The bickering overwhelmed a debate that displayed substantive differences between President Trump and Joe Biden on the nation’s converging crises. The president’s interjections and jeers led moderator Chris Wallace to repeatedly plead with him to follow the agreed-upon rules.
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The debate was a 90-minute display of a president’s testosterone-fueled, unmanaged rage and insecurity. Joe Biden came to debate, God bless him.
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