해리스 "내가 중산층 후보"…트럼프 "해리스가 경제 파괴"Harris, Trump lock horns over foreign polic

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Harris, Trump lock horns over foreign policy, immigration, abortion and other topics in high-stakes debate

해리스 "내가 중산층 후보"…트럼프 "해리스가 경제 파괴"

해리스 "트럼프 관세는 전국민 부가세"…트럼프 "비용 오르는건 중국뿐"

Song Sang-ho All News 13:25 September 11, 2024 Yonhap News

https://www.youtube.com/live/kRh6598RmHM?si=s5Yi8U6Wa2L8nxE9

By Song Sang-ho
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump have clashed over foreign policy, immigration, abortion, Russia's war in Ukraine and other hot-button issues during their first high-stakes televised debate in Philadelphia.
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Vice President Harris, 59, and former President Trump, 78, engaged in a searing exchange of barbs during Tuesday's debate in the battleground state of Pennsylvania amid expectations that the showdown could affect their final sprint to the Nov. 5 general election with polls showing them in a neck-and-neck race.
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The two candidates remained poles apart on those tricky election-season issues during the 90-minute matchup -- in a reflection of the race involving the two starkly different candidates in terms of gender, race, age and policy orientation.
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On national security, Harris cast Trump as "weak" and "wrong," claiming that Trump "admires" dictators who are "rooting for" him.
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"It is well known that he said when Russia went into Ukraine, it was brilliant. It is well known that he exchanged love letters with (North Korean leader) Kim Jong-un," she said.
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"And it is absolutely well known that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they are so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors, and that is why so many military leaders who you have worked with have told me that you are a disgrace," she added.
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This combination photo, released by AFP, shows U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (R) and former President Donald Trump participating in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 10, 2024. (Yonhap)
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Trump hit back, accusing Harris of being "incompetent."
"The leaders of other countries think that they are weak and incompetent, and they are," he said.
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The two sparred over Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Trump said that if he had been president, the war would have never happened, and that if reelected, he would try to get it settled even before he becomes president.
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"I think it's in the U.S.' best interest to get this war finished, just get it done and negotiate a deal because we have to stop all of these human lives from being destroyed," he said.
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Harris warned that Trump would just "give it up."
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"If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now," she said, arguing that the Russian president's agenda would go beyond Ukraine with "his eye on the rest of Europe."
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a watch party at Cherry Street Pier after the presidential debate in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024, in this photo released by the Associated Press. (Yonhap)
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Throughout the debate, Harris has been trying to drive home the message that the 2024 election is a choice between the future and the past as she highlighted her leitmotif of a "New Way Forward."
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But Trump was trying to tie her to unpopular aspects of President Joe Biden's policy efforts, including those related to inflation and immigration.
"Remember this. She is Biden. She is trying to get away from Biden," Trump said. "The worst inflation we've ever had, a horrible economy ... because inflation has made it so bad that you can't get away with it."
Harris retorted with a laugh, "Clearly, I am not Joe Biden.
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"What I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country, one who believes in what is possible, one who brings a sense of optimism about what we can do instead of always disparaging the American people," she said.
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She also underscored that American voters heard two different visions, portraying Trump's vision as an "attempt to take us backward."
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"We are not going back, and I do believe that the American people know we all have so much more in common than what separates us, and we can chart a new way forward," she said.
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On the topic of immigration and border security, Trump lambasted the Joe Biden administration's policy, arguing that "millions of people" are pouring into the United States from prisons, mental institutions and insane asylums.
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"They are coming in, and they are taking jobs that are occupied right now by African Americans and Hispanics and also unions," he said. "Unions are going to be affected very soon."
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024, in this photo released by the Associated Press. (Yonhap)
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Harris accused Trump of having "killed" a bipartisan border security bill.
"You know why? Because he'd prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem," she said. "And understand this comes at a time where the people of our country actually need a leader who engages in solutions, who actually addresses the problems at hand."
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Trump mounted a series of attacks on Harris, calling her a "Marxist" and "the worst vice president in the history of our country."
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Harris parried Trump's attacks, decrying them as part of the "same old tired playbook, a bunch of lies, grievances and name-calling."
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"It is important that we move forward, that we turn the page on this same old tired rhetoric and address the needs of the American people," she said. "Frankly, the American people are exhausted with the same old tired playbook."
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The debate followed the June matchup between Biden and Trump, where the president performed poorly, aggravating concerns about his old age and leading the octogenarian to step aside and endorse Harris as his replacement for the Democratic ticket -- a saga that showed how high the stakes of a televised debate are.
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No other presidential debate has been scheduled as of now.
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sshluck@yna.co.kr
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[1보] 해리스 "내가 중산층 후보"…트럼프 "해리스가 경제 파괴"

송고시간2024-09-11 10:25 김동현 기자 연합뉴스

해리스 "트럼프 관세는 전국민 부가세"…트럼프 "비용 오르는건 중국뿐"

토론하는 트럼프 전 대통령과 해리스 부통령

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(워싱턴=연합뉴스) 김동현 특파원 = 미국 민주당 대통령 후보인 카멀라 해리스 부통령과 공화당 후보인 도널드 트럼프 전 대통령이 오는 11월 대선 판세를 좌우할 분수령으로 평가되는 첫 TV토론에서 맞붙었다.

두 후보가 10일(현지시간) 펜실베이니아주 필라델피아의 국립헌법센터에서 열린 토론에서 받은 첫 질문은 미국 유권자의 최대 관심사인 경제와 물가였다.

해리스 부통령은 '미국인의 경제 상황이 4년 전보다 나아졌다고 생각하냐'는 질문에 트럼프 전 대통령이 "대공황 이후 최악의 실업률", "세기의 최악 공중 보건 전염병", "남북전쟁 이후 우리 민주주의에 대한 최악의 공격"을 넘겨줬다고 공격했다.

그는 "난 중산층 자녀로 자랐고 이 무대에서 미국의 중산층과 노동자를 실제로 도울 계획이 있는 유일한 사람"이라면서 트럼프 전 대통령의 경제 정책은 "가장 부유한 사람들을 위한 감세"라고 지적했다.

그는 트럼프 전 대통령의 관세 공약을 전 미국인에 대한 "트럼프 부가세"라고 비판하고서 트럼프 전 대통령이 중산층을 희생해 억만장자 감세에 필요한 재원을 확보하려고 한다고 주장했다.

트럼프 전 대통령은 관세 때문에 물가가 오르지 않느냐는 질문에 "그렇지 않다"면서 "물가가 더 높아지는 것은 중국과 수년간 우리에게서 훔쳐 간 모든 나라들이다"라고 주장했다.

그는 "그녀(해리스)가 관세가 싫다면 없앴어야 했다"면서 자신이 재임 기간 중국에 부과한 관세를 바이든 행정부가 유지하고 있고 그 덕분에 중국에서 수십억달러의 관세를 거둬들이고 있다고 지적했다.

또 바이든 행정부에서 물가가 치솟았지만 "나는 (재임 기간) 인플레이션이 없었다"면서 "그들은 경제를 파괴했다"고 주장했다.

이번 토론은 해리스 부통령이 트럼프 전 대통령과 토론에서 참패한 조 바이든 대통령을 대체해 민주당 후보가 된 이후 첫 대결이다.

선거일을 56일 앞두고 진행되는 이번 토론은 아직 지지 후보를 결정하지 못한 부동층과 중도층 표심에 영향을 미쳐 초박빙 판세를 기울게 할 수 있다는 전망이 나온다.

토론하는 트럼프 전 대통령과 해리스 부통령

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