Trump-Harris Debate: Here Are the Biggest Moments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : Harris took a jab at Trump by inviting viewers to attend one of his rallies, describing it as "a really interesting thing to watch.
68% : I did a great service in doing it," Trump said of overturning Roe v. Wade.
57% : Trump asked after the moderator read back his statement from a recent interview at a Moms for Liberty event.
48% : The matchup began with a handshake, but quickly descended into a series of sharp exchanges as Trump and Harris traded barbs.
46% : 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.
44% : "Trump entered the stage with a well-established playbook: attack his opponents' record and project strength on familiar issues like the economy, immigration, and foreign policy.
43% : A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released ahead of the debate on Tuesday found that Harris edges out Trump by just one point among registered voters nationally.
39% : Trump said the issue of abortion should be left to individual states, but he also defended his endorsement of the six-week abortion ban on the Florida ballot, a shift from his previous position.
28% : While discussing immigration during the debate, Trump amplified a highly controversial and unfounded claim about migrants in Springfield, Ohio.
25% : The campaigns adhered to the same debate rules established in June for the CNN-moderated matchup between Trump and Biden, including muted microphones when a candidate was not speaking, no direct questions between the candidates, and no live audience.
22% : Pressed further on where he stands on a national abortion ban, Trump would not explicitly say if he would veto one, instead claiming that it would never get through Congress.
20% : Trump suggested that the rhetoric from Harris and other Democrats about him may have fueled the failed assassination attempt on him at a rally in July.
17% : Trump repeated similar rhetoric he used in the previous presidential debate with Biden.
17% : She is Biden," Trump claimed.
16% : Trump, meanwhile, repeated lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election and furthered a baseless conspiracy theory about immigrants eating pets, seeking to paint a picture of a nation in chaos.
15% : Trump, who has long maintained that the 2020 election was "stolen" despite a lack of evidence, insisted his recent remark "was said sarcastically," and he firmly rejected any acknowledgement of his loss to Biden.
14% : In describing the ways women have been denied abortion care, Harris said that her opponent would enact a national abortion ban if he wins -- a claim that Trump rebuffed.
13% : "Trump dismissed Harris's comments, falsely claiming that people don't attend her rallies.
10% : Seeking to introduce herself to voters, Harris used the debate to draw a contrast with Trump, portraying herself as a "middle-class kid" while casting Trump as self-absorbed and not possessing the "temperament" to be President.
9% : Harris, as the new Democratic candidate, tried to turn the table on Trump this debate by portraying him as the fumbling one and attempting to get under his skin.
8% : "At another point during the debate, Trump criticized Biden's handling of international issues and questioned his mental acuity, saying that "Biden had no idea how to talk to [Russian leader Vladimir Putin]" and suggested he "doesn't even know he's alive.
8% : Harris visibly reacted with disbelief as Trump continued to repeat the unfounded allegations.
5% : The previous debate between President Joe Biden and Trump was marred by awkward fumbling, and eventually led to Biden dropping out of the race after facing criticism from members of his own party and prominent Democratic donors over his poor performance.
5% : The candidates sparred over abortion, one of Trump's biggest electoral vulnerabilities, as Harris slammed Trump over his role in appointing three Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.
5% : Trump attempted to connect Harris to some of Biden's more unpopular policies, claiming that the Vice President "is Biden" at one point during the debate.
3% : Tuesday night's debate highlighted the stark differences between the two candidates: Harris, a former prosecutor known for her methodical debate skills, versus Trump, who has been convicted on 34 felony counts in a New York hush money case, something Harris brought up when Trump complained of "migrant crime" in American cities.

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