Presidential Debate Quickly Turns Into Chaos as Trump, Biden Interrupt Each Other
The presidential debate on Tuesday quickly spiraled into chaos as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden yelled over each other.
Early into the presidential debate, the two men argued about the Supreme Court pick and health care. The debate turned into a heated exchange from that point on.
At one point during the presidential debate, Biden called Trump a "clown" and "the worst president that America has ever had."
Moderator Chris Wallace even struggled to keep the candidates' equal two minutes worth of talking time. Both candidates tried to talk over each other.
Not even halfway through, Wallace was getting involved in the attacks as Trump sparred with him.
"Will you shut up, man?"
For much of the first hour, Trump was clearly dominating the discussion.
"Donald, would you just be quiet for a minute?," Biden asked when he realized Trump was taking over the stage. Later on, he just broke and told Trump, "Will you shut up, man?"
As CNN tracked the amount of time consumed by each candidate, they found that Trump talked for about little over a minute longer than Biden. He spoke for 39 minutes and six seconds while Biden talked for 37 minutes and 57 seconds.
The debate is divided into six segments and about six different topics, but the discussions on COVID-19 and taxes were some of the most heated ones.
Coronavirus Handling
When the conversation moved on to the pandemic, Biden pointed to the staggering number of people who died from contracting COVID-19 and the number of daily infections.
Biden was struggling to get his point across and appeared to be flustered by Trump's dominating character. He chuckled on many occasions as he tried to get a word in edgewise.
Then, he managed to get a counter attack in, "He doesn't have a plan. The fact is this man doesn't know what he's talking about," Biden said.
But Trump disputed Biden's statements. He promised that a vaccine and life-saving treatments were coming to Americans soon.
On top of promises for immediate treatments, he added that his administration was doing a good job at managing the pandemic.
He said if Biden were in his position, the condition of the country would have been much worse. "You could never have done the job we did," he retorted.
To make his case, he cited the Obama administration's management of the swine flu.
"We got the gowns. We got the masks. We made the ventilators," Trump said. "You wouldn't have made ventilators. And now we're weeks away from a vaccine. We're doing therapeutics already."
Trump claimed there could have been a far higher number of COVID-19 cases if Biden took office. But, under his administration "fewer people are dying."
"I'll tell you, Joe, you could never have done the job that we did," Trump added.
Tax Returns
Amid the exchange over the New York Times report on Trump's tax returns, Biden claimed the Trump paid less in taxes than most school teachers.
In an earlier statement, Trump denied the issue saying he only paid $750 in his tax returns. When he was asked how much he's paid in federal income taxes during 2016 and 2017, he claimed he "paid millions of dollars in taxes."
He told Wallace the people will get to see his tax returns as well. But he didn't release the documents.
In an earlier report, he said the New York Times report was "fake news" and the IRS was not "treating him well."
The Tuesday debate is just one of three showdowns between Trump and Biden. Candidates will have about two weeks to brace for the October 15 debate in Nashville Tennessee and the other debate on October 22 in Miami, Florida.
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