Harris and Trump Meet in Philadelphia: What Did They Say?

President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris were set to face off in their first debate of the 2024 election last Tuesday, moderated by ABC News. The debate started at 9 p.m. EDT and lasted 90 minutes. It was moderated by “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis.

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>> LET’S GET STARTED. WANT TO BE INTIMATE WITH THE ISSUE THAT VOTERS REPEATEDLY SAY IS THEIR NUMBER ONE ISSUE AND THAT IS THE ECONOMY AND THE COST OF LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY.

HERE’S THE YOU IN PART AND TRUMP WERE ELECTED FOUR YEARS AGO AND YOUR OPPONENT ON THE

STAGE FOR COULDN’T OFTEN ASK HIS SUPPORTERS, ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO? WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY, DO YOU BELIEVE AMERICANS ARE BETTER OFF THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> SO I WAS RAISED AS A MIDDLE-CLASS KID. AND I AM ACTUALLY THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS STAGE WHO HAS A PLAN THAT IS ABOUT LIFTING UP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING PEOPLE OF AMERICA. I BELIEVE IN THE AMBITION, THE ASPIRATIONS, THE DREAMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND THAT IS WHY I IMAGINE AND HAVE ACTUALLY A PLAN TO BUILD WHAT I CALL AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY.

BUT HERE IS THE THING. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SHORTAGE

OF HOMES AND HOUSING. AND THE COST OF HOUSING IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE.

WE KNOW THAT YOUNG FAMILIES NEED SUPPORT TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN AND I INTEND ON EXTENDING A TAX CUT FOR THOSE FAMILIES OF $6,000, WHICH IS THE LARGEST CHILD TAX CREDIT THAT WE HAVE GIVEN IN A LONG TIME.

THAT THOSE YOUNG FAMILIES CAN AFFORD TO BUY A CRIB, BY A CAR SEAT, BUY CLOTHES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. MY PASSION, ONE OF THEM, IS IT SMALL BUSINESSES. I WAS ACTUALLY MY MOTHER RAISED MY SISTER AND ME. BUT THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE US. WE CALL HER OUR SECOND WEATHER SHE WAS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.

I LOVE HER SMALL BUSINESSES. MY PLAN IS TO GIVE A $50,000 TAX DEDUCTION TO START UP SMALL BUSINESSES, KNOWING THEY ARE PART OF THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA’S ECONOMY. MY OPPONENT CALLS ON THE OTHER HAND, HIS PLAN IS TO DO WHAT HE HAS DONE BEFORE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A TAX CUT FOR BILLIONAIRES AND BIG CORPORATIONS WHICH WILL RESULT IN $5 TRILLION TO AMERICA’S DEFICIT.

MY OPPONENT HAS A PLAN THAT I CALL THE TOP SALES TAX. WHICH WOULD BE A 20% TAX ON EVERYDAY GOODS THAT YOU RELY ON TO GET THROUGH THE MONTH. ECONOMISTS HAVE SAID THAT THAT TRUMP SALES TAX WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES IN ABOUT $4,000 MORE A YEAR BECAUSE OF HIS POLICIES AND HIS IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE THE BACKS OF MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE PAYING FOR TAX RECORDS FOR BILLING THERE IS PRESIDENT WELD.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE NO SALES TAX. THAT IS AN INCORRECT STATEMENT. SHE KNOWS THAT. WE’RE DOING TARIFFS ON OTHER COUNTRIES. OTHER COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO — AFTER 35 YEARS. IS BACK FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE WORLD. AND THE TARIFF WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL IN SOME CASES. I TOOK IN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS YOU KNOW FROM CHINA. IN FACT, THEY NEVER TOOK THE TEAR OFF BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH MONEY THEY CAN’T. THEY WOULD TOTALLY DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE SET OUT TO DO. THEY ARE TAKING IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM CHINA AND OTHER PLACES. THEY LEFT THE TEARS ON. WHEN I HAD IT, I HAD TEARS AND YET I HAD NO INFLATION. LOOK, WE HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE ECONOMY BECAUSE INFLATION HAS WHICH IS A COUNTRY BY STRIPPING IT BREAKS UP COUNTRIES. WE HAVE INFLATION LIKE VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE. PROBABLY THE WORST IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY. WE WERE AT 21%.

BUT THAT IS BEING GENEROUS BECAUSE WHEN MANY THINGS ARE 50, 60, 70 AND 80% HIGHER THAN THEY WERE JUST A FEW YEARS A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS HAS BEEN A DISASTER FOR PEOPLE FOR THE MAIL, BUT FOR EVERY CLASS. ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY FROM PRISONS AND JAILS FROM MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSANE ASYLUMS. AND THEY ARE COMING IN AND THEY ARE TAKING JOBS THAT ARE OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS AND ALSO UNIONS. UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED VERY SOON.

AND TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. IS THE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. PUPPY LOOK AT SPRINGFIELD, HOW. YOU LOOK AT AURORA IN COLORADO. THEY ARE TAKING OVER THE TOWNS. THEY ARE TAKING OVER BUILDINGS. THEY ARE GOING IN VIOLENTLY. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SHE AND BIDEN LEAD INTO OUR COUNTRY. AND THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. THEY ARE DANGEROUS. THEY ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CRIMINALITY. AND WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT. WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT FAST. I CREATED ONE OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. I WOULD DO IT AGAIN AND EVEN BETTER.

>> WE ARE GOING TO GET TO IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY DURING THIS DEBATE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LET VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS RESPONDED ON THE ECONOMY.

>> LOOK, I WOULD LOVE TO. LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT DONALD TRUMP LEFT US. DONALD TRUMP LEFT US THE WORST UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. DONALD TRUMP LEFT US THE WORST PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC IN A CENTURY. DONALD TRUMP LEFT AS THE WORST ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CLEAN UP DONALD TRUMP’S MESS, BUT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT I INTEND TO DO IS BUILD ON WHAT WE KNOW ARE THE ASPIRATIONS AND HOPES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU ON THIS DAY.

YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE SAME OLD TIRED PLAYBOOKS A BUNCH OF LIES — LIES, GRIEVANCES AND NAME-CALLING. YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT IS A DETAILED AND DANGEROUS PLAN CALLED PROJECT 2025 THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT INTENDS ON IMPLEMENTING IF HE WERE ELECTED AGAIN. I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING US TOGETHER KNOWING WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US AND I PLEDGE TO YOU TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP I WILL GIVE YOU —

>> NUMBER ONE, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO AS SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PROJECT 2025. THAT IS OUT THERE. I HAVE NOT READ IT. I DON’T WANT TO READ IT PURPOSELY. I’M NOT GOING TO READ IT. THIS WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GO TOGETHER. THEY COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.

I GUESS SOME GOOD, SOME BAD. BUT IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO. EVERYONE KNOWS I’M AN OPEN BOOK. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT I’M GOING TO DO, CUT TAXES AND CREATE A GREAT ECONOMY LIKE I DID BEFORE. WE HAD THE GREATEST ECONOMY.

WE GOT HIT WITH THE PANDEMIC. THE PANDEMIC WAS NOT SINCE 1917. 100 MILLION PEOPLE DIED HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. WE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE PANDEMIC.

WE HANDED THEM OVER A COUNTRY WHERE THE ECONOMY, AND WHERE THE STOCK MARKET WAS HIGHER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. THE PANDEMIC CAME IN. NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. WE MADE VENTILATORS FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. WE GOT ACCOUNTS. WE GOT MASKS. WE DID THINGS THAT NOBODY THOUGHT POSSIBLE. AND PEOPLE GIVE ME CREDIT FOR REBUILDING THE MILITARY. TO GIVE ME CREDIT FOR A LOT OF THINGS. BUT NOT ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE GREAT JOB WE DID WITH THE PANDEMIC. BUT THE ONLY JOBS THEY GOT WE ARE BOUNCE BACK JOBS. THESE WERE JOBS. AND IT BOUNCED BACK AND IT WENT TO THEIR BENEFIT. BUT I WAS THE ONE THAT CREATED THEM. THEY KNOW IT AND SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, I WOULD LET YOU ANSWER.

>> SO DONALD TRUMP HAS NO PLAN FOR YOU. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS ECONOMIC PLAN, IT IS ALL ABOUT TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICHEST PEOPLE. I AM OFFERING WHAT I HAVE DESCRIBED AS AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY AND THE BEST ECONOMISTS IN OUR COUNTRY IS NOT THE WORLD. HAVE REVIEWED OUR RELATIVE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. WHAT GOLDMAN SACHS HAS SAID IS THAT DONALD TRUMP’S PLAN WOULD MAKE THE ECONOMY WORSE, MINE WOULD STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY.

WHAT IT WOULD IN WARTON SCHOOL HAS SAID IS DONALD TRUMP’S PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY EXPLODE THE DEFICIT. NOBEL LAUREATES HAVE DESCRIBED HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD INCREASE INFLATION AND BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR WOULD INVITE A RECESSION. YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE STAND ON THE ISSUES. AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO NOTE THAT DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY HAS NO PLAN FOR YOU, BECAUSE HE IS MORE INTERESTED IN DEFENDING HIMSELF THAN HE IS IN LOOKING OUT FOR YOU.

>> LOOK, I WENT TO THE WHARTON SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANY OF THOSE PROFESSORS, THE TOP PROFESSORS, THINK MY PLAN IS A BRILLIANT PLAN. IT IS A GREAT PLAN. IT IS A PLAN THAT IS GOING TO BRING UP OUR WORTH, OUR VALUE AS A COUNTRY, IT IS, IT IS GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WIN AT WORK AND CREATE JOBS AND CREATE A LOT OF GOOD SOLID MONEY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND JUST TO FINISH OFF, SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN.

SHE COPIED BIDEN’S PLAN. AND IT IS LIKE THE FOUR SENTENCES, LIKE RUN SPOT RUN. FOUR SENTENCES THAT IT JUST, OKAY WE WILL TRY TO LOWER TAXES. SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PLAN. SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN.

>> MR. PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON SOMETHING YOU BOTH BROUGHT UP TO THE VICE PRESIDENT BROUGHT UP TEARS, YOU RESPONDED LET’S DRILL DOWN ON THIS BECAUSE YOUR PLAN IS WHAT SHE CALLS IS ESSENTIALLY– SALES TAX. AS YOU POINTED OUT HERE. FOREIGN IMPORTS ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU RECENTLY SENT YOU MIGHT DOUBLE YOUR PLAN IMPOSING TARIFFS UP TO 20% ON GOODS COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY. AS YOU KNOW, MANY ECONOMISTS SAY THAT WITH TARIFFS AT THAT LEVEL, PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ARGUED THAT ONLY HIGHER PRICES ON GAS, FOOD, CLOTHING, MEDICATION, ARGUING IT BECAUSE A TYPICAL FAMILY NEARLY $4,000 A YEAR. DO YOU BELIEVE AMERICANS CAN AFFORD HIGHER PRICES BECAUSE OF TARIFFS?

>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHO IS GOING TO HAVE HIGHER PRICES IS CHINA AND ALL OF THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN RIPPING US OFF FOR YEARS, I CHARGE, WAS THE ONLY PERSON EVER, CHINA WAS PAYING AS HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND SO WERE OTHER COUNTRIES. AND YOU KNOW, IF SHE DOESN’T LIKE THEM, THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT AND THEY SHOULD HAVE MERELY CUT THE TARIFFS. BUT THOSE THERAPISTS AND THEY ARE 3 1/2 YEARS NOW, UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

I HAD NO INFLATION VIRTUALLY NO INFLATION. BUT THEY HAD THE HIGHEST INFLATION PERHAPS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN A REST PERIOD OF TIME. PEOPLE CAN’T GO OUT AND BUY CEREAL OR BAKING OR EGGS OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY ARE ABSOLUTELY DYING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY HAVE DESTROYED THE ECONOMY. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT A POLL. THE POLLS SAY 80 AND 85 AND EVEN 90% THAT THE PROPERTY ECONOMY WAS GREAT, THAT THEIR ECONOMY WAS TERRIBLE.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, I WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR RESPONSE. YOU HEARD WITH THE PRESIDENT SAID. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID KEEP IN THEIR OF THE TERM TARIFFS IN PLACE. HOW — SO HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> LET’S BE CLEAR THAT THE TRUST ADMINISTRATION RESULTED IN A TRADE DEFICIT, ONE OF THE HIGHEST WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. HE INVITED TRADE WARS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIS DEAL WITH CHINA. WHAT HE ENDED UP DOING IS UNDER DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY, HE ENDED UP SELLING AMERICAN CHIPS TO CHINA TO HELP THEM IMPROVE AND MODERNIZE THEIR MILITARY.

BASICALLY SOLD US OUT WHEN A POLICY ABOUT CHINA SHOULD BE IN MAKING SURE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WINS THE COMPETITION FOR THE 21st CENTURY, WHICH MEANS FOCUSING ON THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT REQUIRES. FOCUSING ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR ALLIES. FOCUSING ON INVESTING IN AMERICAN-BASED TECHNOLOGY.

