From Yahoo:
“Presidential debate live
updates and fact checks as Biden, Trump face off in historic matchup”
President Joe Biden and former
President Donald Trump are battling it out tonight in their first presidential
debate of the 2024 election. The CNN Presidential Debate is underway, and is
scheduled to run until around 10:30 p.m. ET. Yahoo News is livestreaming the
event right on this page, and we’ll also feature coverage and analysis in
real-time from our editorial team throughout the night. Hosted by CNN at the
cable network’s studios in Atlanta, this telecast will be slightly different
from debates past: there will be no studio audience, the candidates’
microphones will be muted when their opponent is speaking, no prewritten notes
are allowed and neither candidate will present opening statements. Trump will
get the final word during closing statements, as determined recently by a coin
flip. Tonight marks the first time in U.S. history a sitting president and
former president will face off on the debate stage — and it’s the first time
Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, will duke it out in person since 2020.
Joe Biden has a cold, but
tested negative for COVID: Reports Biden, whose voice has sounded hoarse
throughout the debate, has a cold — but has tested negative for COVID, multiple
news outlets have reported. According to NBC News, two sources familiar with
the situation said, “President Biden has a cold.” Three other sources confirmed
the president also administered a COVID test, for which he tested negative. Biden
has spent days preparing for the debate at Camp David.
Fact check: Biden falsely
claims that Trump wants to 'get rid of' Social Security Biden: "He
wants to get rid of Social Security. He thinks that there's plenty to cut in
Social Security." This claim is false: Trump has said that there may be
some room to reduce spending on Social Security and proposed a budget that
included some cuts to the program, but has not stated any intention to
eliminate Social Security. This claim is false: Trump has said that
there may be some room to reduce spending on Social Security and proposed a
budget that included some cuts to the program, but has not stated any intention
to eliminate Social Security.
Fact check: Trump says there
was 'no terror at all' during his presidency Trump: "You had no terror
at all during my administration. This place — the whole world is blowing up
under him." This is false: This is not the first time Trump
has claimed the U.S. had no terrorist attacks during his presidency. In
2017, Trump's Justice Department alleged that a mass murder in New York City,
which killed eight people, was a terrorist attack in support of ISIS. In 2018,
the Justice Department claimed there was evidence of a "domestic terrorist
attack" when a Trump supporter mailed homemade explosive devices to
Democratic officials and CNN offices. In 2019, Trump's Justice Department
claimed an attack that killed three U.S. service members and injured others at
a military base in Florida was motivated by an "associate" of
al-Qaida. Also in 2019, a gunman, who was targeting Latinos, killed 23 people
in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
Fact check: Trump and Biden
blame each other for inflation Trump: "He caused this inflation. I
gave him a country with essentially no inflation. ... He destroyed it." Biden:
"Inflation ... he caused it with his tremendous malfeasance in the way he
handled the pandemic." These claims needs context: Inflation
is primarily the result of macroeconomic trends that presidents have little
power to influence. Economists blame two recent factors, the coronavirus
pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine, for recent spikes in prices.
Fact check: Trump presidency
had 'best environmental numbers ever' Trump: "I want absolutely
immaculate clean water and I want absolutely clean air, and we had it. We had
H2O," Trump said, apparently meaning CO2, a greenhouse gas scientists say
is helping to warm the planet. "We had the best numbers ever and we did —
we were using all forms of energy, all forms, everything. And yet, during my
four years, I had the best environmental numbers ever." This claim
needs context: While greenhouse gas emissions fell during Trump's term
in office, they fell even more during Barack Obama's presidency. Experts also
note that the modest decline when Trump was president was aided by the decline
in economic activity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, not because of any
specific actions taken by the Trump administration.
