Because The News Of Trump's Positive COVID-19 Was So Excited, The Discourse Of The 2020 US Vice Presidential Debate Was Dim

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JAKARTA - The news that the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump is positive for COVID-19 has diverted the frenetic agenda for the next democratic party: the vice presidential debate. The debate between Trump's running mate Mike Pence and Joe Biden's companion Kamala Harris will take place on October 7.

Launching Fox News, Monday, October 5, the agenda is the only debate show between Pence and Harris. Even though this debate was predicted to be the "antidote to disappointment" in the previous debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. A little discussion, the Trump-Biden debate was deemed not conveying their respective visions and missions but only presenting personal attacks between Trump and Biden.

In addition, this moment of the vice presidential debate gave voters the opportunity to finally see the real Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris was criticized for not appearing much in public after being appointed cawapres.

Nor does he take a strong stand on critical issues and routinely refuses to answer campaign-related questions. The California senator's appearance can have a big impact on the track.

The US vice presidential meeting will also be a rehearsal for 2024. Win or lose in the 2020 US Presidential Election, Harris has a chance of becoming the Democratic presidential candidate four years from now. Even Mike Pence could have topped the Republican Party ticket to become the presidential candidate in 2024.

The vice presidential debate moderator Susan Page from USA Today is expected to be able to demand that Harris speak more to the voters. Because people know more or less about Pence, but not Harris.

The cawapres debate is less compelling

The US Cawapres debate is often tasteless. In 2016, the first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton drew a record 84 million viewers. Yet only 37 million people care to watch Mike Pence and Tim Kaine's debate.

The only US vice presidential debate that caught people's attention was in 2008 between Joe Biden, who at that time was running with Barack Obama and Sarah Palin, the vice presidential candidate who coexisted with the presidential candidate John McCain. At that time 70 million Americans watched the debate.

Palin at that time was a new and untested character, and sometimes made controversial statements. But the real reason for interest in the debate is that the media has worried the US public about McCain's health, then 72. McCain died 10 years later of glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer.

US Conservative commentator and business analyst in the financial industry and government Liz Peek, said the moderator of the later debate should be able to ask how Kamala Harris responded to the 81 percent of black Americans who said in the Gallup survey they wanted police to spend more or the same amount of time on their community. In addition, Peek also said that in the debate later Harris was able to respond to the issue of abortion.

"Many Americans support women's right to vote, 79 percent, according to the YouGov poll, disagree with the Democratic Party's push to allow abortion at birth, as is legal now in New York state." said Peek.

Although not as heated as the presidential debate, many issues will be addressed to Kamala Harris, said Peek. There are many problems such as gun control, health facilities, and the Green New Deal, which made Harris hesitant. If Moderator Susan Page is able to control the debate, as she should, it will be a real October shock.