Pence, Harris spar in sole vice president debate

Tring barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of Trump ministration’s handling of coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “ greatest failure of any presidential ministration.”

Pence, who les president’s coronavirus task force, vigorously defended ministration’s overall response to a pandemic that has killed 210,000 Americans.

meeting, which was far more civil than last week’s chaotic faceoff between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, unfolded against an outbreak of coronavirus w hitting highest levels of U.S. government.

With less than four weeks before Election Day, debate was one of final opportunities for Trump and Pence to reset a contest that could be slipping away.

Harris, 55, me history by becoming first Black woman to stand on a vice presidential debate st. She condemned police killings of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and George Floyd in Minnesota and spoke about protests against racial injustice in policing that followed, which Trump has portrayed as “riots” as he calls for law-and-order.

“We are never going to condone violence but we must always fight for values that we hold dear,” Harris said.

Pence said his heart breaks for Taylor’s family but he trusts U.S. justice system.

candidates also clashed on taxes -- or specifically, Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns four years after repeatedly promising to do so. New York Times reported last month that president pays very little personal income tax but owes hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.

“It’d be really good to kw who president owes money to,” Harris said.

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