THAT WE WIN THE RACE ON A I’VE, ON QUANTUM COMPUTING. FOCUSING ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT AMERICA’S WORKFORCE. SO THAT WE DON’T END UP HAVING ON THE SHORT END OF THE STICK IN TERMS OF WORKERS RIGHTS. BUT WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID, LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS. WITH COVID, IS HE ACTUALLY THANKED PRESIDENT XI FOR WHAT HE DID DURING COVID. LOOK AT HISTORIQUE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT XI, EXCLAMATION POINT, WHEN WE KNOW THAT XI WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCKING AND NOT GIVING USTRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID.

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP YOUR RESPONSE?

>> FIRST OF ALL, A PUCKS THE BOOKS JUST FROM THAT I WANT. WE HARDLY MAKE CHIPS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF PHILOSOPHIES LIKE THEY HAVE AN POLICIES LIKE THEY HAVE. I DON’T SEE HER BECAUSE SHE HAS NO POLICY. EVERYTHING THAT SHE BELIEVED THREE YEARS AGO AND FOUR YEARS AGO IS OUT THE WINDOW. SHE IS GOING TO MY PHILOSOPHY NOW. IN FACT, I WAS GOING TO SEND HER A MAGA HEAD. IF SHE EVER GOT ELECTED BECAUSE SHE WOULDN’T CHANGE IT AND IT WOULD BE THE END OF OUR COUNTRY. SHE IS A MARXIST.

EVERYONE KNOWS SHE IS A MARXIST. HER FATHER IS A MARXIST PROFESSOR IN ECONOMICS. HE TAUGHT HER WELL. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO OUR COUNTRY, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY MONTHLY, WHERE IT IS OUR BELIEF 21 MILLION PEOPLE, NOT THE 15th THAT PEOPLE SAY AND I THINK IT IS A LOT HIGHER THAN THE 21. THAT IS BIGGER THAN NEW YORK STATE POURING IN. AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO OUR COUNTRY. THEY ARE CRIMINALS. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE COMING IN OR CRIMINALS. AND THAT IS BAD FOR OUR ECONOMY,TOO. YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION IT. THAT IMMIGRATION IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO OUR ECONOMY. THEY HAVE, AND SHE HAS DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY WITH POLICY THAT IS INSANE. ALMOST POLICY THAT YOU CAN SAY THEY HAVE TO HIT OUR COUNTRY.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU.

>> I WANT TO TURN TO THE ISSUE OF ABORTION. PLAYED THE TRUMPET YOU HAVE OFTEN DOUBTED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO KILL ROE V. WADE LAST YEAR AND HE SAID THAT YOU ARE PROUD TO BE THE MOST PRO-LIFE PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

INVESTMENT, YOU SAID THAT YOUR AND RESTORATION WOULD BE GREAT FOR WOMEN AND THEIR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. IN YOUR HOME STATE OF FLORIDA, SURPRISED MANY WITH REGARD TO YOUR SIX WEAK ABORTION BAN BECAUSE YOU INITIALLY — INITIALLY HAD SAID THAT IT WAS TOO SHORT A SAID “I’M GOING TO BE VOTING THAT WE NEED MORE THAN SIX WEEKS.” BUT THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, YOU REVERSED COURSE AND SAID HE WOULD VOTE TO SUPPORT THE SIX-WEEK BAN. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAYS THAT WOMEN SHOULD NOT TRUST YOU ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION BECAUSE OF THOSE YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR POSITION SO MANY TIMES.

THEREFORE, WHY SHOULD THEY TRUST YOU?

>> WELL, THE REASON I’M DOING THAT VOTE IS BECAUSE THE PLAN IS AS YOU KNOW, THE VOTE IS, THEY HAVE — OF ABORTION IN A NINTH MONTH. THEY EVEN HAVE IT, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA, THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA, NOT THE CURRENT GOVERNOR, WHO IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

BUT THE GOVERNOR BEFORE, HE SAID THE BABY WILL BE BORN AND WE WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE BABY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL EXECUTE THE BABY. AND THAT IS WHY I DID THAT BECAUSE THAT PREDOMINATES IT. BECAUSE THEY ARE RADICAL.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE RADICAL IN THAT. AND HER VICE PRESIDENT — BY

SPRINGER TO PICK WHO I THOUGHT WAS A HORRIBLE. OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE HE IS REALLY OUT OF IT. BUT HER VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICKED SAYS ABORTION AND THE NINTH MONTH IS ABSOLUTELY FINE. HE ALSO SAYS, EXECUTION AFTER BIRTH, EXECUTION CAN NO LONGER ABORTION BECAUSE THE BABY IS BORN. IS OKAY. AND THAT IS NOT OKAY WITH ME.

HENCE THE BOAT. BUT WHAT I DID IS SOMETHING FOR 52 YEARS. THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ROE V. WADE INTO THE STATES. AND THROUGH THE GENIUS AND HEART AND STRENGTH OF SIX SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. NOW, I BELIEVE IN THE EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE INCEST AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. EXCEPTIONS, FOR IMPORTANT BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT STATES ARE VOTING ON IT.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE, LOOK AT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS TORN OUR COUNTRY APART FOR 52 YEARS. EVERY LEGAL SCHOLAR, EVERY DEMOCRAT, EVERY REPUBLICAN,LIBERAL, CONSERVATIVE, THEY ALL WANT THIS ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE STATES WHERE THE PEOPLE COULD VOTE. AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. IT HAPPEN. NOW, OHIO, VOTE WAS SOMEWHAT LIBERAL. KANSAS, THE BOAT WAS SOMEWHAT LIBERAL. MUCH MORE LIBERAL THAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL STATE IS VOTING. IT IS THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE NOW. IS NOT TIED UP IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I DID A GREAT SERVICE IN DOING IT BUT IT TOOK COURAGE TO DO IT AND SUPREME COURT HAD GREAT COURAGE IN DOING IT. AND I GIVE TREMENDOUS CREDIT TO THOSE SIX JUSTICES.

>> THERE IS NO ESTATE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO KILL A BABY AFTER IT IS BORN. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, I WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL.

>> AS I SAID, YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR A BUNCH OF LIES AND THAT IS NOT A SURPRISING FACT. IS UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD TRUMP HAND SELECTED THREE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT WITH THE INTENTION THAT THEY WOULD UNDO THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE. AND THEY DID EXACTLY AS HE INTENDED. AND NOW PUT IN OVER 20 STATES, THERE ARE TRUMP ABORTION BANS, WHICH MAKE IT CRIMINAL FOR A DOCTOR OR A NURSE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE IN ONE STATE. IT PROVIDES PRISON FOR LIFE. TRUMP ABORTION BANS, THEY MAKE NO EXCEPTION EVEN FOR RAPE AND INCEST, WHICH UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. A SURVIVOR OF A CRIME OF VIOLATION TO THEIR BODY DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR BODY NEXT.

THAT IS A MORAL. AND ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO ABANDON THEIR FAITH OR DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS TO AGREE THE GOVERNMENT AND DONALD TRUMP SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE TELLING A WOMAN WHAT TO DO WITH HER BODY. I HAVE TALKED WITH WOMEN AROUND OUR COUNTRY. YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANTED. PREGNANT WOMEN WHO WANT TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM SUFFERING FROM A MISCARRIAGE BEING DENIED CARE? IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE AFRAID THEY MIGHT GO TO JAIL? AND SHE IS PLAYING OUT IN A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT?

SHE DID NOT WANT THAT? HER HUSBAND DID NOT WANT THAT. A 12 OR 13-YEAR-OLD SURVIVOR OF

INCEST? BEING FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM? THEY DON’T WANT THAT. AND I PLEDGE TO YOU, WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO PUT BACK IN PLACE THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROUDLY SIGN IT INTO LAW.

UNDERSTAND, IF DONALD TRUMP WERE TO BE REELECTED, HE WILL SIGN THE INITIAL ABORTION BAN. UNDERSTAND IN HIS PROJECT 2025, THERE WOULD BE A NATIONAL ABORTION, A MONITOR THAT WOULD BE MONITORING YOUR PREGNANCIES, YOUR MISCARRIAGES, I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN FREEDOMS IN PARTICULAR THE FREEDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT ONE OF HIS OWN BODY, SHOULD NOT BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

>> THERE SHE GOES AGAIN. IT IS A LIE. ARE NOT SIGNING A BAN. AND THERE’S NO REASON TO SIGN A BAN BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT WHAT EVERYONE WANTED. DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND EVERY LEGAL SCHOLAR WANTED IT TO BE BROUGHT BACK INTO THE STATES AND THE STATES ARE VOTING. AND IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE TIME. BUT FOR 52 YEARS, THIS ISSUE HAS TORN OUR COUNTRY APART. AND THEY HAVE WANTED IT BACK AT THE STATES.

AND I DID SOMETHING THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. THE STATES ARE NOW VOTING. WHAT SHE SAYS IS AN ABSOLUTE LIE. AND AS FAR AS THE ABORTION BAN, NO. NOT IN FAVOR OF AN ABORTION BAN. BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE THIS ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE STATES.

>> WHEN YOU VETO A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN?

>> I WON’T HAVE TO BECAUSE AGAIN, 26, NUMBER ONE, SHE SAID SHE WOULD GO BACK TO CONGRESS BUT SHE WILL NEVER GET THE BOAT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO GET THE VOTE ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE 50/50 ESSENTIALLY 50/50 IN BOTH SENATE AND THE HOUSE. BUT SHE IS NOT GOING TO GET THE VOTE BUT SHE CAN’T GET THERE. SHE WON’T EVEN COME CLOSE TO IS.

YOU WHAT IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GET STUDENT LOANS TERMINATED. AND IT ENDED UP BEING A TOTAL CATASTROPHE. STUDENT LOANS AND THEN HER, I THINK PROBABLY HER BOSS, IF YOU CALL HIM A BOSTIC HE SPENT ALL HIS TIME ON THE BEACH. BUT LOOK TO HER BOSS WENT OUT AND SAID, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN. WE WILL DO A DIFFERENT WAY AND ONE OUT AND GOT REJECTED AGAIN BY THE SUPREME COURT. SO ALL THE STUDENTS GOT TAUNTED WITH THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT THIS WHOLE IDEA. PUMP AND THEN HOW UNFAIR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE REASON THEY LOST TO THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAD TO PAY OFF THEIR STUDENT LOANS. THEY DID NOT GET IT FOR FREE. BUT THEY WERE SAYING IT IS THE SAME WAY THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT THEY TALK ABOUT ABORTION.

>> BUT IF I COULD JUST GET A YES OR NO BECAUSE YOUR RUNNING MATE, JD VANCE, HAS SAID THAT YOU WOULD VETO IT IF YOU — IT DID COME TO YOUR DESK.

>> I DID NOT THIS, WITH JDI IN ALL FAIRNESS. I DON’T MIND IF HE HAS A CERTAIN YOU, AND I REALLY DID NOT. WE DON’T HAVE TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET IT JUST LIKE SHE CAN AGAINST ANOTHER. THEY COULD NOT GET STUDENT LOANS. THEY DID NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO GETTING STUDENTS. THEY TAUNTED YOUNG PEOPLE AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD MODES. THEY COULD NEVER GET THIS APPROVED. SO IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT GOING TO CONGRESS. WONDERFUL. LET’S GO TO CONGRESS. TO IT. BUT THE FACT IS THAT FOR YEARS, AND THEY WANTED TO GET IT OUT OF CONGRESS AND OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE DID SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CANNOT BE DONE AND NOW IF YOU HAVE A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE ON ABORTION.

>> AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, I WANT TO GIVE YOU TIME TO RESPOND. BUT I WANT TO ASK, WHAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO AN ABORTION?

I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT REINSTATING THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE AND AS RIGHTLY ENTIONED, NOWHERE IN AMERICA IS A WOMAN CARRYING A PREGNANCY TO TERM AND ASKING FOR AN ABORTION. THAT IS NOT HAPPENING IN — IT IS INSULTING TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING UNDER DONALD TRUMP’S ABORTION BANS. COUPLES WHO PRAY AND DREAMED OF HAVING A FAMILY ARE BEING DENIED IVF TREATMENTS. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, WORKING PEOPLE, WORKING WOMEN WHO ARE WORKING ONE OR TWO JOBS, WHO CAN BARELY AFFORD CHILDCARE AS IT IS HAVE TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER STATE TO GET ON A PLANE SITTING NEXT TO STRANGERS TO GO AND GET THE HEALTH CARE SHE NEEDS.

BARELY CAN AFFORD TO DO IT AND WHAT YOU ARE PUTTING HER THROUGH. THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

AND THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA HAVE NOT — THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HER OWN BODY AND THAT IS WHY IN EVERY STATE WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ON THE BALLOT AND RED AND BLUE STATES BOTH, THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA HAVE VOTED FOR FREEDOM.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

>> I HAVE TO RESPOND.

AND OF THE LIGHT. IT IS ANOTHER LIFE. I HAVE BEEN A LEADER ON IVF. WHICH IS FERTILIZATION. IVF, I’VE BEEN A LEADER IN FACT, WHEN THEY GOT A VERY NEGATIVE DECISION ON IVF FROM THE ALABAMA COURTS, I SAW THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA AND THE LEGISLATURE, TWO DAYS LATER VOTED IT IN. I HAVE BEEN A LEADER ON IT. THEY KNOW THAT AND EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS IT. I HAVE BEEN A LEADER ON FERTILIZATION IVF. AND THE OTHER THING, THEY — YOU SHOULD ASK. WHAT SHE ALLOW ABORTION IN THE EIGHTH MONTH, THE NINTH MONTH, SEVEN-MONTH?