Biden to Trump: 'You have the
morals of an alley cat' At one point during the debate, both Biden and
Trump amplified their verbal attacks against one another — with Biden attacking
Trump's character and criminal record. "The idea that you have the right
to seek retribution against any American just because you're president is
wrong. Simply wrong," he said. "No president in our history has
spoken like that before." He later touched on Trump's hush money trial,
which centered on accusations of falsifying business records about an alleged
affair he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. "You had sex with a
porn star. You have the morals of an alley cat," Biden said. During
an exchange about Jan. 6, Trump argued that his supporters who were charged
with federal crimes related to the Capitol insurrection were unfairly targeted,
and that Black Lives Matter protesters and other activists in cities such as
Portland, Ore., and Seattle are the real "felons." Biden used the
opportunity to point out Trump's historic conviction in the New York hush-money
case. "The only person on this stage that is a convicted felon is the man
I'm looking at right now," the president said while glancing in Trump's
direction.
Fact check: Trump claims he
offered Pelosi 10,000 soldiers on Jan. 6 Moderator: What do you stay to the
voters who believe you violated your oath of office on Jan. 6 and worry you may
do so again? Trump pointed to recently released documentary footage of
then-House Speaker Nancy Speaker on Jan. 6 saying leaders like herself bore
responsibility for not having prepared more for the riot. Trump then repeated a
claim he's made multiple times before: "Nancy Pelosi, I offered her 10,000
soldiers or National Guard, and she turned them down." This claim
is false: As CNN reported, Pelosi "would not even have had the
power to turn down such an offer if she had received one — which she has said
she never did."
Fact check: Biden falsely
claims the Border Patrol has endorsed him Biden: "By the way the
Border Patrol endorsed me, endorsed my position." This claim is false:
The Border Patrol Union has not endorsed Biden and said in a post on X during
the debate, "To be clear, we never have and never will endorse
Biden."
During an exchange about border
security, Biden pointed out that the National Border Patrol Council, the union
that represents the U.S. Border Patrol, endorsed a bipartisan bill he backed
that included additional staffing for it and other agencies. "The Border
Patrol endorsed me — endorsed my position," Biden said. Trump quickly
countered, saying the Border Patrol union endorsed him. "They endorsed me
for president," Trump told Biden before adding a derisive nickname:
"Brandon, just speak to them."
How would Trump and Biden
handle the war in Gaza if reelected Biden has been asked what additional
leverage he would use to get Israel and Hamas to end their war. The
Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been one of the world's thorniest
problems — a bloody, intractable dispute over land and statehood that has riven
the region and vexed American presidents ever since the Jewish state was
established in 1948. But Hamas's brutal Oct. 7, 2023, attacks — and Israel's
brutal response in Gaza — have taken things to a whole new level.
Fact check: Trump falsely
claims Biden is allowing millions of people to come into the U.S. from
'prisons, jails' Trump: "I'd love to ask [Biden], and will, why he
allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails and mental
institutions to come into our country and destroy our country." This
claim is false: There is no data to support the idea that foreign
leaders are emptying their jails and sending former prisoners to the U.S.
Fact check: Trump falsely
claims that Democrats support "after birth" abortions Trump:
"They're radical because they will take the life of a child in the 8th
month, the 9th month, even after birth." This claim is false:
Killing a person after birth is illegal in every U.S. state.
Fact check: Trump says
'everyone' wanted Roe v. Wade overturned Trump: "What I did was, I put
three great Supreme Court justices on the court and they happened to vote in
favor of killing Roe v. Wade and moving it back to the states. This is
something that everybody wanted." This claim is false: Many
wanted Roe preserved, and opinion polls have shown that a large majority of the
U.S. did not want Roe overturned.
Fact check: Trump overstates
strength of the U.S. economy during his presidency Trump: "We had the
greatest economy in the history of our country." This claim is false:
While the economy was quite strong for the majority of Trump's term, it was not
as strong as in the late 1920s or the post-World War II era, according to gross
domestic product and unemployment figures. The economy then collapsed during
the final year of his presidency because of the coronavirus pandemic.
^ I don’t want either of them to
win – especially after tonight. ^
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