Elections

Trump-Harris Presidential Debate: Live Updates

Former president Donald Trump (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris take part in a presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pa., September 10, 2024. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet for their first-ever (and possibly only) debate tonight in Philadelphia. ABC News is hosting and moderating the event, scheduled after President Biden ended his reelection campaign in the wake of his disastrous debate performance in late June. Follow along for live updates and analysis from the NR team:
Ramesh Ponnuru

Trump says Biden hates Harris which, even if true, is nothing a normal voter should care about.

Philip Klein

Hard to recall a debate in which the moderators were doing more to advocate for one candidate over the other than tonight.

Dan McLaughlin

There should be no question, after this, which side the moderators are on.

Rich Lowry

Harris shrewd to make election denialism a temperament issue.

Dan McLaughlin

Trump’s anger is a double-edged sword. It reminds people that Trump is too much. And it brings back yet and again his worst moments.

But it also shows that he’s vigorous and energetic, which undercuts Democratic efforts to make him seem as elderly as Biden.

Jeffrey Blehar

Donald Trump endorsing the delusive belief that he won in 2020 ought to be his epitaph. Merely because Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party record is what it is, it is not.

But in any decent world, this farce should be intolerable, and I refuse to tolerate it.

Jim Geraghty

Staying on message for the Truth Social crowd, Trump insists that his statement “we lost by a whisker” was sarcastic, and refuses to concede that he lost the 2020 election. He insists that the election was stolen in Georgia and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Yup, this is going great everybody. Just the message designed to persuade those last few undecided voters out there.

Dominic Pino

“We have so many facts and statistics.” — Donald J. Trump

Noah Rothman

“No, I don’t acknowledge that at all,” Trump says when asked if he has accepted his 2020 loss. He adds that, when he recently said that he had lost narrowly, he was speaking “sarcastically.”

“Our elections are bad,” Trump concludes.

Rich Lowry

At least Trump always brings everything back to the border.

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