Key moments from Biden and Trump's first presidential debate of 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump opened their first 2024 president debate without shaking hands and went right to mixing it up on policy Thursday night. Some key moments from their 90-minute faceoff:
Economic fireworks
Their first exchange delved into the economy.
Biden spoke softly, in a hoarse voice, as he talked up the economic gains on his watch, saying he rescued it from 맥스카지노free fall맥스카지노 and 맥스카지노chaos맥스카지노 when he took over the presidency from Trump in 2021. He cleared his throat several times.
Trump listened with a bemused expression but did not try to interrupt, though his microphone was muted while Biden spoke.
When it was his turn to speak, Trump bragged about the state of the economy during his term, saying 맥스카지노everything was rocking good.맥스카지노 He blamed Biden for rising prices that have frustrated Americans.
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Candidates tangle over who's extreme on abortion
Biden blamed Trump for eroding abortion rights after the Republican's three appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court voted to reverse Roe v. Wade, which had recognized a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. The reversal has energized many voters who support abortion rights and it helped power Democratic victories in the 2022 midterms and special elections.
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Trump said his presidency returned the issue of abortion to the people through state laws. He said he supports abortion ban exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, and he repeated his false claim that Biden supports abortion up to and after birth.
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Trump pushes Jan. 6 falsehoods, minimizes conduct of those convicted of rioting
Trump lied about his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol and tried to deflect by pivoting to other issues.
Pressed on his role, he said he encouraged people to act 맥스카지노peacefully and patriotically,맥스카지노 then changed the subject to launch an attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
He said Biden ought to 맥스카지노be ashamed맥스카지노 for the way the Jan. 6 defendants have been handled.
Trump, who has floated the idea of pardons for the 6 rioters, suggested his supporters who stormed the Capitol were actually peaceful and are now being politically persecuted.
In fact, the rioters engaged in hand-to-hand combat with police and used makeshift weapons to attack officers. More than 1,400 people have been charged with federal offenses stemming from the riot, and more than 1,000 of them have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial.
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