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# The Biggest Moments From the First Debate Between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

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_Published 2024-09-11. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in their first—and possibly only—debate on Tuesday night, tackling issues like abortion, immigration, the economy, and foreign policy. The debate, hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, was also the first time the two candidates have ever met in person, after Trump broke tradition in 2021 by skipping the inauguration of his successor._


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## Transcript

Coma Harris. So good debate. You have fun. Thank you. She's going to my philosophy now. In fact, I was going to send her a mega hat. She's gone to my philosophy. But if she ever got elected, she'd change it, and it will be the end of our country. She's a marxist. What you're going to hear tonight is a detailed and dangerous plan called Project 2025 that the former president intends on implementing if he were elected again. Have nothing to do with Project 2025. That's out there. I haven't read it. I don't want to read it purposely. I'm not going to read it. This was a group of people that got together.

They came up with some ideas. I guess some good, some bad. They have abortion in the ninth month. They even have, and you can look at the governor of West Virginia, the previous governor of West Virginia, not the current governors doing an excellent job. But the governor before, he said, the baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby. In other words, we'll execute the baby. Is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born. One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree. The government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body.

In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating They're eating the pets of the people that live there. ABCDs did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals within the immigrant community. I've seen people on television. Let me just say here. Well, I think this is so rich, coming from someone who has been prosecuted. For national security crimes, economic crimes, election interference has been found liable for sexual assault, and his next big court appearance is in November at his own criminal sentencing.

I'm going to actually do something really unusual, and I'm going to invite you to attend one of Donald Trump's rallies, 'cause it's a really interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies, he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lector. He will talk about windmills cause cancer. And what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. And I will tell you, the one thing you will not hear him talk about is you. I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me. They talk about democracy.

I'm a threat to democracy. They're the threat to democracy. I was a fake Russia, Russia, Russia investigation. We do a lot. I went nowhere.

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