PENCE VS. HARRIS DEBATE -- LIVE BLOG
The vice presidential debate
10:35 -- The end. The candidates kiss their spouses. Harris's is wearing a mask.
10:33 -- "Joe Biden has a history of lifting people up." -- Harris
10 32 -- "We can disagree ... but when the debate is over, we can come together." -- Pence
10:30 -- Page asks a question submitted by an eighth grader. Really.
10:29 -- Pence warns of voter fraud.
10:26 -- "We will not let anyone subvert our democracy." -- Harris
10:24 -- Topic: Peaceful transfer of power.
10:22 -- Pence hits Harris. Harris defends her record. Page tries to shut her down. Fails. Harris gets some extra time. "I will not be lectured."
10:19 -- A fly just flew off Pence's head. Harris misquotes Trump.
10:19 -- "I will not sit here and be lectured by the vie president." -- Harris
10:16 -- "Justice will be served. But there's no excuse for the looting and rioting that followed." -- Pence
10:15 -- Still 45 minutes to go. Anyone there?
10:13 -- "I don't think so." -- Harris
10:12 -- Topic: Breonna Taylor. "Was justice done."
10:10 -- Harris goes back to 1864, says of the American people, "It should be their decision on who should serve."
10:09 -- Pence: "Are you and Joe Biden going to pack the court?"
10:07 -- "20 million people would lose their coverage." -- Harris
10: 06 -- "Joe would be only the second practicing Catholic to serve as president of the United States." -- Harris
10:04 -- Ouch. Pence raking Harris over treatment of Brett Kavanaugh.
10:02 -- Topic: SCOTUS and abortion.
10:01 -- Page cuts off Pence response.
9:58 -- Harris says Trump called American soldiers "suckers and losers," Cites no source.
9:52 -- Harris says allies don't like us anymore.
9:50 -- "China is to blame for the coronavirus." -- Pence
9:48 -- Topic: China. Pence talks Harris vote against bill to replace NAFTA.
9:47 -- "Joe Biden's been a cheerleader for communist China." -- Pence
9:45 -- "We don't need a massive $2 trillion New Green Deal." -- Pence
9:43 -- Existentialism. Sorry, Soren Kierkegaard.
9:41 -- AOC's New Green Deal. Harris, "Joe believes in science." "They don't believe in science."
9:38 -- Topic: Climate change. Hurricanes, forest fires. Make some popcorn.
9:36 -- "If you have precondition, they're coming for you. -- Harris
9:35 -- Harris invokes the Great Depression.
9:34 -- "Joe Biden will not raise taxes on anyone who makes les than for $400,000 a year." -- Harris
9:32 -- "On Day 1, Joe Biden's going to raise your taxes." -- Pence
9:30 -- Roads and bridges, Harris says. Eyes glazing over.
9:28 -- No one answers. Topic: The economy.
9:26 -- Harris doesn't answer, either. Segues to taxes. Repeatedly looking into the camera. "Joe has been incredibly transparent," "puts it all out there."
9:25 -- Back to civility. Plaudits all around. No answer to the question.
9:24 -- Topic: Should voters know about the candidates' health?
9:24 -- No answer. Harris details her bio.
9:23 -- To Harris: Presidential disability?
9:22 -- Harris smiling a lot, like Biden does while debating.
9:20 -- Pence goes back, says Harris and Biden are "continuing to undermine" confidence is a vaccine.
9:19 -- Topic: Old guys. Trump would be 74 on Inauguration Day, Biden, 78. What's the plan?
9:18 -- Would you take a vaccine? "If Donald Trump tells me to take it, I'm not taking it." -- Harris
9:16 -- Pence segues to Supreme Court nomination. "Thank you Mr. Vice President," Page says.
9:16 -- Topic: The "superspreader" event at the WH.
9:15 -- Moderator already losing control.
9:14 -- "If I may finish, senator." -- Pence
9:13 -- Forget civility. "Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking!" -- Harris
9:12 -- Zing! On Biden/Harris COVID-19 plan, "It looks a little like plagiarism, which Joe Biden knows something about." -- Pence
9:11 -- So much civility. No one has interrupted the other once!
9:10 -- "From the very first day, President Trump has put the health of Americans first." -- Pence
9:09 -- "This administration has forfeited its right to re-election." -- Harris
9:08 -- "They knew and they covered it up." -- Harris
9:08 -- First question on COVID-19. Harris says it's been a monumental failure by the Trump administration.
9:07 -- "Americans deserve a debate that is respectful ands civil" -- moderator Susan Page of USA Today.
9:06 -- Here we go! Nine segments. Buckle in -- and drink some coffee.
This won't be Trump vs. Biden, but it'll still be fun. Stay tuned. The live blog coming up.