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We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight
This is the Democratic candidate’s chance to indict the president and the Republican senators who have allowed a pandemic to devastate America.
Oct 22, 2020 / John Nichols
![Donald Trump looks distressed on stage at an NBC town hall](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trump-town-hall.jpg)
Democrats Should Welcome More Trump Town Halls Democrats Should Welcome More Trump Town Halls
Angry, prickly, and paranoid, the president struggled to defend his record when challenged by a tough journalist and ordinary Americans.
Oct 16, 2020 / Jeet Heer
![A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/biden-town-hall-philadelphia-gty-img.jpg)
A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t
In stark contrast to Trump’s desperate bravado, Biden explained, “It is the presidential responsibility to lead.”
Oct 16, 2020 / John Nichols
![Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala-harris-debate-gt-img.jpg)
Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t. Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t.
Harris needed to show us she could beat Vice President Mike Pence—and stay smiling. She did that and more.
Oct 8, 2020 / Joan Walsh
![Kamala Harris looks to her left.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala-harris-vp-debate-gty-img-1.jpg)
Kamala Harris Put Mike Pence in His Place Kamala Harris Put Mike Pence in His Place
She dictated the terms of the debate, and she knew exactly how to handle the vice president’s efforts to talk over her.
Oct 8, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
![Kamala Harris Called Out Covid Lies and Guilty Men](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala-harris-vp-debate-gty-img.jpg)
Kamala Harris Called Out Covid Lies and Guilty Men Kamala Harris Called Out Covid Lies and Guilty Men
The Democratic nominee for vice president won a critical debate against Vice President Mike Pence with facts, figures, and a demand for accountability.
Oct 8, 2020 / John Nichols
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Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight With ‘The Nation’ Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight With ‘The Nation’
Join us to watch Kamala Harris confront Mike Pence, because friends don’t let friends watch election debates alone.
Oct 7, 2020 / The Nation
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The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala
It won’t be easy for him.
Oct 7, 2020 / Joan Walsh
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Trump in the Debate: None Dare Call It Treason Trump in the Debate: None Dare Call It Treason
He’s now in a fascist halfway house—not able to abolish the election process entirely, but secure enough to wink and nod to neo-Nazi street-fighters.
Oct 1, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
![Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/biden-trump-debate-gt-img.jpg)
Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show
If the election goes anything like the first debate, Trump will cheat brazenly—but maybe not get away with it.
Sep 30, 2020 / Joan Walsh