>> COME ON.

>> OKAY, WHAT YOU DO THAT? WHY DON’T YOU ASK —

>> WHY DON’T YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION. ANSWER THE QUESTION.

>> YOU CAN DO ABORTIONS IN THE SEVENTH MONTH, THE EIGHTH MONTH, THE NINTH MONTH.

>> THAT IS NOT TRUE.

>> AND PROBABLY AFTER BIRTH. JUST LOOKED AT THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA. THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA SAID WE PUT THE BABY ASIDE AND THAT WE DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE BABY.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP THANK YOU.

>> WE’RE GOING TO TURN TO IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY. WE KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTERS ACROSS THE BOARD. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, YOU WERE TASKED WITH PRAISING BIDEN GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. WE KNOW THAT ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS REACHED A RECORD HIGH IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THIS PAST JUNE, PRESIDENT BIDEN OPPOSED TO NEW ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS. WE KNOW THE NUMBERS SINCE THEN HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU TONIGHT IS, WHY DID THE ADMINISTRATION WAIT UNTIL SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION TO ACT? AND WHEN YOU HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> SO I’M THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS STAGE, HAS PROSECUTED TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE TRAFFICKING OF GUNS, DRUGS, AND HUMAN BEINGS.

AND LET ME SAY, THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS INCLUDING SOME OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAME UP WITH A BORDER SECURITY BILL WHICH I SUPPORTED. AND THAT BILL WOULD HAVE PUT 1500 MORE BORDER AGENTS ON THE BORDER TO HELP THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING THERE RIGHT NOW, OVER TIME TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB. IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US TO STEM THE FLOW OF FENTANYL COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES. I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY FAMILIES WATCHING TONIGHT WHO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY THE SURGE OF FENTANYL IN OUR COUNTRY. THAT BILL WOULD HAVE PUT MORE RESOURCES TO ALLOW US TO PROSECUTE TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN GUNS, DRUGS, AND HUMAN BEINGS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAVE BEEN TO THE BILL? DONALD TRUMP GOT ON THE PHONE. HE CALLED UP SOME FOLKS IN CONGRESS AND SAID, KILLED THE BILL. AND YOU KNOW WHY. BECAUSE HE PREFERRED A RUN ON A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF FIXING A PROBLEM. AND UNDERSTAND, THIS COMES AT A

TIME WHERE THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY ACTUALLY NEED A LEADER WHO ENGAGES IN SOLUTIONS, WHO ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THE PROBLEMS AT HAND. BUT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SOMEONE WHO WOULD PREFER TO RUN ON A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF FIXING A PROBLEM. AND I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING, HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION ALLOTMENT EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT THE SUBJECT THAT IS BEING RAISED AND I’M GOING TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING REALLY UNUSUAL AND I’M GOING TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND ONE OF THE TRUMP RALLIES BECAUSE IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING THING TO WATCH. YOU WILL SEE DURING THE COURSE OF HIS RALLIES HE TALKS ABOUT FICTIONAL CHARACTERS LIKE HANNIBAL LECTOR, HE WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN WINDMILLS CAN CAUSE CANCER. AND WHAT YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT PEOPLE START LEAVING HIS RALLIES EARLY OUT OF EXHAUSTION AND BOREDOM.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THE ONE THING YOU WILL NOT HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT IS YOU. YOU WILL NOT HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT YOUR NEEDS, YOUR DREAMS, AND YOUR DESIRES. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I BELIEVE YOU DESERVE A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY PUTS YOU FIRST AND I PLEDGE TO YOU THAT I WILL.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THINKING. AND TRUMP WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND.

>> WHY DID YOU TRY TO KILL THAT BILL THAT WOULD PUT THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL AGENTS AND OFFICERS ON THE BORDER?

>> I’M GOING TO RESPOND. SHE SAID PEOPLE START LEAVING. PEOPLE DON’T GO TO HER RALLIES. THERE’S NO REASON TO GO. AND THE PEOPLE THAT TO GO, SHE IS BUZZING THEM AND THEN PAYING THEM TO BE THERE.UP AND THEN SHOWING THEM IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. SO SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

PEOPLE DON’T NEED MIKE GRELLA’S. WE HAVE THE BIGGEST RALLIES, THE MOST INCREDIBLE RALLIES IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS BUT THAT’S BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE THEIR COUNTRY BACK. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING LOST. WE ARE A FAILING NATION. AND IT HAPPENED 3 1/2 YEARS AGO AND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, YOU’RE GOING TO END UP IN WORLD WAR II JUST TO GO INTO PHRASE: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. IF SHE BECOMES PRESIDENT, THE COUNTRY DOESN’T HAVE A CHANCE FOR SUCCESS. NOT ONLY SUCCESS: WE WILL BE VENEZUELA ON STEROIDS.

>> YOU BRING UP SPRINGFIELD OF OHIO. “ABC NEWS” REACHED OUT TO THE MANAGER, TOLD US THERE HAD BEEN NO CREDIBLE REPORTS OF SPECIFIC CLAIMS OF THEM BEING HARMED OR — INDIVIDUALS IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

>> PEOPLE ON TELEVISION SAY MY DOG WAS TAKEN AND USED FOR FOOD, SO MAYBE HE NEEDS THAT.

>> I’M SPEAKING FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO BE INVOLVED, THE PEOPLE THAT WENT THERE.

>> THE SPRINGFIELD CITY MANAGER SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. I WILL LET YOU RESPOND TO THE REST OF WHAT YOU HEARD.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT EXTREME. I HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF 200 REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE FORMERLY WORKED WITH PRESIDENT BUSH, MITT ROMNEY, AND JOHN McCAIN, INCLUDING THE ENDORSEMENT OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY AND CONGRESS MEMBER LIZ CHENEY. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE INSIDE TRACK — IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CLEAR ALREADY, ASK PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH HIM PERIODS FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, A FOUR-STAR GENERAL, HAS SAID HE HAS CONTEMPT FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. HIS FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SAID HE IS DANGEROUS AND UNFIT. HIS FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS SAID THE NATION, THE REPUBLIC WOULD NEVER SURVIVE ANOTHER TRUMP TERM. WHEN WE LISTEN TO THIS KIND OF RHETORIC WITH ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT BEING ADDRESSED, I THINK THE CHOICE IS CLEAR IN THE SELECTION.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, I WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO RESPOND.

>> THANK YOU, BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR THAT — SEE, I’M A DIFFERENT KIND OF A PERSON. I FIRE MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE. NOT SO GRACIOUSLY PICKED THEY DID BAD THINGS OR A BAD JOB. I FIRED THEM. THEY NEVER FIRED ONE PERSON.

THEY DIDN’T FIRE ANYBODY HAVING TO DO WITH AFGHANISTAN, THE TALIBAN, THE 13 PEOPLE THOSE WHO WERE JUST KILLED VICIOUSLY AND VIOLENTLY. I GOT TO KNOW THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILY. THEY SHOULD HAVE HIRED ALL THOSE GENERALS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INCOMPETENTLY HANDLED SITUATIONS. WHEN SOMEBODY DOES A BAD JOB, I FIRE THEM. YOU TAKE A GUY LIKE ESPER.

HE WAS NO GOOD, I FIRED HIM, THEY CAN WRITE BOOKS. THEY CAN WRITE BOOKS WITH ME, BUT NOBODY ELSE, CAN THEY? THEY’VE DONE A POOR JOB AND NEVER FIRE ANYBODY.

LOOK AT THE ECONOMY. LOOK AT THE INFLATION. THEY DIDN’T FIRE ANY OF THEIR ECONOMISTS. THEY HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE. THAT’S A GOOD WAY NOT TO HAVE BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT YOU. JUST TO FINISH, I’VE GOT MORE VOTES THAN ANY REPUBLICAN IN HISTORY BY FAR. IN FACT, I GOT MORE VOTES THAN ANY PRESIDENT, ANY SITTING PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, BY FAR.

>> LET ME CONTINUE ON IMMIGRATION. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT EARLIER SO LET’S GET BACK TO YOUR DEPORTATION PROPOSAL THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED TO AS WELL. PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU CALLED THIS THE LARGEST DOMESTIC DEPORTATION OPERATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. YOU SAY YOU WOULD USE THE NATIONAL GUARD, IF THINGS GET OUT OF CONTROL YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM USING — —

>> LOCAL POLICE.

>> YOU’VE ALSO SAID YOU WOULD USE LOCAL POLICE. HOW WOULD YOU DEPORT 11 MILLION A DOCUMENT OF IMMIGRANTS? I KNOW YOU BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS MUCH HIGHER. WILL AUTHORITIES BE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR IN THIS COUNTRY?

>> IT IS MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE OF THEM. THEY ALLOWED CRIMINALS, MANY, MANY, MILLIONS OF CRIMINALS. THEY ALLOWED TERRORISTS. THEY ALLOWED COMMON STREET CRIMINALS. THEY ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COME IN, DRUG DEALERS, TO COME INTO OUR COUNTRY, AND THE UNITED STATES, AND TOLD BY THEIR COUNTRIES LIKE VENEZUELA “DON’T EVER COME BACK, OR WE’RE GOING TO KILL YOU.” THE CRIME IN VENEZUELA AND CRIME IN COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD IS WAY DOWN. YOU KNOW WHY? THEY’VE TAKEN THEIR CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET AND HAVE GIVEN THEM TO HER TO PUT INTO OUR COUNTRY. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST MISTAKES IN HISTORY FOR THEM TO ALLOW — AND I THINK THEY PROBABLY DID IT BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GET VOTES, BUT IT’S NOT WORTH IT.

THEY ARE DESTROYING THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY BY WHAT THEY’VE DONE. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING DONE LIKE THIS AT ALL. THEY HAVE DESTROYED THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LET IN, AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, CRIME IS DOWN, ALL OVER THE WORLD EXCEPT HERE. CRIME HERE IS UP AND THROUGH THE ROOF DESPITE THEIR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS THEY’VE MADE, CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY IS THROUGH THE ROOF. WE HAVE A NEW FORM OF CRIME: MIGRANT CRIME, AND IT’S HAPPENING AT LEVELS NOBODY THOUGHT POSSIBLE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS YOU KNOW THE FBI SAYS OVERALL THE VIOLENT CRIME IS COMING DOWN IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THE FBI WERE DEFRAUDING STATEMENTS. THEY DIDN’T INCLUDE THE WORST CITIES. THEY DIDN’T INCLUDE THE CITIES WITH THE WORST CRIME. IT WAS FRAUD, LIKE THEIR NUMBER OF 818,000 JOBS THEY SAID THEY CREATED TURNED OUT TO BE A FRAUD WORK.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU. I WILL LET YOU RESPOND, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

>> I THINK THIS IS RICH COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PROSECUTED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY CRIMES, ECONOMIC CRIMES, ELECTION INTERFERENCE, HAS BEEN FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND HIS NEXT BIG COURT APPEARANCE IS IN NOVEMBER AT HIS OWN CRIMINAL SENTENCING. LET’S BE CLEAR: WHERE EACH PERSON STANDS ON THE ISSUE ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CALLED FOR DEFUNDING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 45,000 AGENTS GET THIS. ON THE DAY AFTER HE WAS ARRAIGNED ON 34 FELONY COUNTS. LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS RACE. IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE TURN THE PAGE ON THIS SAME OLD TIRED RHETORIC AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ADDRESS WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT THE HOUSING SHORTAGE WHICH I HAVE A PLAN FOR, ADDRESS WHAT WE MUST DO TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, ADDRESS BRINGING DOWN THE PRICE OF GROCERIES, BUT FRANKLY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED WITH THIS SAME OLD TIRED PLAYBOOK.

>> EXCUSE ME. EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES WAS STARTED BY THEM AGAINST THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT. I’M WINNING MOST OF THEM AND I WILL WING DOMINIC WIN THE REST ON APPEAL. YOU SAW THAT WITH A DECISION RECENTLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT.

I’M WINNING MOST OF THEM, BUT THAT IS CALLED WEAPONIZATION. NEVER HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY WEAPONIZED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. EVERYONE OF THOSE CASES WAS INVOLVED WITH THE DOJ FROM ATLANTA AND FANI WILLIS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, THE D.A. NEW YORK. EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES. THEN THEY SAY “HE IS A CRIMINAL.” THEY MADE THEM GO AFTER ME. BY THE WAY, JOE BIDEN WAS FOUND ESSENTIALLY GUILTY ON THE DOCUMENTS CASE. WHAT HAPPENED IN MY DOCUMENTS CASE? THEY SAID “THAT’S THE TOUGHEST OF ‘EM ALL.”

A COMPLETE AND TOTAL VICTORY. TWO MONTHS AGO, IT WAS THROWN OUT. IT’S WEAPONIZATION, AND THEY USED IT, AND IT’S NEVER HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY USED IT TO TRY TO WIN AND ELECTION. THEY ARE FAKE CASES.

