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TV duel for the US election 2020: Pence vs. Harris - More respect, less chaos

2020-10-08T09:53:56.311Z


In the TV duel, the runner-up candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence competed. While the duel Trump vs. Biden ended in chaos, this time it was more orderly. The coronavirus played Harris in the cards.


In the TV duel, the runner-up candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence competed.

While the duel Trump vs.

Biden ended in chaos, this time it was more orderly.

The coronavirus played Harris in the cards.

  • Not only the

    presidential candidates

    dueled in front of the television audience.

  • The

    vice-candidates also

    wanted each other

    prove

    in a

    TV duel

    .

  • New positions didn't come out - but

    Mike Pence

    and

    Kamala Harris

    were able to show their skills.

Update from October 8, 11:03 a.m.:

While

President Donald Trump is

still in quarantine in the White House, the

election campaign

in the

USA

continues.

Another TV duel was due on Wednesday.

This time the two candidates competed for the post of

Vice President

:

Kamala Harris

of the

Democrats

challenged

Trump's deputy Mike Pence

- in contrast to the last

TV duel

between Trump and Joe Biden, there were sharp exchanges, shouting, insults and However, there was no trace of interruptions.

In the

TV duel

, both candidates were able to score with mutual respect - nevertheless:

Pence was

subject to

Harris's

strong argumentation, especially when it came to the

coronavirus pandemic *

.

"The American people have witnessed the greatest government failure in our country's history,"

Harris

said

at the start of the debate.

Because of the “incompetence of this government”, the people had to make great sacrifices.

While Pence was only

able to counter

the old argument - often put forward by Trump - that his government's measures, such as

Trump's entry ban against travelers from China

, had saved hundreds of thousands of lives,

Harris had

solid facts on her side.

How Donald Trump and Mike Pence handled the coronavirus crisis is the greatest failure of any American presidency.

- Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 8, 2020

The

United States

have since the beginning of the

pandemic

over

210,000 corona dead

to mourn, ie one fifth of all deaths worldwide.

Now that even the

US President

himself and high-ranking government officials are infected with the virus,

Pence got

into the swim

on Wednesday - in the face of

Harris allegations

and her renewed

call

for more

security measures

- and evaded: "

President Trump

and I trust them American people make their choice of what is best for their health. "

TV duel in the USA: First polls show winners of the debate

The

discussion was

much more orderly than the last

TV duel between Donald Trump and Joe Biden

, but

Harris

had to earn her respect first:

Pence

tried twice to

wrest the word from her, whereupon she resolutely called him “Mr.

Vice President, Now I'm Talking ”stopped.

Moderator Susan Page

from the newspaper

"USA Today"

seemed less successful

,

because

Pence

repeatedly exceeded his allotted

speaking time

and did not let her interrupt him.

If you believe a quick poll by the

news broadcaster CNN

, there was

a winner

at the

TV duel

in Salt Lake City: 59 percent of those surveyed consider

Harris

to be the winner of the debate, around 38 percent voted for

pence

.

Among the women who voted, the result was even clearer: With 69 to 30 percent,

Pence Harris was

clearly defeated.

While Trump wrote "Mike Pence CLEARLY WON" on

Twitter

,

Biden

praised

his "running mate"

Harris

.

She is not only smart and experienced, but has also

proven

herself as a

fighter for the middle class

.

. @ KamalaHarris is showing the American people why I chose her as my running mate.

She's smart, she's experienced, she's a proven fighter for the middle class.

She'll be an incredible Vice President.

- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 8, 2020

Also

Andreas Falke

, US expert and professor of international studies at the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

, looks at the

TV duel Harris

front: Compared to the

Bild newspaper

he explained that he has a small advantage in

Harris

see because

Biden

last duel never out

step out of

the shadow of

Trump

.

Harris

succeeded in doing this in

Salt Lake City

on Wednesday

.

She did not

confidently

attack

Pence

personally, but instead concentrated

on exposing

Trump's political missteps

.

At

a distance of 3.7 meters

and separated by a large

plexiglass

pane,

Harris and Pence

contested

the roughly 90-minute duel.

For the few spectators in the studio on site, a

mask was required

.

