The set-up question about Florida’s abortion referendum was loaded. It wouldn’t just undo the state’s six-week ban but institute a sweeping right to abortion throughout pregnancy. Trump’s answer reflects but does not explain the point.
Trump attributes Ralph Northam’s comments on abortion to the former governor of West Virginia. Northam was the governor of Virginia.
Moderators throw Harris a lifeline to change the subject from economics to abortion, on which Trump has sold out his party’s base.
Harris criticizes Trump’s trade policies by saying that he had a massive trade deficit, which is true, but also demonstrates that she doesn’t understand gains from trade either.
Harris alleges that Trump “sold us out” when his administration presided over the transfer of U.S. “chips” to China “to help them improve and modernize our military.”
Trump starting relatively focused, as he usually does, and probably winning the economic exchange on points.
Muir asks Harris to respond to “what the president said there.”
Trump has a good point about the Biden-Harris administration when he contends that they might have repealed his tariffs if they thought they were so economically destructive. Not only are those largely tariffs still in place, the Biden administration has also built on them.
We now proceed into the “economic unreality” portion of the debate, courtesy of Donald Trump claiming tariffs will somehow lower prices on market goods rather than raise them.
When it comes to tariffs, Trump is wrong to argue that 20 percent tariffs won’t be passed on to consumers and raise prices.