Kamala Harris reacts to Pres. Biden's debate performance: He 'did not get off to a strong start'

>> Linsey: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, AS WE CONTINUE DEBATE NIGHT COVERAGE. WE ARE JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. VICE PRESIDENT, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE TONIGHT'S DEBATE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN? >> Vice President Harris: A SLOW START BUT A GOOD AND STRONG FINISH. I THINK WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE SAW AN EXTRAORDINARY CONTRAST BETWEEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES. LET'S START WITH FACTS AND TELLING THE TRUTH. CLEARLY, WE HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR A WHILE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOT BURDENED BY THE TRUTH. TELLING FACTUAL STORIES AND STATEMENTS, BUT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT JOE BIDEN HAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WHETHER IT BE WITH HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD, THE CREATION OF 15 MILLION NEW JOBS IN AMERICA, OVER 800 MANUFACTURING JOBS BRINGING MANUFACTURING BACK TO UNITED STATES. WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO CAP THE COST OF INSULIN FOR OUR SENIORS AT $35 PER MONTH ALLOWING MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES AGAINST THE BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO BRING THE COST OF MEDICATION DOWN. THERE IS A VERY CLEAR CONTRAST AND PEOPLE OF AMERICA I THINK SAW THAT IN JOE BIDEN AND THEY HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THEM. DONALD TRUMP IS A PERSON WHO WILL FIGHT FOR HIMSELF. HIS SPEAR WHEN YOU SAID YOU DON'T FEEL THE FORMER PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BURDENED BY THE TRUTH. HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE HIS PERFORMANCE TONIGHT? >> Vice President Harris: I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL, JUST FOR EXAMPLE ON THE ISSUE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH JANUARY 6TH, THE INSURRECTION. HE WOULD NOT DISAVOW THAT THE BEHAVIORS AND THE CONDUCT, THE CRIMINAL CONDUCT OF THOSE INSURRECTION NESTS. AND THEN SKIRTED AROUND AND NEVER DIRECTLY ANSWERED WHETHER HE WOULD ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION'S UPCOMING NOVEMBER. SOMEONE WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WILL BE A DICTATOR ON DAY ONE. HE ADMIRES DICTATORS, THE WAY HE TALKS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA, PUTIN WITH GREAT ADMIRATION. DONALD TRUMP, SOMEONE WHO'S OPENLY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WILL WEAPONIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAINST HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. WE SAW HIM BASICALLY DISAVOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. IT BASICALLY SUGGESTING THAT IT NEVER HAPPENED. SO JUST POINT AFTER POINT AFTER POINT THAT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY A LIE, FRANKLY. I HATE USING SUCH A STRONG WORD, BUT THERE WAS NO TRUTH IN WHAT HE WAS SAYING. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS AT STAKE IN NOVEMBER, IT IS ABOUT A PRESIDENT LIKE JOE BIDEN WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HER OWN BODY, THE FREEDOM THEN AN INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN BODY AND NOT HAVE THEIR GOVERNMENT TAKE THAT DECISION FROM THEM VERSUS THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHO OPENLY TALKS ABOUT HOW PROUD HE IS THAT HE HAD SELECTED THREE MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. IF TO TAKE THOSE FREEDOMS, UNDER THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE TO, THEY DID EXACTLY AS HE INTENDED AND STATE AFTER STATE WE ARE SEEING LAWS BEING PASSED TO THAT PROVIDERS, THE TEXAS PRISON FOR LYING. WE ARE SEEING STATE AFTER STATE PASSING LAWS THAT PROVIDE NO PROTECTIONS FOR OR. NOT FOR DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT INTENDING TO SELECT PEOPLE WHO DID AS HE INTENDED UNDER THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE. THE CONTRAST FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS QUITE CLEAR. AND WE HAVE CHOICE. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY WE WANT TO LIVE IN. DO WE WANT A PRESIDENT WHO CARES FOR AND FIGHTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMEBODY WHO BASICALLY FIGHTS FOR HIMSELF? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SECONDARY TO HIS PRIORITIES. >> Linsey: MADAME VICE PRESIDENT, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVERSITIES GOING INTO TONIGHT WAS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TOO OLD AND HIS MENTAL ACUITY IS NOT THERE. REACTION ACROSS THE BOARD, INCLUDING FROM DEMOCRATS, IS THAT THEY WERE NOT CONVINCED A POTENTIALLY TONIGHT. IT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE VOTERS WHO WATCHED TONIGHT AND WERE NOT SURE THAT HE IS MENTALLY FIT? >> Vice President Harris: >> LISTEN , HE DID NOT GET OFF TO A STRONG START IN THE DEBATE. HE HAD A STRONG FINISH. IT'S A SLOW START BUT A STRONG FINISH. THE BOTTOM L LINE IS THIS. IT LET'S NOT DECIDE GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BASED ON THE 90-MINUTE DEBATE. IT LETS MEASURE IT AGAINST THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH IN OUR ECONOMY. WHERE WE HAVE SEEN EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH IN TERMS OF OUR STANDING IN THE WORLD, WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO STRENGTHEN NATO AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF OUR ALLIES. TO GET MORE DIRECTLY TO YOUR QUESTION, LINSEY, VICE PRESIDENT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH JOE BIDEN. IN THE OVAL OFFICE WHERE HE NEGOTIATES BIPARTISAN DEALS IN A WAY NOBODY CAN IN THIS ERA, I SPENT TIME WITH HIM IN THE SITUATION WHERE HE'S BRINGING TOGETHER LEADERS FROM THE MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE AMERICA IS SAFE. WHERE HE IS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD WHO I HAVE WITNESSED TO GO UP TO JOE BIDEN ASKING FOR HIS COUNSEL AND ADVICE. THAT'S THE JOE BIDEN AND I SEE EVERY DAY. I URGE FOLKS TO LOOK AT THE RECORD AND LOOK AT THE RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SOMEBODY WHO LIES, SOMEBODY WHO'S FOUND BY A COURT OF LAW BY HAVING A JURY OF HIS PEERS TO BE GUILTY OF 34 FELONIES. SOMEONE WHO IS INTENDED TO TAKE THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS THE FREEDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN BODY BUT INSTEAD HE BELIEVES INVESTING THAT DECISION AND THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A CHOICE FOR THE PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER AND ULTIMATELY I THINK WE HAVE TO -- WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN? >> Linsey: I KNOW YOU'RE SHORT ON TIME AND I WANT TO RESPECT THAT. AT LAST QUESTION, AS EFFECTIVELY AS YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PASS ALONG AND CAN BE TO GET YOUR MESSAGE TONIGHT FOR THE CAMPAIGN, DO YOU FEEL HE WAS ABE TO DO THE SAME JOB? COMMIT TO GETTING TO PEOPLE >> WENT UP SIBLEY TALKED ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR JOE BIDEN HE'S