Kristen Welker moves to the topic of American families and health care in #Debates2020: Over 20 million Americans get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act... if the Supreme Court does overturn that law, what would you do if they have their insurance taken away?
Trump: "What I would like to do is a much better health care. Much better. We'll always protect people with pre-existing [conditions.]"
"I'd like to terminate Obamacare, come up with a brand new beautiful health care."
Biden: "What I'm going to do is pass Obamacare with a public option, become Bidencare."
"Secondly, we're going to make sure we reduce the premiums and drug prices by making sure that there's competition that doesn't exist now."
Biden on Trump: "He's already cost the American people because of his terrible handling of the COVID virus and economic spillover." #Debates2020
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In the second and final presidential debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, the candidates made many fibs and half-truths throughout the six-sections of the debate. #Debates2020
Not only are COVID-19 cases up, so too are hospitalizations and deaths. However, during the debate, President Trump blamed the higher numbers on testing, which is not true. Extensive testing will identify more cases, but only if those infections exist. bit.ly/35kFaD2
When the debate shifted to a discussion about China, Biden said Trump has caused trade deficit with China to go up. That’s no longer the case.
Kristen Welker moves to race in America. "Mr. Vice President, in the next two minutes, I want you to speak directly to these families. Do you understand why these parents fear for their children?
Biden: "I do. I do."
Biden: "I never had to tell my daughter... to put both hands on top of the wheel and don't reach for the glove box because someone may shoot you.
"But a Black parent... has to teach their child when you're walking down the street, don't have a hoodie on."
Biden: "The fact of the matter is, there is institutional racism in America."
To Trump: "You've since reversed your zero-tolerance policy, but the United States can't locate the parents of more than 500 children. How will these families ever be reunited?"
Trump: "Children are brought here by coyotes and lots of bad people... We now have as strong of a border as we ever had. We're over 400 miles of brand new wall."
Welker: But how will you reunite these kids with their families, Mr. President?
Kristen Welker has moved onto the next debate topic: National Security.
To Biden: "Top intelligence officials confirmed again that both Russia and Iran are working to influence this election... what would you do to put an end to this threat?"
Biden: "I made it clear that any country, no matter who it is, that interferes in American elections will pay a price. They will pay a price."
Same question to Trump, with a mention to interference in the 2016 election: What would you do in your next term to put an end to this?