The first debate of the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday night was fiery from beginning to end.
The first debate of the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday night was fiery from beginning to end.
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attacked each other in starkly personal terms for more than 90 minutes as moderator Chris Wallace worked to get both candidates, but especially Trump, to follow the debate rules the candidates had agreed to.
The conversation ranged from the coronavirus crisis to the Supreme Court vacancy to health care. It’s not clear how much substance voters could get out of the debate, however, as it largely consisted of lines aimed to appeal to partisans.
Here are the top five moments from the first presidential debate.
- Biden and Trump clash on who controls the Democratic Party
- Wallace reminds the candidates who the moderator is
- “Just lost the left”
- Biden addresses voters personally on coronavirus
- Clash over masks and shutdowns
