Trump Backtracks on Harris' Racial Identity Comments, Kamala Harris Condemns Divisive Rhetoric

frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his response respes are rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contrad predicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debat saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ral Norm supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast Trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policy he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he Tri tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard to very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End Harris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the top topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to to excess care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixed ated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a moist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses a rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David mu appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies both about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president presid the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 40 2 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and remind reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that white spread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smugged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debat saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast Trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and haris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debanked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smugged at his responses a rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debate moderator which is ABC's David mu appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequence of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph Norm supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to T the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End had succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smugged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and haris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 30 7 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even been said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about imigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debates saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph Norm supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast Trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End har succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debed claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the Stone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread V a fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangent about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast Trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticize the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling president Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debed claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was president itial she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smugged at his responses a rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David mu pointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth BC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed an I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly contend to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said an quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another rough while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC [Music] news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses a rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's PS in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David mu appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubl down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on reproductive rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph Norm supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after its Bor Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations count ing Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was Why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and haris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was firy and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David mu appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debat saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizar claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used a debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast Trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard two very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Comm Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End Harris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on De bonged claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump squared off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC news from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smugged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David mu appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debates saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took a Firm Stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of roie vade trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph Norm supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after its born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let him ramble the US vice president used the debate to position herself as a champion for the middle class she introduced her opportunity economy plan focused on tax cuts for families and small businesses she cast a trump as a candidate who only cares about wealthy saying Donald Trump has no plan for you he's more interested in defending himself than helping the American people she outlined her own middle class background and made a direct appeal to voters Trump meanwhile criticized the Biden Harris economy saying I have never seen a worse period of time he called Harris a Marxist and accused her of copying his policies he quipped and I quote I was going to send her a Maga heart Donald Trump's big question for Kamala Harris during his closing remarks during the presidential debate was why didn't she do it as he tried to tie the vice president to the Biden Administration he ended his remarks by calling President Joe Biden and Harris the worst president the worst vice president in the history of our country speaking during her closing remarks vice president Harris delivered a familiar line she said and I quote we are not going back she said America on Tuesday night has heard to very different versions of the country one that is focused on the future and one that is focused on the past an attempt to take us backward but we are not going back she added after closing statements former president Donald Trump spoke for about 42 minutes and 52 seconds while vice president Kamala Harris spoke for about 37 minutes and 36 seconds meanwhile the Harris campaign is calling for another round while Trump's campaign tried to claim victory before the end of the debate All In All In the End haris succeeded in casting herself as an advocate for the middle class while portraying Trump as out of touch and self-absorbed the debate ended much as it began with Trump doubling down on debunked claims and Harris maintaining her composure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump Square off in their first ever debate on Tuesday night Harris used much of the 1 hour and 45 minutes to provoke Trump and he took the bait reacting frequently to her Jabs Harris was presidential she was fiery and she had Trump on the ropes this debate showed how much the US presidential election race has changed here are some of the key takeaways from the debate hosted by ABC [Music] News from the beginning Harris set the tone by walking over to Trump and offering a handshake a symbolic gesture since Trump had skipped Biden's inauguration she peppered her answers with remarks designed to enrage Trump calling him weak wrong and reminding him that 81 million voters had rejected him in 2020 she even said and I quote clearly he's having a hard time processing that Trump often visibly agitated loudly repeated many debunked claims he insisted that widespread voter fraud occurred in 2020 and repeated a conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets Harris laughed and smurged at his responses rarely holding back during the debate Trump leaned into unfounded conspiracy theories one of the most bizarre claims was about immigrants from Haiti allegedly eating people's pets in Ohio even when the debates moderator which is ABC's David M appointed out that the local officials denied the claims Trump doubled down he simply responded with we'll find out on crime Trump argued that it had risen across the United States contradicting FBI data showing that crime had actually declined in recent years the debate saw sharp exchanges on the topic of abortion Harris took airm stance on Reproductive Rights making clear the consequences of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roi Trump defended the decision framing it as a great service to return the issue to the states he inaccurately claimed that former Virginia governor Ralph noram supported killing babies after birth ABC's Lindsay Davis fact checked Trump on this saying no state allows killing a baby after it's born Harris highlighted stories of women unable to access care in emergency situations countering Trump's arguments Trump all also strayed into long tangents about his campaign rallies boasting about their size and entertainment value even when Harris criticized his immigration record Trump returned to talking about the crowds at his rallies he claimed and I quote people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics at one point Trump fixated on a bizarre claim that migrants were eating pets Harris let him continue without engaging much seemingly content to let