Trump – Harris debate: the main punchlines to remember

Jane Anderson
Jane Anderson
Debat Trump – Harris: the main punchlines to retain

On the night of Tuesday September 10 to Wednesday September 11, the first debate took place between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for the race for the White House. A tense debate in which Trump listed numerous fake news.

Finally, apart from numerous provocations, the candidates did not really detail their programs. Donald Trump simply listed numerous conspiracy theories while Kamala Harris responded defiantly to the many…provocations. However, this debate between the two candidates was eagerly awaited by the Americans. As a reminder, this is the first meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for the race for the White House.

“People are starting to leave their meetings early, out of exhaustion and boredom”

Kamala Harris announces and warns viewers at the start of the debate that her opponent was going to tell “a web of lies”. In the end, it didn’t fail. Harris, soberly, reminds Americans that Trump was “fired” by 81 million voters in 2020. As a result, the Democratic candidate invited viewers to go to a meeting of her opponent to see his decline in popularity.

According to her, people are not fooled and realize the deception of the Republican candidate. Harris affirms, Trump is declining in popularity, as she points out a few seconds later: “People are starting to leave their meetings early, out of exhaustion and boredom”. A sensitive subject for Donald Trump who has continued to insult the candidate as a “weathervane” and to change his mind every day. As usual, Trump used “humor” without finesse to attack the candidate: “I’m going to send him a MAGA hat”. In reference to the caps that the candidate constantly wears and on which he is written: “Make America Great Again”, meaning in French: “Let us restore America to its greatness”.

“They eat the dogs, the cats, the pets of the inhabitants”

Meanwhile, during the Trump – Harris debate, the Republican candidate continued (once again) with conspiracy theories… According to him, in 2020, he would not have lost the presidential elections. He accuses the blow by declaring that it would be electoral fraud. Shortly after, Trump asserts a new conspiracy theory, this time it concerns Ohio migrants: “They eat the dogs, the cats, the pets of the inhabitants”. A theory recounted by Elon Musk, according to which migrants from Ohio eat residents’ pets. A false theory.

On the subject of crime, Donald Trump has once again barely (if at all) revised his files. According to him, crime is on the rise in the United States. This time, it was ABC presenter David Muir who responded to the Republican candidate that it was false information. The presenter clarified that according to FBI data, crime has decreased in recent years. However, Trump affirms it by drawing up a catastrophic assessment of the United States: “We have a nation that is dying”.

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“I warned that we were going to hear a web of lies”

On the subject of abortion, Trump accused Democrats of being responsible for baby deaths after their birth. False information to which Kamala Harris responded: “I warned that we were going to hear a web of lies”. The Democratic candidate continued her speech by defending the rights of American women: “Nowhere in America will a woman go to the end of her pregnancy to seek an abortion. It never happens. This is insulting to the women of America.”.

Kamala Harris continued her words by giving “a lesson” to the Republican candidate: “Pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term, who have a miscarriage, who are refused emergency care because health professionals are afraid of going to prisonand who bleed out in a car in the parking lot… They didn’t want that”she clarified.

“World leaders are mocking Donald Trump”

During this Trump – Harris debate, the two candidates also addressed the geopolitical situation with the numerous wars raging across the world. On the subject of Israel and Palestine, Trump accused Harris of wanting to make Israel disappear: “She hates Israel. If she becomes president, I believe Israel will no longer exist within two years.”. Regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine, Trump claims to be able to resolve this conflict in 24 hours and boasts of maintaining good relations with both Zelensky and Putin.

Kamala Harris then responded by saying that world leaders were making fun of Donald Trump: “I traveled the world as vice president of the United States and world leaders mock Donald Trump. It is common knowledge that these dictators and autocrats want you to become president again because they know very well that they can manipulate you by flattering you and granting you favors.”she said.

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