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Trump justifies nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
Debate moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News asked about the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Wallace noted Republicans have been criticized for trying to get Barrett confirmed before the election.
Trump justified advancing the nomination by saying "elections have consequences," referring to his White House victory in 2016, and by pledging Barrett would be "as good as anybody that has served on that court."
“We won the election, and therefore we have the right to choose her,” Trump said.
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First question to Trump is on the Supreme Court
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have now taken the debate stage in Cleveland, Ohio. The first presidential debate is officially underway with discussion on president's Supreme Court pick.
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Trump ready for debate: Mike Pence
Vice President Mike Pence said during remarks at a Make America Great Again event and presidential debate watch party that he spoke with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning and that "he’s ready" for the debate tonight.
“It's gonna be a great night,” Pence said. “I can tell you I left the President earlier today in the Oval Office. And he's ready. We're ready.”
He later said, “Somebody said to me. How long has the President been preparing for the debate? I said all his life.”
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What is the format of the debate?
The candidates will not have opening statements, and Trump will receive the first question from the moderator. Each segment will last about 15 minutes, and the candidates will have two minutes to respond after the moderator opens each segment with a question.
Chris Wallace of Fox News will then use the rest of the time in the segment to facilitate further discussion on the topic, according to the commission.
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What is the venue of the debate?
The debate will be held at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ohio has traditionally been a swing state over the past two decades, but Trump won there by eight points in 2016. The state is seen as trending towards becoming more solidly Republican, due to its whiter, older population compared with the rest of the US.
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Topics shortlisted for Trump-Biden debate
The 90-minute debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments. Each segment will focus on vital topics including the candidates’ records, the Supreme Court, the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, race and violence in the US, and the integrity of the election.
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Biden and Trump to clash in first debate at 6.30 am IST
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are scheduled to meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The 90-minute event, moderated by Fox News host Chris Wallace, will be the first of three scheduled presidential debates.
US Presidential Debate 2020 Event LATEST Updates: Dubbed as the "Super Bowl of American Democracy", Donald Trump and Joe Biden would respond to questions on their track record, the Supreme Court, economy, race and violence in cities and integrity of the elections.
Ahead of the US presidential election on 3 November, Republican candidate and incumbent President Donald Trump will go head-to-head with Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden at 6.30 am Indian Standard Time.
The much-awaited clash, set to occur at 9 pm Eastern Time in Cleveland, will be moderated by Chris Wallace, the anchor of Fox News Sunday. This will be the second time Wallace will be moderating a presidential debate. He earlier helmed the Trump and Clinton debate in 2016.
This will be the first of three debates ahead of November's election.
As per Indian Express, the 90-minute debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments. Each segment will focus on vital topics including the candidates’ records, the Supreme Court, the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, race and violence in the US, and the integrity of the election.
Here are some other details about the first debate 2020 between Trump and Biden:
Time
The first debate will be held on 29 September from 9 pm to 10:30 pm Eastern Time. In India, the debate will be televised live between 6:30 am and 8 am.
Venue
The debate is slated to occur at the Samson Pavillion of the Health Education Campus (HEC) shared by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
The debate was earlier scheduled to take place at the University of Notre Dame but the university, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, withdrew as host.
Where to watch
The New York Times will be streaming the first debate event live. It will also be aired on channels including CNN, Fox News, CBS, ABC, C-SPAN, NBC and MSNBC.
Format
The entire debate will be divided into six segments. Each segment will be around 15 minutes. The moderator will introduce a topic and give each candidate two minutes. This will be followed by a discussion between the candidates, with the two receiving approximately equal time.
Safety precautions
Amid the customs and routines upended by the coronavirus will be the customary display of civility before the debate: Trump and Biden are not expected to shake hands at the opening. They will each be stationed at podiums spaced far apart and are expected to have a limited, socially distanced audience reports The Associated Press.
Future debates
The second debate is set to occur on 15 October. The debate will be hosted at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. Steve Scully, the political editor at C-SPAN, will be moderating the debate.
The third and final debate will occur on 22 October at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker.
V-P debate on 7 Oct
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris and Vice-President Mike Pence are set to debate just once: in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 7 October.
The debate will be hosted at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah and will be moderated by USA Today’s Washington Bureau chief Susan Page. According to The New York Times, the debate will be split into nine segments, each around 10 minutes.
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