Review: Democracy fails another stress test as Trump runs roughshod over debate
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Sep 30, 2020
3 minutes
Moderator Chris Wallace faced a grim reality moments into the first presidential debate of 2020: The system wasn't built to handle the stress of a Donald Trump candidacy.
The president ignored the rules of Tuesday night's debate against former Vice President Joe Biden like a petulant child, constantly interrupting, arguing with and heckling Biden, even referring to him as "No. 2." Biden did his best to appear professional in the midst of the highly unprofessional scene, but he broke at points, fed up with
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