2020 Presidential Debate, Part Five
Sep. 29th, 2020 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plutherusI missed about ten minutes or so because the internet went out. When I got back, they were apparently talking about Trump's plan to stop teaching about bad things in America's past, like slavery or Japanese internment.
Trump: They were teaching people that our country was horrible, and making people hate our country.
Biden: No, that's not it at all. There is racism. Trump is racist. People like him look down on people, like Irish Catholics like me, also poor people, and people with a different skin color.
Trump: There was racism during Obama, not now. And crime is down because of me.
Biden: Violent crime went down 17% during our administration. It went up during his.
Trump: We went down more.
Chris: Next topic, law and order. You say crime is down, but violent crime has gone up. And it's in republican cities as well as democratic cities.
Trump: Under biden, suburbs would be gone.
Biden: You wouldn't know a suburb unless you took a wrong turn. This isn't the 1950s, your racist dog whistles won't work. (Yep, he said this, that's not me paraphrasing this time.)
Wallace: Do you support defunding police?
Biden: No. (Boo!) Trump's budget reduces it, though. We need community policing, and more psychiatrists. (Not nearly enough, Joe! -Pat)
Trump: That's not what you mean! You don't have any law enforcement groups supporting you.
Wallace: OK, enough of that. (Hah! He's just giving up now). What about the protests, some of which are riots. Biden, have you called the democrats and demanded them to bring in the national guard?
Biden: No, that would be inappropriate, since I'm not in public office. (Also would be exactly the wrong thing to do! -Pat)
Biden: His own spokesperson said that riots help his numbers.
"I don't know who said that."
"I do."
"Well I don't."
"It was Kellyanne Conway."
"I don't think she said that"
"It doesn't matter what you think. She did."
Wallace: Are you willing to condemn white supremacists?
Trump: All the violence is from the left wing.
Biden points out his own people say right wing terrorism is the real problem.
Trump says they're wrong. "They have very bad ideas."
Biden calls him out on it. "You say everybody who doesn't tell you what you want to hear has very bad ideas. You have no idea."
Trump wants again claims that all his judge openings are because Obama didn't think to fill them.
Biden doesn't call him out on the reason they were open. I wish he would have.
Biden brings up the bounty on American soldiers. Trump tries to interrupt. Wallace calls him out and asks if he wants to address it. Trump shuts up for a several seconds.
Trump: tries to repeat lies about Hunter Biden, Biden points out he's lying.
Trump: They were teaching people that our country was horrible, and making people hate our country.
Biden: No, that's not it at all. There is racism. Trump is racist. People like him look down on people, like Irish Catholics like me, also poor people, and people with a different skin color.
Trump: There was racism during Obama, not now. And crime is down because of me.
Biden: Violent crime went down 17% during our administration. It went up during his.
Trump: We went down more.
Chris: Next topic, law and order. You say crime is down, but violent crime has gone up. And it's in republican cities as well as democratic cities.
Trump: Under biden, suburbs would be gone.
Biden: You wouldn't know a suburb unless you took a wrong turn. This isn't the 1950s, your racist dog whistles won't work. (Yep, he said this, that's not me paraphrasing this time.)
Wallace: Do you support defunding police?
Biden: No. (Boo!) Trump's budget reduces it, though. We need community policing, and more psychiatrists. (Not nearly enough, Joe! -Pat)
Trump: That's not what you mean! You don't have any law enforcement groups supporting you.
Wallace: OK, enough of that. (Hah! He's just giving up now). What about the protests, some of which are riots. Biden, have you called the democrats and demanded them to bring in the national guard?
Biden: No, that would be inappropriate, since I'm not in public office. (Also would be exactly the wrong thing to do! -Pat)
Biden: His own spokesperson said that riots help his numbers.
"I don't know who said that."
"I do."
"Well I don't."
"It was Kellyanne Conway."
"I don't think she said that"
"It doesn't matter what you think. She did."
Wallace: Are you willing to condemn white supremacists?
Trump: All the violence is from the left wing.
Biden points out his own people say right wing terrorism is the real problem.
Trump says they're wrong. "They have very bad ideas."
Biden calls him out on it. "You say everybody who doesn't tell you what you want to hear has very bad ideas. You have no idea."
Trump wants again claims that all his judge openings are because Obama didn't think to fill them.
Biden doesn't call him out on the reason they were open. I wish he would have.
Biden brings up the bounty on American soldiers. Trump tries to interrupt. Wallace calls him out and asks if he wants to address it. Trump shuts up for a several seconds.
Trump: tries to repeat lies about Hunter Biden, Biden points out he's lying.
