Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in their first—and possibly only—presidential debate.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris participate in the ABC News Presidential Debate in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024.faced off in their first—and possibly only—debate on Tuesday night, tackling issues like abortion, immigration, the economy, and foreign policy.
Trump entered the stage with a well-established playbook: attack his opponents’ record and project strength on familiar issues like the economy, immigration, and foreign policy. He attempted to portray Harris as a liberal out of step with voters and repeatedly called the U.S. a “failing nation” and on the brink of “World War III” because of the Biden-Harris Administration.
In describing the ways women have been denied abortion care, Harris said that her opponent would enact a national abortion ban if he wins—a claim that Trump rebuffed. “It’s a lie,” he said, adding, “I’m not signing a ban and there’s no reason to sign a ban because we’ve gotten what everybody wanted.” Pressed further on where he stands on a national abortion ban, Trump would not explicitly say if he would veto one, instead claiming that it would never get through Congress.
“Remember this: She is Biden. You know, she’s trying to get away from Biden. ‘I don’t know the gentleman,’ she says. She is Biden,” Trump claimed. He added that Biden’s presidency is “the most divisive presidency in the history of our country.”
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