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I’ll be live-tweeting the debates tonight. I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to watch, but in case you don’t have the stamina, I’ve got your back. 🥰

I’ve never live-tweeted anything before, and I’ve never made a Twitter thread. What could possibly go wrong? 😆

#Debates2020
Just practicing adding one tweet to another.

So far, so good.
Look at me go!

The debates don’t start for another hour and forty minutes, and I haven’t even made my first typo yet.

Phew, chile! Let’s get this party started.

#KamalaHarrisVP #PenceHarrisDebate
The debate will stream live in its entirety, without requiring log-in to a cable provider, on CNN.com, via CNN's apps (iOS / Android), and via CNNgo apps (Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV).
Let’s see how many debate hashtags I can find to mark this thread:

#Debates2020 #veepdebate #veepstakes #HarrisPenceDebate #VicePresidentialDebate #VPDebate2020 #PenceHarrisDebate #BidenHarris2020 #VPDebate #VPDebates
The debate will be moderated by Susan Page (@SusanPage) of USA Today and is being held at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

The vice presidential debate will run from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, without commercial breaks.
Tonight’s event will be the only vice presidential debate between @VP (@Mike_Pence) and @KamalaHarris.

Will @Mike_Pence hand over the @VP handle to @KamalaHarris if she wins? ☺️ I assume so! Does that mean that old @VP tweets were from @JoeBiden? 😭
There will be no opening or closing statements. The debate will have 9 segments of ~10 minutes each. Each candidate will have 2 mins. to respond to the opening question in each segment. The remainder of the time is intended for “deeper discussion” on the topic.
Both @Mike_Pence and @KamalaHarris will be seated for the debate. The distance between the center of their chairs will be 12’ 3”.

#SocialDistancing #NotSoSocialDistancing #HealthAndSafety #CoronavirusPandemic
Moderator @SusanPage will also be seated and will be at a similar distance of 12’ 3” from each of the candidates. Plexiglass will be used between them, and there will not be a handshake or other physical contact between the candidates, nor with the moderator.
@Mike_Pence and @KamalaHarris both tested negative for #coronavirus today. Once on stage, neither the candidates nor the moderator will wear masks.
(Presumably, @susanpage also tested negative.) Here’s a photo of her, in case you are wondering whether you would recognize her or not. Photo of @SusanPage from USA Today.
This Microsoft News article called @susanpage’s neutrality into question, but @USATODAY defended her ability to perform as a neutral moderator.

msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
There was some kerfluffle on Twitter about @2PAC being invited to the debates by the @realDonaldTrump campaign, after @KamalaHarris answered @2PAC to the question: “Who is the best rapper alive today?”

foxnews.com/politics/trump…
Only 73 minutes until the debate starts. 😭
@JoeBiden manages to get in one “malarkey” — in a Tweet hyping the #VPDebate.
Speaking of @SarahPalinUSA, I found the quaintest piece on my Facebook memories (from 2008), written by @maureendowd of the @nytimes. It’s both fascinating and terrifying how far we have gone down the rabbit hole of linguistic deconstruction since then.

nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opi…
What color do you think @KamalaHarris will wear?
What color do you think @Mike_Pence’s tie will be? #VPDebate
I need a little @AriMelber @TheBeatWithAri to calm me down. T-minus 61 minutes. #VicePresidentialDebate
According to @marieclaire, everyone in the audience at Kingsbury Hall will be required to wear a mask. The Commission on Presidential Debates “has promised to escort out of the building any onlookers not complying with the mask mandate,” according to the @nytimes.
@ElizabethBanks gives us a smart reminder of the likely gendered stereotypes that will be part of the armchair quarterbacking and talking-head analysis coming out of this debate. #genderbias
@SmirnoffUS has a cute ad (which for some reason, is not posted to their Twitter feed yet): Don’t Drink and Debate

ispot.tv/ad/nvQX/smirno…
T-minus 31 minutes until the #VPDebate starts. @PolitiFact will be live-fact-checking the debate from @politifactlive.
The @VP has arrived. #VicePresidentialDebate
Time for a final bathroom break. There will be no commercial interruptions or other breaks in the action, which begins in 17 minutes! #VPDebate #VPDebate2020 #VOTE
The debate commission people appear to be talking, while @MSNBC is playing their final commercials. Last time, we weren’t allowed to listen in while these background details were announced at the first presidential debate. 🤨
T-MINUS FIVE MINUTES! 🥳 #VPDebate #VPDebate2020 #VPDebates #VPDebates2020 #BidenHarris2020 #HarrisBiden2020
@SusanPage is welcoming the families and attendees to the hall, and laying out the ground rules for the debate, asking for help through their silence.

The candidates will enter the stage simultaneously, and applause will be appropriate when they walk in, and when they exit.
Celebrities are weighing in.
The stage is set. (Complete with coronavirus kabuki-theatrical plexiglass.) 😭
It’s two minutes after the hour! We are one minute away from starting, according to @maddow.
I think I spot @DouglasEmhoff in the lower right-hand corner of the audience.
And ... we’re off! #VPDebate
First question on #coronavirus to @KamalaHarris.
@KamalaHarris out of the gate with facts & figures, dates and data about the history of the #coronavirus response. She didn’t come to play.

It’s so odd to hear them be able to talk for two minutes, without interruption. 🙃
Maybe the expression is “she *did* come to play”. Live-tweeting is more stressful than it sounds. 😭
@SusanPage asks @Mike_Pence about coronavirus, and why we have the worst death rate of any wealthy nation.

