US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump engaged in a heated debate on Tuesday in the second presidential debate for the 2024 elections.
The event is hosted by ABC News and moderated by anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.
The second debate could be crucial in giving either candidate a leg up in what has been a very tight contest so far. The stakes are particularly high for the Democratic Party, after incumbent President Joe Biden’s poor showing in the June debate that ultimately led to his withdrawal from the race.
See below for live updates:
2100 Eastern Time:
The debate begins. Harris and Trump shake hands and take the stage.
2106 Eastern Time:
Donald Trump“We charge customs fees, and the customs fees will be high in some cases.”
“We have inflation that few people have ever seen before.”
2107 Eastern Time:
Kamala Harris“Donald Trump has left us with the worst employment situation since the Great Depression.”
“What we did was clean up the mess that Donald Trump left behind.”
“You’ll hear from the same old tired book.”
2113 Eastern Time:
Trump“I had no inflation, almost no inflation. We had the highest inflation in the history of our country.”
Harris“Let us be clear that the Trump administration has created a trade deficit, one of the highest we have ever seen in American history.”
“He ended up selling American chips to China.”
2115 Eastern Time:
Trump“We don’t make potato chips anymore.”
“Bad immigration is the worst thing that can happen to our economy.”
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
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