"The Words of a President Matter:" What Biden and Trump Said At Their Dueling Town Halls
On the night the second presidential debate was scheduled, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden took questions from voters in a town hall setting – only, they were in different cities and appeared on different networks.
Biden sat down in Philadelphia with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, while Trump spoke to Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie. Trump backed out of plans for the presidential faceoff originally scheduled for the evening after debate organizers said it would be held virtually following Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
It was Trump's positive diagnosis that created Thursday’s odd spectacle, which deprived most viewers of a simultaneous look at the candidates just 19 days before Election Day. The moment seemed fitting for a race unlike any other, as yet another campaign ritual was changed by the pandemic that has rewritten the norms of society.
The town halls offered a different format for the two candidates to present themselves to voters, after the pair held a chaotic and combative first debate late last month. The difference in the men’s tones was immediate and striking.
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