When Pence tries to say that @JoeBiden disagreed with @realDonaldTrump’s actions, @KamalaHarris shakes her head. 🤨

Pence calls Biden’s plan “plagiarism”. 😆
Also, who the fuck knew that’s how you spent plagiarism? (I did not know that “i” was in there.) 😳
@Mike_Pence starts railroading over @SusanPage.
@KamalaHarris has an awesome look when she picks up her pen as @Mike_Pence starts falsifying evidence. 🖊
@Mike_Pence keeps going over time, and @SusanPage isn’t stopping him.
“Let’s talk about respecting the America people. You respect the American people when you tell them the truth.”

@KamalaHarris
Question: would you take a vaccine?

“If the public health professionals, Dr. Fauci, and the doctors tell us to take it, I’ll be first in line. If the President tells us to take it, I’m not taking it.”

@KamalaHarris
@Mike_Pence says @KamalaHarris should stop playing politics with people’s lives, and “stop undermining confidence in a vaccine” which he calls “unacceptable.”

@SusanPage allows Pence to go back to the last topic, after trying to move on. She’s losing control of the format.
@Mike_Pence is railroading the moderator, and stepping over the time rules of the debate, repeatedly.
This about sums up the additional point Pence tried to make in his extra time.
Also, this.
Fact checking myself on claiming that Pence overstepped the rules repeatedly, already.
This feels like a good summary of Pence’s basic MO.
She’s in my brain.
I’m afraid this isn’t going to happen. Pence also jumps in immediately if Kamala goes a moment over her time.
Pence says Trump pays millions of dollars in payroll taxes and other things, and has produced a stack of financial disclosures. Not sure if he means those blank papers inside the folders in the photo op that Trump did, or something else.
Pence doesn’t look particularly healthy, but I’m not sure if that’s anything new.
@KamalaHarris goes after the Trump tax bill and says that @JoeBiden will repeal it on Day 1, and invest that money in the American people, and finally have Infrastructure, which she remembers hearing about, but isn’t sure it ever happened. 😆
Pence claims that @KamalaHarris just said that @JoeBiden is going to raise “your taxes on Day 1” — incidentally, that is NOT what she said.
“This is supposed to be a debate based on the facts and the truth.”
@JoeBiden will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000. @JoeBiden will not end fracking (bummer).
“Obamacare was a disaster.” 🤣😭🤣😭🤣 @Mike_Pence claims, fact-free.
Climate change question. Pence is talking about conservation, but says “the climate is changing, the issue is: what’s the cause, and what are we going to do about it?” (I don’t think that’s the issue.)
Pence goes over time talking about “climate alarmists” and being smarmy.
It does kind of look like Pence has pink eye, aka “COVID eye”.
“Do you believe that climate change presents an existential threat?”

Pence doesn’t answer. He says they will “follow the science”. But @realDonaldTrump frequently says that “science doesn’t know” things that it obviously does.
Pence continually railroads @susanpage and won’t stop talking.
Fact checking Pence on climate science.
In sum:
Next topic: relationship with China.
God weighs in.
For a campaign that doesn’t want to look backwards, @Mike_Pence is doing a lot of backward-looking.
Pence: “China is to blame about coronavirus, and President Trump is not happy about it.”
Pence DGAF about going over time and railroading @SusanPage. Women are too familiar with this vibe.
See also:
~“Foreign relations are relationships. Donald Trump has betrayed our friends, and embraced dictators around the world.” @KamalaHarris
“Donald Trump doesn’t understand what it means to be honest.” @KamalaHarris
You would think he’d be live-tweeting this, if I am.
“I would like equal time. Thank you.” @KamalaHarris
Oh, he’s tweeting now. I don’t think he can spell “gaffe” though.
This is interesting. You can only see it when he turns toward @KamalaHarris.
Here’s another shot of #pencepinkeye. webmd.com/lung/news/2020…
I feel this.
And this.
This debate doesn’t really feel like it’s going to sway anyone who is undecided. They aren’t getting to the heart of any of the issues in a meaningful way. This is an interesting take, though.
Pence doesn’t answer the question on Roe v. Wade but pushes court packing.
Pushes @KamalaHarris on court packing, in response to a question about pre-existing conditions.
See, e.g.,
The next question is about whether or not #BreonnaTaylor got justice. @KamalaHarris says no, and brings up #GeorgeFloyd. Promises to decriminalize marijuana.
Pence: The family of #BreonnaTaylor has our sympathies, but I trust our justice system. He implies that @KamalaHarris is disrespecting grand juries for thinking they got it wrong. 🤮
Pence goes full Trump. He says it’s a great insult to say that there is implicit bias in our policing.
THERE IS A FLY ON PENCE’S HEAD.
I REPEAT: THERE IS A FLY ON PENCE’S HEAD.
Fly wins.
Now #ShitheadPence (I mean, what else draws flies) goes after the media.
It sounds like there is a dog barking or a person sneezing in the audience. It’s unclear what it is.
This was the vibe of the entire evening.
@KamalaHarris ended strong on her own record. She doesn’t seem to feel the need to carry water for @JoeBiden, but instead is running this debate for herself. Good for her.
And Pence obviously doesn’t answer. He just says that they are going to win.
There is big Twitter energy for the fly.
Even God has a view on it.
Pence tells people not to believe what they see on TV, in his closing two minute argument, when he had one minute to answer the question.
Annnnnnnddddd....@JoeBiden wins the #VPDebate
And, that’s a wrap. 🥰
One more — this is a good point, and the bar is so high for her, it goes unacknowledged how hard her job is.
Gotta let the fly have the last word.
But also, too good not to add this one.

If you missed the #VPDebate, this thread has all the goods for you.

I’ll end (again) by adding this stunning remix / recap of #Flygate2020.

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