The Democratic candidate will face Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, for the first time in a debate on American television on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
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This is the first and perhaps only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, in this exceptional American presidential campaign, marked by the withdrawal of Joe Biden. The two presidential candidates face each other on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, on the ABC channel, from 3 a.m., French time. Advantage to Donald Trump: the billionaire has already participated in six presidential debates. But against his Democratic opponent, he could well come up against a snag.
“I’m talking!”: When Mike Pence cut him off
In October 2020, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate, debated the outgoing vice president. She asked him to be quiet when he interrupted her. “If you want to let me finish, we could have a conversation, okay?” The sequence immediately became cult. We see Mike Pence, head down and scolded like a five-year-old child. Tuesday night, against Donald Trump, the Democrat will not be able to repeat the same trick: the microphones will be alternately turned off. She will therefore have to attack differently.
When Kamala Harris challenges Joe Biden on racial segregation
In 2019, during the Democratic primary, Kamala Harris launched a surgical strike on the man who would become her president, Joe Biden. Barack Obama’s former vice-president was criticized for having spoken out about the courtesy he had with two segregationist senators a few years earlier. “I don’t think you’re racist, but it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and their careers on racial segregation in this country,” Kamala Harris had thrown at him.
Kamala Harris’s Awkward Joke About the Mexican Border
The former prosecutor knows how to aim right, but she has also been left speechless when faced with certain questions. In 2021, she is in charge of migration issues. Questioned about her lack of travel to the border and while voices were raised in her camp, reproaching him for not going there to assess the situation, Kamala Harris thought she could get away with it with a joke.“I haven’t been to Europe either.”she replied, clearly embarrassed. Faced with Donald Trump, Kamala Harris will also have to reveal a little more about her convictions and her program, which has been very vague up until now, especially since the Republicans accuse her of being a “weather vane”.