At the CNN studios in Atlanta, Georgia, a news conference was held the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a quote that will clearly influence the US elections.
The two oldest candidates in American history – Biden is 81 and Trump is 78 – They expressed their positions on inflation, abortion, migration, the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip; the assault on the Capitol, climate change and even age, without interrupting –because the microphones were silenced when they did not have the floor– for 90 minutes.
This is how the debate went:
The debate began with the obvious distance between the two candidates, which They did not shake hands before beginning to present their proposals.
The price increase It was the first issue both candidates were questioned about, one of the main issues of concern for American voters.
Biden began by defending his decisions on this matter arguing that encoput the country’s finances in the worst state after the mandate of Trump, who did not hesitate to attack his adversary, ensuring that inflation is “killing our country.”
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“He hasn’t done a good job. He has done a bad job. And inflation is killing our country. “It is absolutely killing us,” Trump said.
The candidates also talked about health and at that point, they delved into the topic of abortion and the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, who had enshrined the right of women to terminate their pregnancies into federal law for almost half a century.
Your role for Curbing access to abortion in the country was “a terrible thing,” the president told the tycoon after he boasted of having appointed Supreme Court judges who helped overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
Biden said he was in favor of abortion rights, while Trump said the decision should be up to each state: “It is the people’s vote.”
“I believe in exceptions in cases of rape, incest” and when “the life of the mother” is in danger,” he added.
In the midst of this tense exchange, Biden snapped at his rival: “You’re the idiot, you’re the loser.”
Migration, a key issue
The candidates quickly talked about migration, a key issue in the election. Trump dedicated himself to criticizing Biden’s policies and what is happening on the border with Mexico. The tycoon accused the current president of opening that border and turning the country into a “rat’s nest.”
“I would love to ask you Why did you allow millions of people to come here, from prisons, jails and mental institutions, to come to our country and destroy it,” Trump declared.
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“The situation at the border has resulted in numerous deaths and crimes committed by illegal immigrants”he added. He mentioned a recent murder case in Texas, where two immigrants were charged with the death of a 12-year-old girl.
Saying that the United States opens its arms to migrants who enter the country illegally “It’s simply not true,” Biden replied. “There is no data to support what he said. Once again, she is exaggerating. He is lying”, he insisted.
It is the first time that the debate has been organized so soon, more than four months before the election and without the candidates having been officially designated by their respective parties. On September 10 there will be a second debate on the ABC network, two months before the elections.