The Democrats had previously insisted on the

security measures

,

Pence

had previously always been in the immediate contact area of ​​the

US President,

who was

sick

with

Covid-19

.

Pence

claims that he has had himself

tested every day

since the

Trump infection was

announced

.

Video: Well-mannered TV debate by the running mates - coronavirus as a central topic

TV debate: fly steals runner-up the show

Update from October 8, 7:50 a.m.:

A

black bow tie

on the silver hair of

US Vice President Mike Pence

briefly stole the show from

the

runner-up

during their

TV debate

.

“The fly that sat on Pence's head for a full two minutes is perhaps the best remembered part of the evening,” wrote journalist Nate Silver from the FiveThirtyEight website.

Republican Pence and Democrat

Kamala Harris met

in Salt Lake City on Wednesday evening (local time) for their only pre-presidential debate on November 3rd.

Both could not be thrown off the ground by the fly.

Democratic presidential candidate

Joe Biden

immediately used the fly for his and Harris' campaign.

He distributed a link on Twitter to a website with the address flywillvote.com (in German something like: Fliege will vote), which forwards to iwillvote.com (I'll vote).

There, eligible voters will be asked to vote.

Biden also posted a picture of himself

holding

a

fly swatter

asking supporters for a $ 5 donation.

Pitch in $ 5 to help this campaign fly.

https://t.co/CqHAId0j8t pic.twitter.com/NbkPl0a8HV

- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 8, 2020

TV duel for the US election 2020: Pence vs.

Harris

First report from October 7th:

Salt Lake City - The coming night from October 7th to 8th is duel time for the

US election 2020

: In this round, the

vice-candidates

,

Kamala Harris

(Democrats) and the currently serving US Vice President

Mike Pence

(Republican).

The TV duel will take place at the

University of Utah

in Salt Lake City.

Even before the encounter, there were discussions about the

safety precautions

.

A mask requirement should apply in the hall, the opponents themselves are separated by a

plexiglass

on the stage.

In addition, there should be a distance of around four meters between the candidates.

Increased corona measures in the next TV duel for the US election in 2020

These increased security measures come after

US President Donald Trump contracted

the

coronavirus

a few days after the initial TV debate between him and his challenger

Joe Biden

(Democrat)

and spent a few days in hospital.

As the US newspaper

Politico

writes, the Republican Pence is said to have been against the new security measures for the next TV duel.

After the duel on September 29 (local time) ended in a

chaotic debate

full of heckling and without any noteworthy content, voters and those interested in politics are now eagerly awaiting how the runner-up candidates will behave.

In addition, Mike Pence is currently gaining

importance

for the

Republican

election campaign

, as

Donald Trump is

currently still being looked after in the White House due to his corona infection.

The duel between Pence and Harris is

scheduled

for

90 minutes

.

Nine ten-minute thematic blocks are planned, this time being

moderated by

Susan Page

, head of the Washington office of USA Today.

TV duel Harris vs.

Pence live on TV: broadcast on phoenix and on ZDF - time of broadcast

In Germany, this TV duel for the 2020 US election will again be broadcast by

Phoenix and ZDF

.

Phoenix will be on the air with the TV duel live on TV

from 3

a.m., a special broadcast from the Bonn studio will start at 2:45 a.m.

The transmitter repeats the debate again in the morning of

7:00

.

The ZDF will broadcast the debate

from 2.55 a.m.

, on the two-tone channel and with subtitles.

Both channels can also be received as a live stream on the Internet.

TV duel Harris vs.

Pence in the live stream on Youtube - time for various preliminary reports

Those who prefer to watch the TV duel from the USA in English can find several

live streams

with previews on YouTube, including from ABC News (from 1 a.m.), NBC News (from 2 a.m.) or the Wall Street Journal (from 2.15 a.m.).

It will be the first and only debate between Harris and Pence.

The

next two

TV duels

are again planned between US President Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Trump announced that he would absolutely want to participate.

However, his challenger Biden hinted at a cancellation while the president is still ill.

The planned dates of the next broadcasts:

  • On 

    Thursday, October 15

    , the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida.

  • On 

    Thursday, October 22

    , at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Source: merkur

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