Washington – The coronavirus pandemic and the Supreme Court are among the topics that will be in the first presidential debate on September 29, moderator Chris Wallace announced Tuesday.
The debate, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, will come with six 15-minute segments “dedicated to topics announced in advance to inspire an in-depth discussion of the key issues facing the country,” the Presidential Discussions Committee said in a statement. .
According to the press release, Wallace opted to:
The United States surpassed 200,000 virus deaths tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University, leads the world in coronavirus deaths and still has the highest instances in the world, with nearly 7 million Americans inflamed since the pandemic began. . Mr. Trump publicly minimized the virus and said at a rally Monday that the virus “affected virtually no one. “Biden made coronavirus a key factor in the crusade and recommended implementing a three-month national protection order, although it is unclear whether such an order would be constitutional. .
The pandemic also particularly affected the economy, with millions of others wasting their jobs due to business closures. A tuesday vote through the Associated Press-NORC Public Affairs Research Center found that 60% of Americans would describe the economy as “poor. “However, the vote also found that 50% of Americans approve of trump’s handling of the economy, even though his overall approval rate is 43 percent.
The Supreme Court is another key issue, as the death of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week left a void in court. Trump is expected to announce his nominee on Saturday, and the candidate can get a confirmation vote in the Senate before the election. Biden and Congressional Democrats asked the Senate to wait for the next president to take the seat. discovered that 50% of Americans think the winner of the election will decide on the next Supreme Court judge. If the Senate confirms Trump’s nominee, it would give conservatives in the room a 6-3 lead.
Biden and Trump’s campaigns have focused on recent protests in cities across the country, even though Trump has been targeted, who has most often condemned the protests. Earlier this month, Trump ordered the Office of Budget Management to cut federal investment for cities where he says “weak mayors” allow “anarchists” to “harm people, burn buildings, and ruin lives and businesses,” the Justice Department said Thursday. that New York, Portland, and Seattle may lose federal aid for allowing “anarchy, violence, and destruction. “
In a speech in August, Biden accused the president of “stoking violence. “
“The fires are burning and we have a president who is fanning the flames, who are fighting the flames,” Biden said in his speech. “But we shall not burn. We have to build. This president has long since lost all ethics. “leadership in this country. She can’t avoid violence because for years she fostered it. “
Millions of Americans have joined the protests in recent months against the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement, such as George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Trump dodged a police violence issue against black Americans in an interview with CBS News in July. When asked why black Americans are killed through police, Trump replied: “Whites too.
Researchers compiled statistics that suggest black Americans are more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement than whites. An exam published in 2018 found that black men are 3. 5 times more likely to be killed through law enforcement than white men. A study published in 2019 found that one in 1,000 black men in the United States may be waiting to die at the hands of police during his lifetime.
Biden said Trump’s comments following a demonstration for white supremacy in 2017 that there were “other very intelligent people on both sides” motivated him to run for president.
Election security is also a factor in the campaign. Trump continually defied voting by mail and said mailing ballots can lead to widespread voter fraud. Meanwhile, the intelligence network has expressed its fear of attempts to interfere in the election of foreign actors such as Russia, China and Iran.