Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence: who won the vice presidential debate?

Democrat attacks Donald Trump’s pandemic response as Republican suggests Joe Biden is extreme choice

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris square off in the first, and only, vice-presidential debate
Democrat attacks Donald Trump’s pandemic response as Republican suggests Joe Biden is extreme choice
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Vice-presidential debates usually slip by fairly unnoticed, with viewership figures falling steadily in the years since 2008’s clash between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.

But with Donald Trump’s coronavirus battle casting doubt over whether the second presidential debate will go ahead, all eyes were last night on the head-to-head clash between Republican Vice-President Mike Pence and his Democratic rival California Senator Kamala Harris.

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