Six Takeaways From the First Presidential Debate

Posted on AllSides September 30th, 2020
From The Left
elections, Presidential elections, 2020 Election, 2020 Presidential Debates, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Chris Wallace

It was 90 minutes of chaos in a year of upheaval. But did it matter?

President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. appeared onstage together for the first time on Tuesday. It was not exactly a debate.

Shouting, interruptions and often incoherent cross talk filled the air as Mr. Trump purposefully and repeatedly heckled and blurted over his rival and the moderator alike in a 90-minute melee that showcased the president’s sense of urgency to upend a race in which polls show him trailing.

ANALYSIS“An unpopular incumbent unfurling an often...

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