US presidential debate: Five things we learned as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump square off

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Trump, who has been frustrated by the size of Harris' own crowds, said, "My rallies, we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics.
48% : Instead, Harris' aggressive approach succeeded in putting the focus on Trump.
40% : Harris approached Trump at his lectern, introducing herself by name, in what was the first handshake at a presidential debate since 2016.
35% : Trump retorted that he has nothing to do" with Project 2025, though some of his advisers were involved in its creation.
28% : The candidates opened the debate by focusing on the economy, an issue that opinion polls show favors Trump.
26% : Trump was asked by the moderators about one of those attacks, when he told an event with Black journalists in July that Harris had recently "become a Black person.""I couldn't care less," he said.
20% : "She criticized Trump over his criminal conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star as well as his other indictments and a civil judgment finding him liable for sexual assault.
19% : Trump also repeated his false claim that his 2020 election defeat was due to fraud, called Harris a "Marxist" and asserted falsely that migrants have caused a violent crime spree.
19% : Trump, who has sometimes struggled with messaging on abortion, claimed falsely that Harris and Democrats support infanticide, which - as moderator Linsey Davis noted - is illegal in every state.
18% : Trump has denied wrongdoing and again accused Harris and the Democrats of orchestrating all of the cases without evidence.
17% : "As I said, you're going to hear a bunch of lies," Harris said.Harris also sought to tie Trump to Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint that proposes expanding executive power, eliminating environmental regulations and making it illegal to ship abortion pills across state lines, among other right-wing goals.
16% : Trump, who has spent weeks launching personal attacks on Harris that have included racist and sexist insults, largely avoided insults during the debate's early moments but became increasingly agitated under Harris' offensive.
16% : Biden's poor performance against Trump in June led him to abandon his campaign on July 21.
15% : Trump criticized Harris for the persistent inflation during the Biden administration's term, though he overstated the level of price increases.
5% : She also claimed Trump would support a national ban, an assertion Trump called a lie.
0% : Harris accused Trump of being willing to abandon U.S. support for Ukraine to curry favor with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling Trump a "disgrace," while Trump claimed Harris "hates" Israel - an assertion she rejected.

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