5) and the June debate, Democrats spent $177.4 million on political ads, compared to $55 million spent by Republicans.
From June 28 until Sept. 10, Democrats spent a total of $508.3 million on political ads, while Republicans spent $342 million.
PHILADELPHIAâFormer President Donald Trump spent the last several weeks informally preparing for tonightâs debate, according to Brian Hughes, his Florida campaign director.
Hughes told The Epoch Times that Trump is âprepared every day,â thanks to his penchant for impromptu media interviews and conversations with voters.
Nevertheless, Hughes said the former president spent âa long number of weeksâ reviewing his policy successes and Vice President Kamala Harrisâs record in preparation for the debate.
PHILADELPHIAâAt an event outside Philadelphia earlier on Tuesday, Dave McCormick, the GOP Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, said that former President Donald Trump needs to let Vice President Kamala Harris show what she stands for.
âI think he needs to just let Kamala Harris defend a set of positions that are wildly out of step with Pennsylvania,â he told reporters in response to a question by The Epoch Times.
âYou can just go and see, in her own words, what she said about banning fracking, transitioning energy workers, giving amnesty to illegal immigrants, federal benefits, mandatory buybacks of guns. These positions are just out of touch with Pennsylvania,” McCormick said.
Tuesday night’s debate is the firstâand potentially the lastâshowdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump before the election.
Broadcast at 9 p.m. ET on ABC from Philadelphiaâs National Constitution Center, network anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate.
Viewers can watch the debate here.
Media filing center and spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ahead of the presidential debate between Republican nominee former President Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
PHILADELPHIAâSurrogates will be putting their âspinâ on the debate performances of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the two major partiesâ presidential candidates.
More than 900 news reporters have gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention Center about a half-mile away from the National Constitution Center where the candidates will debate without an audience.
The Harris campaign says Harris will be joined tonight by her husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, her sister Maya Harris, and her brother in law Tony West.
ABC News signage is installed in the media file center inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center one day before the presidential debate in Philadelphia on Sept. 9, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump head into a presidential debate virtually tied in national polling, raising the stakes for a showdown that could prove pivotal in the 2024 election.
â[The election] is really sitting on a knifeâs edge on the electoral college,â Henry Olsen, a senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, told The Epoch Times. âOne point in either direction is something that could really matter.â
We asked political experts to explain what both candidates must do to perform well in this debateâand what could happen if they donât.
Carolyn McIntyre in Bristol, Pa., on Sept. 9, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
PHILADELPHIAâAhead of the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Pennsylvaniaâs undecided voters want the candidates to discuss the economy, border security, and abortion to help them decide how they will vote.
Trump and Harris will meet at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10. It is the second debate of the 2024 campaign, following Trumpâs face-off against President Joe Biden in Atlanta on June 27, with the latter dropping out of the race in July. The Epoch Times spoke with several voters in Pennsylvania who are not yet committed to any candidate to understand how Trump or Harris could persuade them.
Asked what issue she’d like to hear debated, Cyndi McGuinn said, â[Itâs] womenâs rights [to abortion], obviously. … Thatâs huge right now.â An undecided voter from the Philadelphia suburbs who works at a Whole Foods store, McGuinn added that foreign policy, specifically the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, would also be important.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waits to speak at a campaign rally at United Auto Workers Local 900 in Wayne, Mich., on Aug. 8, 2024. (Right) Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St Cloud, Minn., on July 27, 2024. Andrew Harnik, Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
The long-awaited matchup between Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican nominee former President Donald Trump will air on ABC on Sept. 10, just two months before the election.
The political landscape has changed radically since the first presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden, which kicked off a pressure campaign that culminated in Biden bowing out of the race on July 21.
Since the first debate, Trump survived an attempt on his life, Harris rapidly rose to the top of the Democratic ticket, and both campaigns have shifted their messaging to respond to the new Democratic standard-bearer. Both candidates have also chosen their running mates.
(L) Republican Presidential candidate, former president, Donald Trump speaks at II Toro E La Capra in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 23, 2024. (R) Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on her policy platform in Raleigh, N.C., on Aug. 16, 2024. Ian Maule/Getty Images; Grant Baldwin/Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to debate for the first time on Sept. 10 in a pivotal moment that could shape the tight 2024 presidential race.
ABC will host the debate in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center. The two candidates will be standing throughout the event, which will last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks, according to the network. The debate will begin at 9 p.m. EDT.
The June CNN debate precipitated a significant turning point in the 2024 race. President Joe Biden faced mounting pressure from within his own party to step down after a poor performance. He exited the race in July and endorsed Harris.
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