>> A QUICK RESPONSE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ON THIS NOTION OF WEAPONIZATION FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

>> LET’S TALK ABOUT EXTREME AND UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE SELECTION IN 2024 IS TAKING PLACE. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RECENTLY RULED THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE IMMUNE FROM ANY MISCONDUCT IF HE WERE TO ENTER THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. UNDERSTAND: THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS OPENLY SAID HE WOULD TERMINATE, I’M QUOTING, TERMINATE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT HE WOULD WEAPONIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAINST HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES, SOMEONE WHO HAS OPENLY EXPRESSED DISDAIN FOR MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY.

UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF DONALD TRUMP WERE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WITH NO GUARD RAILS. CERTAINLY, NOW WE KNOW THE COURT WON’T STOP HIM, WE KNOW J.D. VANCE IS NOT GOING TO STOP HIM. IT’S UP TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO STOP HIM.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS —

>> , THANK YOU.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IN YOUR LAST RUN FOR PRESIDENT —

>> THIS IS THE ONE THAT WEAPONIZED, NOT ME. SHE WEAPONIZED. I PROBABLY TOOK A BULLET TO THE HEAD BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME. THEY TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY, I’M A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. THEY ARE THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA INVESTIGATION THAT WENT NOWHERE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IN YOUR LAST RUN FOR PRESIDENT YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BAN FRACKING. NOW YOU WANT TO — BAN MANDATORY GOVERNMENT BACKED PROGRAMS FOR ASSAULT WEAPONS. YOUR CAMPING SAYS YOU DON’T.

YOU’VE SUPPORTED DECRIMINALIZING BORDER CROSSINGS, NOW YOU ARE TAKING A HARDER LINE. I KNOW YOU SAY YOUR VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED, SO WHY HAVE SO MANY OF YOUR POLICY POSITIONS CHANGED?

>> MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED, AND AM GOING TO DISCUSS EVERY ONE, AT LEAST EVERY POINT YOU HAVE MADE, BUT IN PARTICULAR, LET’S TALK ABOUT FRACKING BECAUSE WE ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

I MADE THAT CLEAR IN 2020. I WILL NOT BAN FRACKING. I HAVE NOT BAN FRACKING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I WAS THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE ON THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHICH OPENED UP NEW LEASES FOR FRACKING. MY POSITION IS WE HAVE GOT TO INVEST IN DIVERSE SOURCES OF ENERGY SO WE REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OIL.

WE HAVE HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE IN DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION IN HISTORY BECAUSE OF AN APPROACH THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WHEE KIM NOT OVER RELY ON FOREIGN OIL. AS IT RELATES TO YOUR VALUES —

GREW UP A MIDDLE-CLASS KID FROM A SINGLE MOTHER WHO WORKED AND SAVED AND WAS ABLE TO BUY BACK THEIR FIRST HOME AS A TEENAGER. KNOWING THAT EVERYBODY GOT HANDED $400 MILLION ON A CIVIL PLATTER THAN FILED BANKRUPTCY SIX TIMES IS A VALUE THAT I BRING TO MY WORK TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND HOMEBUILDERS, TO INCREASED 3 MILLION HOMES, INCREASE 3 MILLION HOMES BY THE END OF MY FIRST TERM.

MY WORK IS RELATED TO A FRIEND I MET IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR FAMILY MEMBER. PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM VIOLENT CRIME IS BASED ON THE VALUE THAT IS DEEPLY GROUNDED IN THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING UP FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE.

MY WORK IS ABOUT PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. IT’S BASED ON LONG-STANDING WORK I HAVE DONE: PROTECTING SENIORS FROM SCAMS. MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THERE IS A PRESIDENT WHO BRINGS VALUES AND A PERSPECTIVE THAT IS ABOUT LIFTING PEOPLE UP AND NOT BEATING PEOPLE DOWN, AND NAME-CALLING. THE TRUE MEASURE OF THE LEADER IS THE LEADER WHO ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS THE STRENGTH IS NOT IN BEATING PEOPLE DOWN: IT’S IN LIFTING PEOPLE UP. I INTEND TO BE THAT PRESIDENT.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> I WAS NOT GIVEN $400 MILLION. I WISH I WAS. MY FATHER WAS A BUILDER IN BROOKLYN QUEENS, GREAT FATHER. I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM. I WAS GIVEN A TINY FRACTION OF THAT, AND BUILT IT INTO MANY, MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MANY, MANY BILLIONS. WHEN PEOPLE SEE IT, THEY ARE EVEN SURPRISED. WE DON’T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

FRACKING? SHE HAS BEEN AGAINST IT FOR 12 YEARS. DEFUND THE POLICE SHE’S BEEN AGAINST FOREVER. SHE GAVE ALL THAT STUFF UP VERY WRONGLY, VERY HORRIBLY, AND EVERYBODY’S LAUGHING AT IT. THEY ARE ALL LAUGHING AT IT. SHE GAVE UP AT LEAST 12, AND PROBABLY 14 OR 15 DIFFERENT POLICIES. SHE WAS BIG ON DEFUND THE POLICE. IN MINNESOTA, SHE WENT OUT — WAIT A MINUTE, I’M TALKING NOW. YOU DON’T MIND, PLEASE. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?

>> WOW.

>> SHE WENT OUT IN MINNESOTA AND WANTED TO LET CRIMINALS THAT KILLED PEOPLE, THAT BURNS DOWN MINNEAPOLIS — SHE WENT OUT AND RAISE MONEY TO GET THEM OUT OF JAIL. SHE DID THINGS NOBODY WOULD EVER THINK OF. NOW, SHE WANTS TO DO TRANSGENDER OPERATIONS ON ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT ARE IN PRISON.

THIS IS A RADICAL LEFT LIBERAL THAT WOULD DO THIS. SHE WANTS TO CONFISCATE YOUR GARDENS, AND SHE WILL NEVER ALLOW FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA. IF SHE WILL MAKE THE ELECTION, FRACKING AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL END ON DAY ONE. JUST TO FINISH ONE THING, SO IMPORTANT IN MY OPINION.

I GOT THE BUSINESS GOING LIKE NOBODY HAS DONE BEFORE. WHEN THEY TOOK OVER, THEY GOT RID OF IT. THE PRICES WERE GOING UP THE ROOF. THEY IMMEDIATELY LET GUYS GO TO WHERE THEY WERE.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, FIVE TIMES HIGHER. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THEY GOT IT UP TO WHERE I WAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE, BECAUSE THE PRICES OF ENERGY WORK QUADRUPLING AND DOUBLING. YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENS TO GASOLINE. IF SHE WON THE ELECTION, THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, SHE WILL BE GOING BACK TO DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. OIL WILL BE DEAD, FOSSIL FUEL WILL BE DEAD.

WE WILL GO BACK TO WINDMILLS AND SOLAR WHERE THEY NEED A WHOLE DESERT TO GET SOME ENERGY TO COME OUT. YOU EVER SEE A SOLAR PLANT? I’M A BIG FAN OF SOLAR, BUT THEY TAKE 400-500 ACRES OF DESERT

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO GET TO. WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN ELECTION IN 56 DAYS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, WHICH OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY. THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS. MR. PRESIDENT, ON JANUARY 6TH, YOU TOLD YOUR SUPPORTERS TO MARCH TO THE CAPITAL. YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE THERE WITH THEM. PLAYED OUT OF THE CAPITAL THAT THEY. THE OFFICERS COMING OUT OF ATTACK. IF AIDS IN THE WEST WING SAY YOU SAW IT UNFOLD OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE. YOU SENT OUT SWEETS BUT IT WAS MORE THAN TWO HOURS SINCE YOU SENT OUT A VIDEO MESSAGE TELLING YOUR SUPPORTERS TO GO HOME. IS ANYTHING THAT YOU REGRET?

>> YOU JUST SAID A THING THAT ISN’T COVERED: PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY. I SAID DURING MY SPEECH, NOT LATER ON. PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY. NOBODY ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS KILLED. ASHLEY BABBITT WAS SHOT BY AN OUT-OF-CONTROL POLICE OFFICER THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER EVER SHOT HER. IT’S A DISGRACE. WE DIDN’T DO, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN TREATED SO BADLY. I ASKED WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY AND KILLING PEOPLE THAT SHE ALLOWED SUPPORTED?

SHE WAS THE BORDER CZAR, SHE DOESN’T WANT TO BE CALLED THE BORDER CZAR BECAUSE SHE OF HIS STOMACH IS EMBARRASSED ABOUT THE BORDER. SAID AT THE BEGINNING “I’M SURPRISED YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BORDER YET” SPIRIT SHE KNOWS WHAT A BAD JOB THEY’VE DONE. WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE? WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE PROSECUTED? WHEN ARE THESE PEOPLE FROM COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOT JUST SOUTH AMERICA. THEY ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. ALL OVER THE WORLD AND CRIME RATES ARE DOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE OF IT.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO BE PROSECUTED? ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT BURNS DOWN MINNEAPOLIS GOING TO BE PROSECUTED, OR IN SEATTLE. THEY WENT INTO SEATTLE, TOOK OVER. A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO BE PROSECUTED?

>> LET ME ASK.

>> YOU MIGHT ASK HER THAT.

>> YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT, WATCHING IT UNFOLD ON TELEVISION. IT’S A SIMILAR QUESTION AS WE HEAD TOWARD AN ELECTION. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU REGRET ABOUT WHAT YOU DID ON THE DAY, YES OR NO?

>> I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN THEY ASKED ME TO MAKE A SPEECH. I SHOWED UP FOR A SPEECH. I SAID “I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE BIG.” AND WENT TO NANCY PELOSI AND THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THE MAYOR PUT IT BACK IN WRITING, AS YOU KNOW. I SAID “THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG RALLY OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.” IT WAS DONE BY ME: IT WAS DONE BY OTHERS. I SAID “I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU 10,000 NATIONAL GUARD OR SOLDIERS. THEY REJECTED ME. NANCY PELOSI REJECTED ME. IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, HER DAUGHTER HAS A TAPE OF HER SAYING SHE IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED. THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THAT TAPE. IT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IF NANCY PELOSI AND THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON DID THEIR JOB.

I WASN’T RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY: NANCY PELOSI WAS RESPONSIBLE. SHE DIDN’T DO HER JOB.

>> THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE U.S. PRESIDENT NOT ABOUT FORMER SPEAKER PELOSI, BUT I WANT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO RE RESPOND.

>> I WAS AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH. I WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT. I WAS ALSO AN ACTING SENATOR. I WAS THERE. ON THAT DAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INCITED A VIOLENT MOB TO ATTACK OUR NATION’S CAPITAL, TO DESECRATE OUR NATION’S CAPITAL. ON THAT DAY, 140 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE INJURED. SOME DIED.

UNDERSTAND, THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN INDICTED AND IMPEACHED FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION. LET’S REMEMBER CHARLOTTESVILLE, WHERE THERE WAS A MOB OF PEOPLE CARRYING TIKI TORCHES, SPEWING ANTI-SEMITIC HATE. WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT THEN AT THE TIME SAY? “THEY WERE FINE PEOPLE ON EACH SIDE.” LET’S REMEMBER THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE PROUD BOYS, A MILITIA, THE PRESIDENT SAID, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID “STAND BACK AND STAND BY.” FOR EVERYONE WATCHING WHO REMEMBERS WHAT JANUARY 6TH WAS, I SAY WE DON’T HAVE TO GO BACK. LET’S NOT GO BACK.

WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. IT IS TIME TO TURN THE PAGE. IF THAT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR YOU, THERE IS A PLACE IN OUR CAMPAIGN FOR YOU: TO STAND FOR COUNTRY, TO STAND FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, TO STAND FOR RULE OF LAW, AND TO END THE CHAOS AND TO END THE APPROACH THAT IS ABOUT ATTACKING THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR DEMOCRACY BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE THE OUTCOME. BE CLEAR ON THAT POINT: DONALD TRUMP, THE CANDIDATE, HAS SAID IN THIS ELECTION “THERE WILL BE A BLOODBATH” IF THE OUTCOME OF THIS ELECTION IS NOT TO HIS LIKING. LET’S TURN THE PAGE. LET’S NOT GO BACK. LET’S CHART A COURSE FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT GO BACKWARDS TO THE PAST.

>> LET ME FOLLOW-UP.

>> IT WAS A DIFFERENT TERM AND IT WAS A TERM THAT RELATED TO ENERGY. THEY HAVE DESTROYED OUR ENERGY BUSINESS. THAT WAS WHERE “BLOODBATH” WAS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, THAT STORY HAS BEEN DEBUNKED. LAURA INGRAHAM, SEAN HANNITY,JESSE — ALL THESE PEOPLE COVERED IT. IF THEY GO AN EXTRA SENTENCE THEY WILL SEE IT WAS PERFECT. IT WAS DEBUNKED IN A MOST EVERY NEWSPAPER. JUST LIKE THEY BRING UP 2025. ALL THE STUFF, YOU TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL. WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THESE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER?

