.@ByBrianBennett, @Philip_Elliott and I are anchoring @TIME's main story tonight - follow our coverage here ⤵️ time.com/5894289/debate… #Debates2020
Before tonight's debate, Fox News' Chris Wallace said his job as moderator was not to fact-check either candidate in real-time: “My job is to be as invisible as possible."
But Trump seems to be pushing him to do it whether he wants to or not.
Biden recounts the sobering toll of the COVID pandemic in the U.S. and says it happened on Trump's watch: "When he was presented with that number he said 'It is what it is.'
"'It is what it is' because you are who you are."
This is going well, per my watch. #Debates2020
Trump keeps implying that he *will* release his tax returns, which will prove everything that's been written about his finances for the past five years is fake news, but just can't yet. This has been his defense for four years - here's my story from 2016 mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
Asked too disavow white supremacists, Trump said, “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by" - which...⬇️
Reminder that in the early days of his presidency, Trump gutted the DHS office focused on US violent extremism & pulled funding for grants meant to go to organizations countering neo-Nazis, white supremacists & far-right militias time.com/5647304/white-…
The Trump administration has come under fire for repeatedly downplaying the threat of white nationalist violence, including by whistleblowers from inside the Department of Homeland Security
Here's our analysis time.com/5894289/debate…
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