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PENCE VS. HARRIS DEBATE -- LIVE BLOG

The vice presidential debate

Published: October 7, 2020 8:49pm

Updated: October 7, 2020 10:36pm

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.

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