HOW COME SHE’S NOT DOING ANYTHING? I WOULD BE PROUD TO DO IT. I WOULD SAY WE WOULD BOTH LEAVE THIS DEBATE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER GO DOWN TO WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING THIS DEBATE, BECAUSE WE ARE WASTING A LOT OF TIME. SHE’S BEEN SO BAD, IT’S SO RIDICULOUS. GO DOWN TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND LET HER SIGN A BILL TO CLOSE UP THE BORDER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT. THEY DON’T NEED BILLS. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU WILL GET HIM OUT OF BED. YOU WILL WAKE HIM UP AT IN THE AFTERNOON, SAY “COME ON DOWN TO THE OFFICE, LET’S SIGN A BILL.” IF HE SIGNS A BILL THAT THE BORDER IS CLOSED, ALL HE HAS TO DO IS SAY TO THE BORDER PATROL WHO WERE PHENOMENAL. IF THEY DO THAT, THE BORDER IS CLOSED. THOSE PEOPLE ARE KILLING MANY PEOPLE, UNLIKE J6.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT IMMIGRATION TONIGHT. THIS NEXT ISSUE BRINGS THIS INTO FOCUS, TRUTH IN THESE TIMES WE’RE LIVING IN.

MR. PRESIDENT, FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER YOU LOST THE 2020 ELECTION, YOU REPEATEDLY FALSELY CLAIMED THAT YOU WON, MANY TIMES SAYING THE WON IN A LANDSLIDE. IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THIS DEBATE, YOU HAVE SAID “YOU LOST BY A WHISKER,” THAT YOU “DIDN’T QUITE MAKE IT,” THAT YOU “CAME UP A LITTLE BIT SHORT.”

>> DID I SAY THAT?

>> ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING YOU LOST ENTIRELY?

>> IT WAS SARCASTICALLY, YOU KNOW THAT. THAT WAS SAID SARCASTICALLY. “WE LOST BY A WHISKER.” ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT IT. THEY SHOULD HAVE SENT IT BACK TO THE LEGISLATURES FOR APPROVAL. I GET ALMOST 75 MILLION VOTES, THE MOST VOTES ANY SITTING PRESIDENT HAS EVER GOTTEN. I WAS TOLD IF I GOT 63 — WHICH IS WHAT I GOT IN 2016 — YOU CAN’T BE BEATEN. THE ELECTION. PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER BE THINKING ABOUT AN ELECTION AS FRAUDULENT. WE NEEDED TWO THINGS: WALLS — AND WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE BORDERS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE GOOD ELECTIONS. OUR ELECTIONS ARE BAD. A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE. THAT CAN’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH. THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT COUNTRY THEY ARE IN PRACTICALLY, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE. THAT’S WHY THEY ARE ALLOWING THEM TO COME INTO OUR COUNTRY.

>F VIDEO. DIDN’T DETECT THE SARCASM, “LOST BY L WHISKER, DIDN’T QUITE MAKE IT.” 60 CASES IN FRONT OF MANY JUDGES, YOUR ALLIES.

>> JUDGE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WE DIDN’T HAVE STANDING. THAT’S THE OTHER THING. THEY SAID WE DIDN’T HAVE STANDING: A TECHNICALITY. CAN YOU IMAGINE A SYSTEM WHERE A PERSON AND AN ELECTION DOESN’T HAVE STANDING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOESN’T HAVE STANDING? THAT’S HOW WE LOST.

DID YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU IF YOU DO A SPECIAL ON IT. I WILL SHOW YOU GEORGIA AND I WILL SHOW YOU WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA. WE HAVE SO MANY FACTIONS STATISTICS. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT DOESN’T MATTER. WE HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THAT’S OLD NEWS.

THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AS WE HAVE A NATION IN DECLINE. THEY HAVE PUT IT INTO DECLINE. WE HAVE A NATION THAT IS DYING, DAVID.

>> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT. HE SAID HE DIDN’T SAY HE LOST BY WHISKER. HE STILL BELIEVES HE DID NOT LOSE THE ELECTION THAT WAS WON BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND YOURSELF. I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT’S COME UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. A POST FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT THIS UPCOMING ELECTION WEEKS AWAY.

HE SAID “WHEN I WENT NEXT, THOSE PEOPLE WHO CHEATED,” AND HE LISTS DONORS, VOTERS, ELECTION OFFICIALS, “WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FOLKS EXTENT OF THE LAW INCLUDING LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES. ONE OF YOUR CAMPAIGNERS SAID “WE WON’T LET DONALD TRUMP INTIMIDATE US OR SUPPRESS THE VOTE.” IS THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE HE’S TRYING TO DO HERE?

>> DONALD TRUMP WAS FIRED BY 81 MILLION PEOPLE. LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. CLEARLY, HE’S HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME PROCESSING THAT. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO AT TIMES, AS HE DID IN THE PAST, TO APPEND THE WILL OF THE VOTERS IN A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. I’M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE TRAVELED THE WORLD AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WORLD LEADERS ARE LAUGHING AT DONALD TRUMP. I HAVE TALKED WITH MILITARY LEADERS, SOME OF WHOM WORK WITH YOU. THEY SAY YOU ARE A DISGRACE.

54:15WHEN YOU THEN TALK IN THIS WAY, AND A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND

54:20DENY WHAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN OUR COURT CASES YOU HAVE LOSS — OUR COURT CASES YOU HAVE

54:26LOST, BECAUSE YOU DID IN FACT LOSE THAT ELECTION. IT LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE THAT PERHAPS, WE DO NOT HAVE IN THE

54:32CANDIDATE TO MY RIGHT, THOUGH TEMPERAMENT OR ABILITY TO —

54:47>> LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT WORLD LEADERS. ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED MEN, THEY CALL HIM A STRONG MAN HE’S

54:53A TOUGH PERSON. SMART. PRIME MINISTER OF HUNGARY. THEY SAID “WHY IS THE WORLD

54:59BLOWING UP?” THREE YEARS AGO IT WASN’T. WHY IS IT BLOWING UP? HE SAID “YOU NEED TO TRUMP BACK

55:06AS PRESIDENT.” THEY WERE AFRAID OF HIM, CHINA WAS AFRAID IT. I DON’T LIKE TO USE THE WORD AFRAID BUT I’M QUOTING HIM

55:12APPEAR CHINA WAS AFRAID OF HIM, NORTH KOREA WAS AFRAID OF HIM. LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH

55:18NORTH KOREA, BY THE WAY. HE SAID “RUSHER WAS AFRAID OF HIM,” I ENDED THIS PIPELINE AND BITE AND PUT IT BACK ON DAY ONE

55:26BUT HE ENDED THE XL PIPELINE. THE XL PIPELINE, IN OUR COUNTRY, HE ENDED THAT BUT HE LET THE

55:32RUSSIANS BUILD A PIPELINE GOING ALL OVER EUROPE AND HEADING INTO GERMANY. THE BIGGEST PIPELINE IN THE

55:38WORLD. VIKTOR ORBAN SAID IT. HE SAID THE MOST RESPECTED, MOST

55:44FEARED PERSON’S DONALD TRUMP. WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WHEN TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT, BUT WHEN THIS

55:50WEAK, PATHETIC MAN THAT YOU SAW AT A DEBATE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, THAT IF HE WEREN’T IN THAT DEBATE, HE WOULD BE RUNNING —

55:57HE GOT NO VOTES, HE GOT 14 MILLION VOTES. YOU TALK ABOUT A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.

56:02HE GOT 14 MILLION VOTES, AND THEY THREW HIM OUT OF OFFICE. I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE SECRET:

56:07HE HATES HER. HE CAN’T STAND HER, BUT HE GOT 14 MILLION VOTES PICKED THEY THREW HIM OUT.

56:13SHE GOT ZERO VOTES. WHEN SHE RAN, SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO LEAVE BECAUSE SHE HAD FAILED.

56:19NOW, SHE IS RUNNING. I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT BUT I’M OKAY WITH IT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, YOUR TIME IS

56:24UP, WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET TO. >> THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR AND HOSTAGES STILL BEING HELD,

56:31AMERICANS AMONG THEM. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IN DECEMBER YOU SET UP AND BECAUSE ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND

56:37ITSELF,” BUT YOU ADDED “IT MATTERS HOW” HI SAYING INTERNATIONALLY MILITARY AND LAW

56:42MUST BE RESPECTED, MUST DO MORE TO PROTECT INNOCENT CIVILIANS.” YOU SAID THAT FOUR COMMENTS AGO,

56:50AND NEARLY 100,000 PALESTINIANS ARE DEAD AND 100 THOUSAND HOSTAGES REMAIN — HOW

56:55MANY PAL STONES ARE DEAD AND THERE IS 100,000 HOSTAGES REMAINING. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BREAK THE STALEMATE.

57:02HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? >> IT’S UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE. ON OCTOBER 7TH, HAMAS, A

57:08TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, SLAUGHTERED 1200 ISRAELIS.

57:14MANY OF THEM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE SIMPLY ATTENDING A CONCERT.

57:20WOMEN WERE HORRIBLY RAPED. ABSOLUTELY, I SAY THEN, I SAY NOW: ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF.

57:26WE WOULD. HOW IT DOES SO MATTERS, BECAUSE IT’S ALSO TRUE, FAR TOO MANY

57:32INNOCENT PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED. CHILDREN, MOTHERS. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS

57:40WARMEST END. MUST END IMMEDIATELY, AND THE WAY IT WILL END IS WE NEED A

57:46CEASE-FIRE DEAL, AND WE NEED THE HOSTAGES OUT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK ON THAT, ALSO

57:54UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MUST CHARGE A COURSE FOR A TWO STATE

58:01SOLUTION. IN THAT SOLUTION, THERE MUST BE SECURITY FOR THE ISRAELI PEOPLE AND ISRAEL AND IN EQUAL MEASURE

58:06FOR THE PALESTINIANS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WILL ASSURE YOU ALWAYS: I WILL ALWAYS GIVE

58:14ISRAEL THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF, IN PARTICULAR AS IT RELATES TO IRAN IN ANY THREAT

58:21THAT IRAN AND ITS PROXIES POSED TO ISRAEL. WE MUST HAVE A TWO STATE SOLUTION OR WE CAN REBUILD GAZA,

58:26WHERE THE PALESTINIANS HAVE SECURITY, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND THE DIGNITY THEY SO RIGHTLY

58:34DESERVE. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP, HOW WOULD YOU NEGOTIATE WITH NETANYAHU AND

58:40HAMAS TO GET THE HOSTAGES OUT AND PREVENT THE KILLING OF MORE INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN GAZA? >> IF I WERE PRESIDENT, IT WOULD

58:46HAVE NEVER STARTED. IF I WERE PRESIDENT, RUSSIA WOULD HAVE NEVER EVER — I KNOW PUTIN VERY WELL.

58:52THERE WAS NO THREAT OF IT EITHER, BY THE WAY, FOR FOUR YEARS — HAVE GONE INTO UKRAINE

58:58AND KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, FAR WORSE THAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON OVER THERE.

59:04WHEN SHE MENTIONS ABOUT ISRAEL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE HATES ISRAEL.

59:09SHE WOULDN’T EVEN MEET WITH THEM WHEN HE WENT TO CONGRESS TO MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT SPEECH. SHE REFUSED TO BE THERE.

59:15SHE WAS AT A SORORITY PARTY OF HERS. SHE WANT TO GO TO A SORORITY PARTY. SHE HITS ISRAEL.

59:21IF SHE IS PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE ISRAEL WOULD NOT EXIST WITHIN

59:26TWO YEARS FROM NOW. I’VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AT PREDICTIONS AND I HOPE I’M WRONG ON THAT ONE. SHE HATES ISRAEL. AT THE SAME TIME, IN HER OWN

59:34WAY, SHE HATES THE ARAB POPULATION, BECAUSE THE WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO GET BLOWN UP:

59:42ARABS, JEWISH PEOPLE, ISRAEL. ISRAEL WILL BE GONE. IT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED —

59:49IRAN WAS BROKE UNDER DONALD TRUMP, AND NOW THEY HAVE $300 BILLION BECAUSE THEY TOOK OFF ALL THE SANCTIONS I HAD.

59:56THEY HAD NO MONEY FOR HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, OR ANY OF THE 28TH

1:00:01DIFFERENT SNEERS OF –SPHERES OF TERROR, HORRIBLE DIFFERENT TERROR — THEY HAD NO MONEY.

1:00:08IT WAS A BIG STORY AND YOU COVERED IT. THEY HAD NO MONEY FOR TERROR. THEY WERE BROKE.

1:00:14NOW, THEY ARE A RICH KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SPREADING THAT MONEY AROUND. LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH

1:00:22THE HUTTIS AND YEMEN. LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

1:00:28I WILL GET THAT SETTLED, FAST, GET THE WAR WITH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA ENDED IF I AM

1:00:34PRESIDENT-ELECT. I WILL GET IT DONE BEFORE EVEN BECOMING PRESIDENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, HE

1:00:39SAYS YOU HATE ISRAEL. >> THAT’S ABSOLUTE NOT TRUE. I HAVE MY ENTIRE CAREER AND LIFE

1:00:46SUPPORTED ISRAEL AND THE ISRAELI PEOPLE. HE KNOWS THAT. HE’S TRYING TO DIVIDE AND

1:00:53DISTRACT FROM THE REALITY, WHICH IS IT’S VERY WELL KNOWN THAT DONALD TRUMP IS WEAK AND WRONG

1:01:01ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY. IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT HE ADMIRES DICTATORS, WANTS TO BE A

1:01:06DICTATOR ON DAY 1, ACCORDING TO HIMSELF. IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT HE SAID OF

1:01:14PUTIN THAT HE CAN DO “WHATEVER THE HELL HE WANTS” AND TO GO INTO UKRAINE.

