DemDaily: Update on Tonight’s VP Debate!
October 7, 2020
Tonight Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence will go head-to-head in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election.
(Caroline Amenabar/NPR)
One can expect Harris to focus on the Trump-Pence administration's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, while Pence will attempt to paint a liberal Biden-Harris ticket.
While there are no shortage of crises to address, this is also an opportunity for both to speak to how we as a country can rebuild America -- and move past the indelible image of last week's disastrous presidential debate that so dishonored the election process.
2020 Vice Presidential Debate
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Date:
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October 7, 2020, Wednesday |
| Time: | 9:00pm - 10:30pm ET. The debate will last 90 minutes with no commercial breaks |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Moderator: | Susan Page, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief |
| Candidates: | US Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence |
| How To Watch: | The debate will be shown live on every major network and cable news channel, including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, MSNBC. Streamed on YouTube, NPR, C-SPAN. |
Format
USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page will moderate the debate, which will be divided into nine 10-minute sections. Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to the opening question in each segment.
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Out of further precaution, particularly following the September 26th White House super-spreader event which has now infected the President, First Lady, and 18 senior staff and aides, there will be a plexiglass partition separating Vice President Pence and Senator Harris.
On the divider, which was requested by the Biden-Harris campaign, Pence spokesperson Katie Miller told Politico, "If Senator Harris wants to use a fortress around herself, have at it."
Let's hope that is not setting the tone for the evening.
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In response to events of the September 29th presidential debate between Trump and Biden, which was marred by undisciplined interruptions and insults by the President, and "to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates," the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced it will be making changes to the format.
A key change: Future moderators would have the power to cut off the microphones of President Trump or Joe Biden for rule violations. Final plans TBA.
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2020 Second Presidential Debate
Date: October 15, 2020, Thursday
Time: 9:00pm - 10:30pm ET
Location: Miami, Florida
Host: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Moderator: Steve Scully, Senior Executive Producer and Political Editor at the C-SPAN Networks
Candidates: Former Vice President and Democratic
Presidential Nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump
(Katty Huertas/NBC News)
Date: October 22, 2020, Thursday
Time: 9:00pm - 10:30pm ET
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Host: Belmont University
Moderator: Kristen Welker, Co-Anchor of NBC's Weekend TODAY & NBC News White House correspondent
Candidates: Former Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump
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