Biden to Trump: 'Would you shut up, man?'

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published 30 September 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden's exasperated request for President Trump pretty much sums up the first half hour of the first presidential debate.

Biden and Trump faced off Tuesday for their first 2020 debate, but for after the first couple questions, there wasn't much information to get out of it. That's because every time Biden spoke, Trump would butt in, with not much pushback from moderator Chris Wallace. Biden generally refused to engage with Trump's taunts, but after a bit, issued a simple request: "Would you shut up, man?"

Biden also tended to avoid Trump's false accusations and claims about the coronavirus and economy, at one point declaring "I'm not here to call out his lies, everybody knows he's a liar." Kathryn Krawczyk

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.