1:01:19IT’S WELL-KNOWN THAT WHEN HE SAID RUSSIA WENT INTO UKRAINE, IT WAS BRILLIANT. IT’S WELL KNOWN HE EXCHANGED

1:01:26LOVE LETTERS WITH KIM JONG UN. IT’S ABSOLUTELY WELL-KNOWN THAT

1:01:33THESE DICTATORS AND AUTOCRATS ARE ROOTING FOR YOU TO BE PRESIDENT AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY

1:01:38ARE SO CLEAR. THEY CAN MANIPULATE YOU WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS.

1:01:45THAT IS WHY SO MANY MILITARY LEADERS, WHO YOU HAVE WORKED WITH, HAVE TOLD ME YOU ARE A

1:01:53DISGRACE. THAT’S WHY WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT CONSISTENTLY WEAK AND WRONG

1:02:00ON NATIONAL SECURITY, INCLUDING THE IMPORTS — >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS — >> INCLUDING A HOLDING IN

1:02:06HIGHEST REGARD OUR MILITARY. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THANK YOU. >> SHE IS THE ONE THAT CAUSED

1:02:11IT. THAT’S WEAK ON NATIONAL SECURITY BY ALLOWING EVERY NATION — LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR — 168

1:02:19DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SENDING PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY. THE CRIME RATES ARE WAY DOWN. PUTIN ENDORSED HER LAST WEEK,

1:02:25SAID “I HOPE SHE WINS,” AND I THINK HE MEANT IT. WHAT HE HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH IS

1:02:30INCREDIBLE. IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITH ME. THE LEADERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES THINK THEY ARE WEAK AND

1:02:39INCOMPETENT, AND THEY ARE. THEY ARE GROSSLY INCOMPETENT. I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION: WHY DOES BIDEN KILL THE KEYSTONE

1:02:45PIPELINE AND APPROVE THE SINGLE BIGGEST DEAL RUSSIA HAS EVER MADE, NORM STREAMED TO A TREND,

1:02:51THE BIGGEST PIPELINE IN THE WORLD GOING TO GERMANY AND ALL OVER EUROPE? BECAUSE THEY ARE WEAK,

1:02:57INEFFECTIVE, AND BIDEN GETS PAID A LOT OF MONEY — >> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES.

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1:07:59>> LIE FROM THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, HERE AGAIN, DAVID MIRROR

1:08:07>> WELCOME BACK TO THIS HISTORIC ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. I WANT TO TURN TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. WE ARE 2.5 YEARS INTO THIS

1:08:14CONFLICT. MR. PRESIDENT, IT’S BEEN THE POSITION OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT WE MUST DEFEND UKRAINE FROM RUSSIA,

1:08:20VLADIMIR PUTIN, DEFEND THEIR SOVEREIGNTY, DEMOCRACY, IN AMERICA’S BEST INTEREST TO DO

1:08:26SO. IF PUTIN WINS HE MAY GO FURTHER INTO OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU HAD SAID HE WOULD SOLVE THIS WAR IN 24 HOURS AND SAID SO JUST

1:08:34BEFORE THE BREAK TONIGHT. HOW DID YOU DO THAT? DO YOU WANT UKRAINE TO WIN THIS

1:08:40WORK? >> I WANT TO WORK TO STOP WORKING WANT TO SAVE LIVES THAT ARE BEING USELESSLY, PEOPLE

1:08:46BEING KILLED BY THE MILLIONS. IT IS THE MILLIONS. IT IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN THE NUMBERS YOU ARE GETTING WHICH

1:08:52ARE FAKE NUMBERS. WE ARE IN FOR $250 BILLION OR MORE BECAUSE THEY DON’T ASK

1:08:59EUROPE, WHICH IS A MUCH BIGGER BENEFICIARY TO GETTING THIS THING DONE. THEY ARE IN FOR $150 BILLION

1:09:08LESS BECAUSE BIDEN AND YOU DON’T HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK EUROPE, LIKE I DID WITH NATO.

1:09:14THEY PAID BILLIONS AND BILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN I SAID EITHER YOU PAY UP OR WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROTECT YOU

1:09:23ANYMORE. THEY DON’T LIKE ME AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE WEAK PEOPLE. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

1:09:28WHERE IN FOR $250 BILLION —

1:09:35$2,150,000,000,000. THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO EQUALIZE. THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO GET

1:09:41THE WORK SETTLED. I KNOW FLATTERY ZELINSKI AND FLANNERY PUT IN WELL. I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP —

1:09:46I KNOW VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AND PUTIN VERY WELL. I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

1:09:52RESPECT BIDEN FOR WHAT REASON? HE HAS NOT MADE A PHONE CALL IN TWO YEARS TO PUTIN, HASN’T SPOKEN TO ANYBODY.

1:09:57I DON’T EVEN TRY AND GET IT. THAT’S A WAR THAT’S GOING TO BE SETTLED. I WILL GET IT SETTLED BEFORE I

1:10:06BECOME PRESIDENT. WHEN I’M PRESIDENT-ELECT, I WILL SPEAK TO ONE, SPEAK TO THE OTHER, GET THEM TOGETHER. THAT WAR WOULD HAVE NEVER

1:10:12HAPPENED. WHEN I SAW PUTIN AFTER I LEFT, UNFORTUNATELY LEFT BECAUSE OUR

1:10:19COUNTRY HAS GONE TO HELL — BUT AFTER I LEFT BECAUSE I SAW HIM BUILDING UP SOLDIERS, HE DID IT AFTER I LEFT.

1:10:25SAID “HE MUST BE NEGOTIATING, MUST BE A GOOD STRONG POINT OF

1:10:31NEGOTIATION. “BIDEN HAD NO IDEA HOW TO TALK TO THEM, HOW TO STOP IT. NO YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

1:10:38DEAD. IT’S ONLY GETTING WORSE, AND IT COULD LEAD TO WORLD WAR III. DON’T KID YOURSELF, DAVID. WE ARE PLAYING WITH

1:10:44WORLD WAR III. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WE DON’T EVEN KNOW IF HE’S — WHERE IS OUR PRESENT? WE DON’T KNOW IF HE IS A

1:10:50PRESIDENT. SPEAKERS TO CLARIFY — >> WE THREW THEM OUT OF THE CAMPAIGN —

1:10:55>> THEY THREW HIM OUT OF THE CAMPAIGN LIKE A DOG. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN’T KNOW HE IS ALIVE.

1:11:00>> YOUR TIME IS UP. TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION, DO YOU BELIEVE IT’S IN THE U.S.’S BEST

1:11:05INTEREST FOR UKRAINE TO WIN THIS WORK? >> I THINK IT’S IN THE U.S.’S BEST INTEREST TO GET THIS WORK FINISHED AND DONE.

1:11:11NEGOTIATE A DEAL. WE HAVE TO STOP. ALL THESE HUMAN LIVES — BUT WE HAVE TO STOP ALL

1:11:16THESE HUMAN LIVES FROM BEING DESTROYED. >> I WANT TO TAKE THIS TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SUPPORT

1:11:23FOR UKRAINE IN THIS MOMENT. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF IF ELECTED HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH

1:11:28VLADIMIR PUTIN AND WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU ARE SEEING FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TO. >> FIRST OF ALL, IT’S IMPORTANT

1:11:33TO REMIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT YOU ARE NOT RUNNING AGAINST JOE BIDEN: YOU ARE RUNNING

1:11:38AGAINST ME. THE REASON I BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP SAYS THIS WAR WOULD BE OVER WITHIN 24 HOURS IS BECAUSE HE WOULD GIVE IT UP.

1:11:44THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. LET’S UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.

1:11:50I MET WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY A

1:11:55FEW DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA INVADED, TRIED TO FORCE TERRITORIAL

1:12:02BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID AND IS ONE OF THE WORST

1:12:07INTERNATIONAL NORMS. I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, SHARED WITH HIM IN AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE OF HOW HE COULD

1:12:12DEFEND HIMSELF. DAYS LATER I WENT TO NATO’S EASTERN FLANK TO POLAND AND ROMANIA, AND THROUGH THE WORK THAT I AND OTHERS DID, WE

1:12:21BROUGHT 50 COUNTRIES TOGETHER TO SUPPORT UKRAINE IN ITS RIGHTEOUS DEFENSE.

1:12:27BECAUSE OF OUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE OF THE AIR DEFENSE — AN

1:12:38INDEPENDENT AND FREE COUNTRY. IF DONALD TRUMP WERE PRESENT, PUTIN WOULD BE SITTING IN KYIV

1:12:45RIGHT NOW. PUTIN’S AGENDA IS NOT JUST ABOUT UKRAINE. UNDERSTAND WHY THE EUROPEAN

1:12:51ALLIES AND OUR NATO ALLIES ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE NO

1:12:57LONGER PRESIDENT, AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY ALLIANCE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, WHICH IS

1:13:04NATO, AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY OF ZELENSKYY AND THE UKRAINIANS TO

1:13:10FIGHT FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. ON THE PUTIN WOULD BE SITTING IN

1:13:18KYIV WITH HIS EYES AND THE REST OF EUROPE STARTING WITH POLAND. ONE OF YOU TELL THE 800,000 POLISH AMERICANS IN PENNSYLVANIA HOW QUICKLY YOU WOULD GIVE UP

1:13:26FOR THE SAKE OF FAVOR AND WHAT YOU THINK IS A FRIENDSHIP WITH WHAT IS KNOWN TO BE A DICTATOR WHO WOULD EAT YOU FOR LUNCH?

1:13:33>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THANK YOU. WE’VE HEARD FROM BOTH OF YOU ON UKRAINE TONIGHT. AFGHANISTAN CAME UP IN THE LAST

1:13:39HALF AN HOUR. I WANTED HER TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER — PLEASE, I WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE

1:13:45HERE. >> PUTIN WOULD BE SITTING IN MOSCOW AND HE WOULDN’T HAVE LOST

1:13:50300,000 MEN AND WOMEN. HE WOULD BE SITTING IN MOSCOW — QUIET, PLEASE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SITTING IN

1:13:56MOSCOW MUCH HAPPIER THAN HE IS RIGHT NOW. HE’S GOT A THING OTHER PEOPLE

1:14:02DON’T HAVE TURKEYS GET NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THEY DON’T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

1:14:07NUCLEAR — NOBODY HAS TO TALK ABOUT THAT. MAYBE HE WILL USE THEM EVENTUALLY. HE HASN’T BUT NOT THREATENING,

1:14:13BUT HE DOES HAVE THAT. SOMETHING WE DON’T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. NOBODY LIKES TO TALK ABOUT IT.

1:14:22THEY SENT HER TO NEGOTIATE PEACE THREE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR STARTED. THREE DAYS LATER, HE STARTED THE

1:14:28WAR, BECAUSE OF THING THEY SAID WAS WEAK AND STUPID. THEY SAID THE WRONG THINGS. THAT WAR SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED. SHE WAS THE EMISSARY.

1:14:37THEY CENTER IN TO NEGOTIATE WITH ZELENSKYY AND PUTIN, AND SHE DID, AND THE WAR STARTED THREE

1:14:43DAYS LATER. THAT’S THE KIND OF TALENT WE HAVE.

1:14:52SHE GOES DOWN AS THE WORST VICE PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING: SHE

1:14:58IS A HORRIBLE NEGOTIATOR. THEY CENSOR IN TO NEGOTIATE AS SOON AS THEY LEFT TO PUTIN DID

1:15:06THE INVASION. >> SAID SHE WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH LIVE REPORT END. HAVE YOU EVER MET VLADIM

1:15:13VLADIMIR PUTIN? >> YOU WILL HEAR A BUNCH OF LIES FROM THIS FELLOW. THAT’S ANOTHER ONE. WHEN I WENT TO MEET WITH

1:15:20PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, AND I MET WITH HIM OVER FIVE TIMES. THE REALITY IS, IT’S BEEN ABOUT

1:15:25STANDING AS AMERICA ALWAYS

1:15:30SHOWED IT: AS A LEADER UPHOLDING INTERNATIONAL RULES AND NORMS, AS A LEADER WHO SHOWS STRENGTH,

1:15:36UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ALLIANCES WE HAVE AROUND THE WORLD ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NOT

1:15:46FAVOR OUR ENEMIES BECAUSE YOU ADORE STRONGMEN INSTEAD OF CARING ABOUT DEMOCRACY.

1:15:51THAT IS VERY MUCH WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE

1:15:57UNITED STATES IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO RELY ON A

1:16:04PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AMERICA’S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.

1:16:09IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT THERE IS STABILITY AND ENSURING WE STAND UP FOR PRINCIPLES AND NOT

1:16:17SELL THEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONAL FLATTERY. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT UKRAINE AND VLADIMIR PUTIN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

1:16:23AFGHANISTAN. IT CAME UP IN THE FIRST HOUR OF THIS DEBATE. AND WANT TO MOVE ON TO

1:16:28AFGHANISTAN. >> SAID TRUMPED OF THE MOST AMAZING THING I’VE EVER SEEN. HE GOT THESE COUNTRIES, THE 28 COUNTRIES AT THE TIME TO PAY UP.

