With a handshake and a formal introduction, the first debate between the two candidates for the presidency of the United States began on Tuesday, Kamala Harris y Donald Trumpwho will discuss for ninety minutes their main proposals for reaching the White House.
Despite decades of political involvement and months of fierce mutual criticism, this was the first time the two had met in person, an exchange that took place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, in front of the debate moderators, ABC News reporters David Muir and Linsey Davis“Kamala Harris,” she introduced herself.
Harris is the first to take the floor. She will have two minutes to respond, followed by Trump with two minutes, and then there will be an additional minute for follow-up.
Just as it happened in the face to face between Trump and the president, Joe Bidenthe microphones of those who do not have the opportunity to speak will be muted and the presenters will not have the opportunity to refute the candidates.
Trump landed in Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, about three hours before the debate, while Harris arrived yesterday. The Democrat has been in the state of Pennsylvania since last Thursday, locked away with her team preparing for one of the most important events of her career.
How Trump Treats Harris
One of the calls he received these days, CNN noted today, was with Hillary Clintonwho already had the experience of facing Donald Trump in the 2016 election campaign that he ended up losing to the Republican.
Although Harris’ campaign has tried to mark a big difference with Clinton’s by trying not to highlight the fact that the Democrat is a woman, in the debate many eyes will be focused on how Trump treats Harris, observing if he yells at her or uses his large size (1.90 meters) to try to intimidate her.
As for the issues of the night, both candidates will fight to make the issue that benefits them the most predominant. Thus, predictably TTrump to attack Harris for her role as the ‘border czarina’ in the Biden administrationreferring to his responsibility to address the causes of migration from Central America to the United States, although he was never in charge of direct management of the border.
Harris, for her part, will remind voters that it was Trump (2017-2021) who appointed the three Supreme Court justices who repealed the ‘Roe vs. Wade’ ruling in June 2022, which for half a century protected the federal right to abortion. EFE
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