The Epoch Times

Former President Donald Trump closed the debate by pointing out that his opponent has had a full term as vice president to implement the changes she promises to make. “She just started by saying she’s going to do this, she’s going to do that, she’s going to do all these wonderful things. Why hasn’t she done it?” Trump asked. “She’s been there for 3 ½ years. They’ve had 3 ½ years to fix the border. They’ve had 3 ½ years to create jobs and all the things we talked about. Why hasn’t she done it?” The United States is “in serious decline,” he said, thanks to the policies Harris helped create. “We have wars going on in the Middle East. We have wars going on with Russia and Ukraine. We’re going to end up in a third World War, and it will be a war like no other because of nuclear weapons, the power of weaponry,” Trump said. Also pointing to the millions of illegal immigrants that have entered the country under the current administration, he called President Joe Biden and Harris “the worst president” and “worst vice president in the history of our country.”

PHILADELPHIA—In her closing statement, Vice President Kamala Harris pointed to the contrast between her and former President Donald Trump. “I think you've heard tonight two very different visions for our country—one that is focused on the future and the other that is focused on the past and an attempt to take us backward. But we're not going back,” she said. “And I do believe that the American people know we all have so much more in common than what separates us, and we can chart a new way forward and a vision, having a plan, understanding the aspirations, the dreams, the hopes, the ambition of the American people.” Trump had won a coin toss and elected to be the last to speak.

PHILADELPHIA–Former President Donald Trump reiterated that he would keep the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, unless a suitable replacement is presented. “If we come up with something, and we are working on things, we're going to do it, and we're going to replace it,” he said. “But remember this: I inherited Obamacare because Democrats wouldn't change it,” he said. “If they would have done that, we would have had a much better plan than Obamacare.” Vice President Kamala Harris defended Obamacare, which the GOP failed to repeal and replace under Trump after he took office in 2017. They eliminated the individual mandate later that year as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “I absolutely support … private health care options. But what we need to do is maintain and grow the Affordable Care Act,” Harris said. “Access to health care should be a right and not just a privilege of those who can afford it.”