1:16:37HE SAID “I’VE NEVER SEEN –” HE’S THE HEAD OF NATO, SAID I’VE NEVER SEEN — FOR YEARS WE WERE PAYING ALMOST ALL OF NATO.

1:16:42WE WERE BEING RIPPED OFF BY EUROPEAN NATIONS, BOTH ON TRADE AND ON NATO.

1:16:49I GOT THEM TO PAY UP BY SAYING ONE OF THE STATEMENTS HE MADE BEFORE. IF YOU DON’T PAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROTECT YOU, OTHERWISE

1:16:55WE NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT. SAID HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST CREDIBLE DRUGS HE’S EVER SEEN DONE. >> THINK YOU.

1:17:00I WANT TO TURN TO AFGHANISTAN. IT CAME UP IN THE FIRST HOUR OF THE DEBATE. WE WITNESSED A POIGNANT MOMENT

1:17:05ON CAPITOL HILL, HONORING THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE CHAOTIC WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. WANT TO ASK THE VICE PRESIDENT,

1:17:11DO YOU BELIEVE YOU BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WAY THAT WITHDRAWAL PLAYED OUT?

1:17:17>> I WILL TELL YOU, I AGREED WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.

1:17:23FOUR PRESIDENTS SAID THEY WOULD AND JOE BIDEN DID. AS A RESULT, AMERICA’S TAXPAYERS ARE NOT PAYING THE $300 MILLION

1:17:30A DAY WE WERE PAYING FOR THAT ENDLESS WAR. AS OF TODAY, THERE IS NOT ONE

1:17:38MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WHO IS IN ACTIVE DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE IN ANY WAR ZONE AROUND THE WORLD, FIRST TIME

1:17:46THIS CENTURY. LET’S UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE. DONALD TRUMP WHEN HE WAS

1:17:52PRESIDENT NEGOTIATED ONE OF THE WEAKEST DEALS YOU CAN IMAGINE. HE CALLS HIMSELF A DEALMAKER.

1:17:58EVEN HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SAID IT WAS A WEAK, TERRIBLE DEAL. HERE’S HOW IT WENT DOWN.

1:18:05HE BYPASSED THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT. HE NEGOTIATED DIRECTLY WITH A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED

1:18:11THE TALIBAN. THE NEGOTIATION INVOLVES THE TALIBAN GETTING 5,000 TALIBAN

1:18:18TERRORISTS RELEASED. GET THIS: AND THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME INVITED THE TALIBAN TO

1:18:26CAMP DAVID, A PLACE OF STORIED SIGNIFICANCE FOR US AS AMERICANS, A PLACE WHERE WE

1:18:32HONOR THE IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN

1:18:38DIPLOMACY. RESPECTED WORLD LEADERS. THIS FORMER PRESIDENT GLOBAL

1:18:46INVITED THEM TO CAMP DAVID.

1:18:53THE ROLE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED — PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

1:18:58TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF WITH A LEVEL OF RESPECT WHICH GETS BACK TO THE POINT OF HOW HE HAS

1:19:05CONSISTENTLY DISPARAGED AND DEMEANED MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY, FALLEN SOLDIERS, AND THE WORK WE MUST DO TO UPHOLD

1:19:13THE STRENGTH AND RESPECT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AROUND THE WORLD. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOUR RESPONSE

1:19:18TO HER — SAYING BEGIN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TALIBAN. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PERIOD OF

1:19:26TIME, THE TALIBAN WAS KILLING OUR SOLDIERS, A LOT OF THEM WITH SNIPERS.

1:19:32I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE TALIBAN BECAUSE THE TALIBAN WAS DOING THE KILLING. THAT’S THE FIGHTING FORCE WITHIN AFGHANISTAN.

1:19:38THEY DON’T BOTHER DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. I GOT INVOLVED.

1:19:45ABDUL IS THE HEAD OF THE TALIBAN, STILL THE HEAD OF THE TALIBAN. I TOLD HIM “DON’T DO IT ANYMORE,

1:19:50YOU DO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS.” AND HE SAID “WHY DO YOU SEND ME A PICTURE OF MY HOUSE?”

1:19:55I SAID “YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, ABDUL,” AND FOR 18 MONTHS WE HAD NOBODY KILLED.

1:20:02WE HAD AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BY MIKE POMPEO. IT WAS A GOOD AGREEMENT. THE REASON IT WAS GOOD: WE WERE

1:20:07GETTING OUT. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT FASTER THAN THEM BUT WE WOULD’VE NOT LOST THE SOLDIERS, WOULD NOT

1:20:12HAVE LEFT ANY AMERICANS BEHIND, AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT

1:20:18$85 BILLION WORTH OF BRAND-NEW BEAUTIFUL MILITARY EQUIPMENT BEHIND. JUST TO FINISH, THEY BLEW IT.

1:20:25THE AGREEMENT SAID YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, THE THIS, THIS, AND THEY DIDN’T DO IT.

1:20:31THE AGREEMENT WAS TERMINATED BY US BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T DO WHAT

1:20:37THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. >> I WANT TO MOVE ON. >> THESE PEOPLE TO THE WORST WITHDRAWAL, AND IN MY OPINION,

1:20:43THE MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. BY THE WAY, THAT’S WHY RUSSIA

1:20:49ATTACKED UKRAINE, BECAUSE THEY SAW HOW INCOMPETENT SHE AND HER BOSS ARE. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU.

1:20:55I WANT TO MOVE ON TO RACE AND POLITICS IN THIS COUNTRY. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU RECENTLY SAID

1:21:00A VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS “I DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS BLACK UNTIL A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, SHE HAPPENED TO TURN BLACK AND WANTS

1:21:06TO BE KNOWN AS BLACK.” I WANT TO ASK A BIGGER PICTURE QUESTION TONIGHT: WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT’S APPROPRIATE TO

1:21:12WEIGH IN ON THE RACIAL IDENTITY OF YOUR OPPONENT? >> I DON’T, AND I DON’T CARE. I DON’T CARE WHAT SHE IS.

1:21:17I DON’T CARE. YOU MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF SOMETHING. I COULDN’T CARE LESS. WHATEVER SHE WANTS TO BE IS OKAY

1:21:24WITH ME. >> BUT THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS, SO I’M ASKING — >> I DON’T KNOW. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I READ WERE SHE WAS NOT BLACK, THAT SHE

1:21:32PUT OUT, AND I WILL SAY THAT, AND THEN, I READ THAT SHE WAS BLACK, AND THAT’S OKAY.

1:21:37EITHER ONE WAS OKAY WITH ME, THAT’S UP TO HER. THAT’S UP TO HER. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS?

1:21:43YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? >> I THINK IT’S — HONESTLY, I THINK IT’S A TRAGEDY THAT WE

1:21:49HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER

1:21:56ATTEMPTED TO USE RACE TO DIVIDE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE VAST

1:22:02MAJORITY SAYS — THIS KIND OF

1:22:07APPROACH THAT IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO DIVIDE US, AND ESPECIALLY BY RACE. LET’S REMEMBER HOW DONALD TRUMP

1:22:15STARTED. HE WAS — LAND, HE OWNED LAND,

1:22:21OWNED BUILDINGS. HE WAS INVESTIGATED BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO RENT PROPERTY TO

1:22:26BLACK FAMILIES. LET’S REMEMBER, THIS IS THE SAME

1:22:32INDIVIDUAL WHO TOOK OUT A FULL-PAGE AD IN “THE NEW YORK TIMES” CALLING FOR THE EXECUTION OF FIVE YOUNG

1:22:39BLACK AND LATINO BOYS WHO WERE

1:22:45INNOCENT: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. TOOK OUT A FULL-PAGE AD CALLING FOR THEIR EXECUTION.

1:22:50THIS IS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WHO SPREAD BIRTHER LIES ABOUT THE

1:22:57FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I THINK THE AMERICA PEOPLE WANT

1:23:02BETTER THAN THAT, ONCE BETTER THAN THIS, WANT SOMEONE —

1:23:09TRAVELER COUNTRY. WE SEE IN EACH OTHER A FRIEND, A

1:23:14NEIGHBOR. WE DON’T WANT A LEADER WHO WAS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO HAVE

1:23:19AMERICANS POINT THEIR FINGERS AT EACH OTHER. I MEET WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME

1:23:25WHO TELL ME “CAN WE PLEASE JUST HAVE DISCOURSE ABOUT HOW WE ARE

1:23:31GOING TO INVEST IN THE ASPIRATIONS AND AMBITIONS AND DREAMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,

1:23:37KNOWING THAT REGARDLESS OF PEOPLE’S COLOR OR THE LANGUAGE THAT THEIR GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS, WE ALL HAD THE SAME DREAMS AND

1:23:43ASPIRATIONS AND ONE A PRESIDENT WHO INVESTS IN THOSE, NOT IN

1:23:49HATE AND DIVISION. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THANK YOU. LINDSAY? >> THIS IS NOT YOUR THIRD

1:23:55TIME — >> THIS IS THE MOST DIVISIVE PRESIDENCY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

1:24:01THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY, AND THEY COME UP WITH THINGS LIKE WHAT SHE JUST SAID, GOING

1:24:07BACK MANY, MANY YEARS, A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING MAYOR BLOOMBERG AGREED WITH ME ON THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE.

1:24:12THEY ADMITTED, THEY SAID THEY PLED GUILTY. I SAID IF THEY PLED GUILTY, THEY

1:24:18BADLY HURT A PERSON, KILLED A PERSON ULTIMATELY, AND IF THEY PLED GUILTY, BUT THEN THEY PLAYED NOT GUILTY.

1:24:26THIS IS A PERSON THAT HAS TO STRETCH BACK YEARS, 40-50 YEARS AGO BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING

1:24:31NOW. I BUILT ONE OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, AND HIM GOING TO BUILD IT

1:24:36AGAIN. IT’S GOING TO BE BIGGER, BETTER,

1:24:42STRONGER. THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR ECONOMY, NO IDEA WHAT A GOOD ECONOMY IS. THEIR OIL POLICY, EVERYTHING THE

1:24:50POLICY. SHE’S TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM BIDEN. I DON’T KNOW THE GENTLEMAN, SHE SAYS CHURCHY IS BIDEN.

1:24:56THE WORST INFLATION WE HAVE EVER HAD, A HORRIBLE ECONOMY, BECAUSE INFLATION HAS MADE IT SO BAD.

1:25:02SHE CAN’T GET AWAY WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU. SPEAK I WANT TO RESPOND,

1:25:08BRIEFLY. CLEARLY, I AM NOT JOE BIDEN, AND I’M CERTAINLY NOT DONALD TRUMP.

1:25:15WHAT I DO OFFER IS A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP FOR OUR COUNTRY.

1:25:20ONE WHO BELIEVES IN WHAT IS POSSIBLE, ONE WHO BRINGS A SENSE

1:25:25OF OPTIMISM ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS DISPARAGING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

1:25:36I BELIEVE IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO STRENGTH IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE A PLAN. LET’S TALK ABOUT HER PLANS, AND LET’S COMPARE THE PLANS.

1:25:43I HAVE A PLAN TO GIVE START-UP BUSINESSES $50,000 TAX

1:25:50DEDUCTION, TO PURSUE THEIR AMBITIONS, THEIR INNOVATION, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR HARD WORK.

1:25:56I HAVE A PLAN. $6,000 FOR YOUNG FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR CHILD’S

1:26:02LIFE, TO HELP YOU IN THAT MOST CRITICAL STAGE OF YOUR CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE A PLAN THAT’S A ABOUT

1:26:11LUNG PEOPLE — I HAVE A PLANE THAT’S ABOUT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PURSUE THE AMERICAN DREAM BY HELPING WITH A

1:26:20$25,000 DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCEE HOME BUYERS. THAT IS THE KIND OF CONVERSATION I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TONIGHT, AS OPPOSED TO A

1:26:27CONVERSATION THAT IS CONSTANTLY ABOUT BELITTLING AND NAME

1:26:32CALLING. LET’S TURN THE PAGE. AND MOVE FORWARD. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

1:26:37>> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. BECAUSE SHE HAS A PLAN TO DEFUND THE POLICE. SHE HAS A PLAN TO CONFISCATE

1:26:47EVERYBODY’S GUN. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO OTHER ISSUES. >> ALLOWING FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA OR ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT’S WHAT HER PLAN IS.

1:26:58>> PRESIDENT TRUMP — >> SOME THINGS I NEED TO RESPOND TO. >> I’M SORRY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON VICE PRESIDENT.

1:27:06PRESIDENT TRUMP, THIS IS HER THIRD TIME RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE LONG PLANS TO REPEAL

1:27:12THE PREFERABLE CARE ACT, AND YOU WILL KNOW SO YOU WILL KEEP OBAMACARE ON THIS “WE CAN DO

1:27:18SOMETHING MUCH BETTER.” LAST MONTH YOU SAID “WE ARE WORKING ON IT.” NINE YEARS AFTER YOU FIRST STARTED, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

1:27:25AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS? >> OBAMACARE, LOUSY HEALTH CARE. IT’S NOT VERY GOOD TODAY.

