
US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden debate in Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020.
The ninety or so minutes on Tuesday evening in Cleveland, Ohio just cannot charitably be described as civilized. There was Biden, who addressed Trump only when he wanted to insult him, but otherwise reciting prepared talking points or turning to the camera to talk to the audience directly.
There was Trump, frequently interrupting both Biden and the moderator rather than wait his turn. And there was Chris Wallace of Fox News, bending over backwards to practically squire for Biden and load questions for Trump with some of the nastiest innuendo imaginable.
To name just one example, Biden has repeatedly treated as fact the calumny that Trump called neo-Nazis "very fine people" when asked about the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. He did say those words - right before he condemned racists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the KKK in the strongest of terms. Yet Biden repeated the claim tonight and Wallace did the same. Little wonder Trump was livid. Wouldn't you be?















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