1:27:32WHAT I SAID, THAT WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND ARE WORKING ON THINGS, WE ARE GOING TO DO IT

1:27:37AND REPLACE IT. I INHERITED OBAMACARE, BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WOULDN’T CHANGE IT.

1:27:43THEY WOULDN’T VOTE FOR IT. THEY WERE UNANIMOUS. THEY WOULD VOTE TO CHANGE IT.

1:27:52THAT DEMOCRATS CAME UP WITH IT. I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT. DO YOU SAVE IT AND MAKE IT AS

1:27:58GOOD AS IT COULD BE I FELT I HAD AN OBLIGATION.

1:28:06WOULD LET IT ROT AND GO AWAY. I TOLD MY PEOPLE, THE TOP PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE GOOD

1:28:12PEOPLE. I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN THAT ADMINISTRATION. WE READ ABOUT THE BAD ONES. WE HAVE BAD ONES, AND SO THEY

1:28:18PICK THEY HAVE REALLY BAD ONES. THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY DON’T GET RID OF THEM. MAY JUST EXPLAIN. I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE: DID I

1:28:24SAVE IT AND MAKE IT AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE, OR DO I LET IT RIDE? I SAVED IT.

1:28:32STILL NEVER GOING TO BE GREAT AND IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE FOR PEOPLE. WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE ARE

1:28:38LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PLANS. IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT’S GOING TO COST OUR PEOPLE, OUR POPULATION LESS MONEY,

1:28:48OBAMACARE, THAN I WOULD DO IT.

>> YES OR NO: YOU STILL DON’T HAVE A PLAN?

>> I HAVE CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. I’M NOT PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING — I WOULD ONLY CHANGE IT IF WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT’S BETTER AND LESS EXPENSIVE. THEIR CONCEPTS AND OPTIONS WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IN 2017, YOU SUPPORTED BERNIE SANDERS’ PROPOSAL TO DO AWAY WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE AND CREATE A GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. TWO YEARS LATER, YOU PROMOTED A PLAN WITH A PRIVATE INSURANCE OPTION.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT PRIVATE HEALTH CARE OPTIONS. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAINTAIN AND GROW THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. I WILL GET TO THAT, LINDSAY.

I JUST NEED TO RESPOND TO A PREVIOUS POINT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS MADE. I’VE MADE VERY CLEAR MY POSITION ON FRACKING. THIS BUSINESS ABOUT TAKING YOUR ONES GUNS AWAY. TIM WALZ AND I ARE BOTH GUN OWNERS. WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY BUDDIES GUNS AWAY, SO STOP AT THE CONTINUOUS LYING ABOUT THIS STUFF.

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND THEY KNOW WHERE PEOPLE STAND. WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT, 60 TIMES HE TRIED TO GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 60 TIMES. I WAS A SENATOR AT THE TIME. IT WAS UP FOR VOTE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AND THE LATE GREAT JOHN McCAIN, WHO YOU HAVE DISPARAGED AS BEING — YOU DON’T LIKE HIM.

HE GOT CAUGHT. HE WAS AN AMERICAN LATE HERE. — HE WAS A LATE GREAT AMERICAN HERE. I WILL NEVER FORGET, JOHN McCAIN WALKED ONTO THE SENATE FLOOR AND SAID “NO, YOU DON’T GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. YOU HAVE NO PLAN,” AND WITH A FORMAL CARE ACT HAS DONE IS A LIMITED THE ABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. I DON’T HAVE TO TELL THE PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT COMING TO KNOW WHAT THAT WAS LIKE? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN AN INSURANCE COMPANY COULD DENY IF A CHILD HAD ASTHMA, IF SOMEONE WAS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR? IF A GRANDPARENT HAD DIABETES.

THANKFULLY, AS I HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENT AND WE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE STRENGTHENED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE FIRST TIME MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES ON BEHALF OF THE MACON PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP SAID HE WOULD LET THEM NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES, BUT WE DID.

WE HAVE CAPPED THE COST OF INSULIN AT $35 A MONTH. SINCE I’VE BEEN VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE CAPPED THE COST OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SENIORS AT $2,000 A YEAR.

WHEN I AM PRESIDENT, WE WILL DO THAT FOR ALL PEOPLE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VALUE I BRING TO THIS IS THAT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE A RIGHT AND NOT JUST A PRIVILEGE OF THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT.

THE PLAN HAS TO BE TO STRENGTHEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, NOT GET RID OF IT —

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IN TERMS OF HER DONALD TRUMP STANDS ON THAT.

>> SHE MADE A MISTAKE. AT NUMBER ONE. JOHN McCAIN FOUGHT OBAMACARE FOR TEN YEARS, BUT IT WASN’T ONLY HIM: IT WAS ALL THE DEMOCRATS THAT KEPT IT GOING. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN OBAMACARE. SHE WILL APPROVE PRIVATE INSURANCE FOR PEOPLE. PRIVATE MEDICAL INSURANCE. PEOPLE ARE PAYING PRIVATELY FOR INSURANCE. SHE WANTS EVERYBODY TO BE ON GOVERNMENT INSURANCE, WHERE YOU WAIT SIX MONTHS FOR AN OPERATION.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU, WE HAVE ANOTHER TREATMENT WE WOULD LIKE FOR NUMBER OF AMERICANS TO GET TO. THAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE. WITH REGARD TO THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU SAY WE HAVE TO HAVE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, YOU CALL CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEXT ESSENTIAL THREAT. THE QUESTION TO YOU BOTH TONIGHT IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE? LESS PRISON HAIRS, WE WILL START WITH YOU 1 MINUTE EACH. — VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, WE WILL START WITH YOU, ONE MINUTE EACH.

>> SOME SAY THAT IT’S A HOAX. WHAT WE KNOW IS IT’S VERY REAL. ASK ANYONE IN A STATE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THESE EXTREME WEATHER OCCURRENCES WHO IS NOW EITHER BEING DENIED HOME INSURANCE OR ITS BEING JACKED UP. YOU ASK ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF LOSING THEIR HOME, HAVING NOWHERE TO GO. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF AMERICA CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I AM PROUD THAT AS VICE PRESIDENT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE INVESTED $1 TRILLION IN A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY WHILE WE HAVE ALSO INCREASED DOMESTIC GAS PRODUCTION TO HISTORIC LEVELS.

WE HAVE CREATED OVER 800,000 NEW MANUFACTURING JOBS WHILE I HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE INVESTED IN CLEAN ENERGY TO THE POINT THAT WE ARE OPENING UP FACTORIES AROUND THE WORLD. DONALD TRUMP SAID HE WAS GOING TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS. HE LOST MANUFACTURING JOBS. I’M ALSO PROUD TO HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF UNITED AUTO WORKERS, SHAWN FAIN, WHO — PART OF BUILDING A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY INCLUDES INVESTING IN AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS, AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES. IT INCLUDES GROWING WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND AMANDA INCLUDES GROWING WHATWE CAN DO –

>> AND NOT CLOSING THEM LIKE UNDER DONALD TRUMP.

>> LET ME JUST TELL YOU, THEY LOST 10,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS THIS LAST MONTH. IT’S GOING. THEY ARE ALL LEAVING. THEY ARE BUILDING BIG AUTO PLANTS IN MEXICO, IN MANY CASES OWNED BY CHINA. THEY ARE BUILDING THESE MASSIVE PLANTS. THEY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO SELL MIKE RIKARD INTO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE. WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO CHINA IS UNBELIEVABLE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THAT — WE WILL PUT TARIFFS ON THOSE CARS SO THEY CAN’T COME INTO OUR COUNTRY.

THEY WILL KILL THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS AND ANY AUTOWORKER, WHETHER IT’S IN DETROIT OR SOUTH CAROLINA OR ANY OTHER PLACE. WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING IN THIS COUNTRY IS HORRIBLE.

WE HAVE NOTHING BECAUSE THEY REFUSE — BIDEN DOESN’T GO AFTER PEOPLE. SUPPOSEDLY, TRY TO PAID HIM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. HE’S AFRAID TO DO IT. — GO BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SON, THEY GET MONEY FROM UKRAINE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND YOU WONDER WHY IS HE SO LOYAL TO THIS ONE, THAT ONE, UKRAINE, CHINA? WHY DID HE GET THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MAYOR OF MOSCOW’S WIFE? WHY DID SHE PAY HIM THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS?

THIS IS A CROOKED ADMINI ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY ARE SELLING OUR COUNTRY DOWN THE TUBES.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL BE BACK WITH CLOSING STATEMENTS FROM BOTH OF OUR CANDIDATES, A HISTORIC NIGHT. THIS “ABC NEWS” PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FROM PHILADELPHIA. BACK IN A MOMENT.

>> LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, HERE

AGAIN, DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAY.

>> WE ARE HERE FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.

>> WE HAVE HEARD TWO VISIONS OF OUR COUNTRY: ONE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE AND ONE FOCUSED ON THE PAST. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. I BELIEVE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. WE CAN CHARTING THE WAY FORWARD.

A VISION OF THAT INCLUDES HAVING A PLAN, UNDERSTANDING THE ASPIRATIONS, THE DREAMS, THE HOPES, THE AMBITION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY I INTEND TO CREATE AN ECONOMY,

SMALL BUSINESSES, NEW FAMILIES, WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT SENIORS, WHAT WE CAN DO WHICH IS ABOUT GIVING HARDWORKING FOLKS A BREAK AND BRING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING. I BELIEVE IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET IT. THAT IS ABOUT SUSTAINING AMERICA’S STANDING IN THE WORLD AND ENSURING WE HAVE THE RESPECT THAT WE SO RIGHTLY DESERVE, INCLUDING RESPECTING MILITARY AND ENSURING WE HAVE THE MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD. I WILL PROTECT OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS INCLUDING FOR A WOMAN TO MAKE HER DECISIONS ABOUT HER OWN BODY AND NOT HAVE A GOVERNMENT TELL HER WHAT TO DO.

I STARTED MY CAREER AS A PROSECUTOR. I WAS A D.A., ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNITED STATES SENATOR, AND NOW VICE PRESIDENT. I ONLY HAVE ONE CLIENT: THE PEOPLE. I WILL TELL YOU, AS A PROSECUTOR, I NEVER ASKED A VICTIM OR WITNESS “ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT” GIMMICK THE ONLY THING I EVER ASK THEM: ARE YOU OKAY?” THAT’S THE KIND OF PRESIDENT WE NEED RIGHT NOW, SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT YOU AND IS NOT PUTTING THEMSELVES FIRST. I INTEND TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS AND FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO OVER THE NEXT TEN AND 20 YEARS TO BUILD BACK UP OUR COUNTRY BY INVESTING RIGHT NOW IN YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> SHE STARTED BY SAYING SHE’S GOING TO DO THIS, SHE’S GOING TO DO THAT, SHE’S GOING TO DO ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS. WHY HASN’T SHE DONE IT? SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. THEY’VE HAD THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO FIX THE BORDER, THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO CREATE JOBS AND ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. WHY HASN’T SHE DONE IT? SHE SHOULD LEAVE RIGHT NOW, GO DOWN TO THAT BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE, GO TO THE CAPITAL, GET EVERYONE TOGETHER AND DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO. YOU HAVEN’T DONE AND YOU WON’T DO IT, BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT THE MARKET PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE IN. YOU BELIEVE IN THINGS LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO FRACK, NOT GOING TO TAKE FOSSIL FUEL, NOT GOING TO DO IT — WE DOLOMITE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY STRONG WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. GERMANY TRIED THAT.

WITHIN ONE YEAR, THEY WERE BACK TO BUILDING NORMAL ENERGY PLANTS. WE ARE NOT BUILDING FOR IT. WE CAN’T SACRIFICE OUR COUNTRY FOR THE SAKE OF BAD VISION. I ASK ONCE A BOOK QUESTION WHY DIDN’T SHE DO IT?

WE ARE A FEELING — I ASK ONE QUESTION: WHY DIDN’T SHE DO IT? WE ARE A FAILING NATION, A NATION IN SERIOUS DECLINE. WE ARE BEING LEFT OUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. ALL OVER THE WORLD, THEY LEFT. AND OTHER LEADERS WELL.

THEY ARE COMING TO SEE ME. THEY CALLED ME. WE ARE LEFT OUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO US AS A NATION.

WE ARE NOT A LEADER. WE DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON WHEN YOU HAVE WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WE HAVE WARS GOING ON WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. WE ARE GOING TO END UP IN A THIRD WORLD WAR, AND IT WILL BE A WAR LIKE NO OTHER BECAUSE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE POWER OF WEAPONRY. I RESULTS OUR ENTIRE MILITARY.

SHE GAVE A LOT OF IT AWAY TO THE TALIBAN. SHE GAVE IT TO AFGHANISTAN. WITH THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO OUR COUNTRY, AND MAY BE TOUGHEST OF ALL IS ALLOWING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO COME INTO OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM ARE CRIMINALS, AND THEN DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY, THE WORST PRESIDENT, THE WORST VICE PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK YOU. THAT IS OUR ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FROM HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. I AM LINSEY DAVIS.

>> I’M DAVID MUIR. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING IN THE U.S. AND ALL OVER THE WORLD. FOR US AT ABC NEWS, GOOD NIGHT.