White house correspondent for the white house journal. The question, how can you expect americans to follow the administrations safety guidelines to protect themselves from covid when you at the white house have not been doing so . The first question to the Vice President. And kenneth with the washington post, susan pages questions so far are incredibly incisive, cutting, but fair. She was doing a great job controlling the debate. Its a lot easier to control pence and harris van to control the president than to control the president than to control the president. Pence is literally ignoring the questions he was asked. To answer a question of his choice. Unclear if that will irk voters or if it is savvy debate strategy. Senator harris was asked a similar question and she also did not answer it. Okeefe says notable that susan page asked Kamala Harris to ask whats up with Green New Deal . She never explicitly says the biden plan is or is not the Green New Deal. Says pence gets asked a Climate Change question, talks about taxes and fracking. Peter says almost every answer in this debate is about pennsylvania, referring to the fracking question. Holden, wholy writes for the guardian in the United States, she says, for what it is worth, the president , any president , could not really ban fracking even if they wanted to. Turns out congress is still in charge of some stuff. Host lets hear from you now. We will begin with griffin in mcdonough, georgia, on our support President Trumppence line. What do you think about tonights Vice President ial debate . Caller so i am griffin from mcdonough, georgia, and i thought mike pence was really president ial in that. I think he handled himself well. I think harris made a few comments, a few jabs, that were inappropriate for the setting. I think it showed well for the Trump Campaign. They worked on it after the previous bait, looking at that going forward. I think the polls will reflect that after this and im very hopeful for the campaign in the future and for our country. This highlights respectful debate. Host what is an issue of concern to you . Caller it would just be the growing lack of respect each american has for each other. Think healthy debate is very important and if we do not maintain those values, we are going to lose as a country. And lets hear from leo irvine, california, on our undecided line. Leo, what did you think about tonights debate . Did it sway you in any way . Caller no, it did not diane undecided. It was much better than the first debate i saw, which was basically both sides attacking each other. What i really wanted to see was more policy. I did not really see that. There was basically politicians, you know, dodging questions. More specifically, i would have wanted Kamala Harris to answer the Court Packing question. Im a republican, so to me, the important. S really it was the only reason i would vote for donald trump. Since now that trump is getting another nominee, i am or moved from supporting him to undecided. I see he is doing great damage to the party. That is leo in irvine, california. Anne is up next in huntington beach, california. This is on the bidenharris line. Caller i am calling from huntington beach, california. Bidenhave been supporting and harris up until this point and i was quite honestly rather disappointed with her performance tonight because i have seen her state things that she supported the Green New Deal and that she has stated that she would ban fracking. I was disappointed that she did not stand up for those issues tonight when she was confronted with those issues that were questioned of her. Secondly, when she refused to answer the question about packing the court, i was really disappointed with that. She also came across sounding very arrogant and made some pretty harsh jabs at the Vice President tonight, which seems rather unprofessional, in my opinion. Host are you a supporter of the Green New Deal . Caller well, i have been undecided. I have contemplated it at some point. I have been undecided on some of the issues, so given the fact of her performance tonight, it has kind of been dissuading me away from wanting to vote for them. Host do you think that women politicians and men politicians are judged differently . Honestly, in some instances, yes, but i dont think that it should be that way. Host thank you for calling in. Samantha in center city, minnesota, on our trumppence line. Good evening. Caller is gone. Lets hear from renee in missouri on our support bidenharris line. Hi, renee. Caller good evening. Thank you for taking my call. I feel this debate was much better handled by the contestants than the first debate was. I feel that it really highlights one of the issues we have with the Electoral College because it felt like several of the issues that were being addressed tonight were really specific to swing states like pennsylvania and the issue of fracking. Pence wasy doubt that correct when he said over 200,000 jobs would be lost if we were to ban fracking. I think that was a complete misleading statement if not an outright lie. I feel like his disrespect towards senator harris was apparent time and time again throughout the debate. Host tell us about wentzville, missouri. What is the economy like . Caller the economy is doing well here. Miles westt 25, 35 of st. Louis. ,ts a very conservative county st. Charles county on the others of the river, and i am a minority in this area for lots of reasons, not just for being hispanic, but also for being a democrat. Host pete is up next in columbus, ohio, on our pence trumppence line. Am so sick of the Democratic Party and their lives. It seems like its the only thing they know how to do is lie. I dont know how many times trump has been asked a question, if he was a racist or not, and i dont know how many times he had to respond telling these people that he is not and has never supported anything that was racist. How many times did he have to do that . Thats ridiculous. Andi am sick of the media the Democratic Party keep bringing that up because he has answered that. Host how do you think your candidate, mike pence, did tonight . Performed with class and dignity, something that harris does not have. She has no respect for the Vice President , and she comes off brash and arrogant and just plain nasty. Host thats pete in columbus, ohio. Lets check back in with greta brawner. Jennifer epstein, who reports for bloomberg, notes that after the debate, douglas, the husband of senator harris, walked onto the stage with a mask while karen pence, the second lady, did not. That those whoet attended tonights debate in the matt notes the ticketholder, on their ticket, it says this, that the ticketholder relieves the commission on president ial debates in the event of any and all liability in any kind or character including the event of injury or sickness including covid19, and masks were mandatory at tonights Vice President ial debate. The president weeded out his reaction to the debate. Mike pence is doing great. He said at 9 55 p. M. , she is a gaff machine. Right as the debate started, joe biden tweeted out, Kamala Harris is showing the American People why i chose her as my running mate. She is smart, experienced, a proven fighter for the middle class. She will be an incredible Vice President. , for thethe gop Republican National convention, tweeting out 20 minutes into the bait, joe biden and Kamala Harris have a history of casting doubt on the coronavirus vaccine. Here is the reality, that dr. Fauci testified, there is no cutting corners from the Trump Administration on vaccine development. The gop tweeting out, as chair of the task force, vp pence helps oversee the greatest mobilization of American Industries since world war ii. 200 67 million face coverings, 21 billion gloves, 855 surgical mask, and 100 million and 95 respirators. That from the gop tonight. The Vice President had guests tonight. , a probably heard him say black businessman from minnesota, he also had the parents of miss mueller, who was murdered by isis. The New York Times says the weres first senator harris state rep Angela Romero of Salt Lake City and teacher and patel of utah. Host ted is in baltimore. How did your candidate, Kamala Harris, do tonight . Caller i think the first thing i would say is that if these guys, of the two we are debating tonight, if they were the candidates, they would not even be on the stage. Both sides gave great answers. They did dodge a lot which was disappointing. In the end, they both were very respectful to each other. Why are you supportive of the bidenharris ticket . Caller i just feel like we trump ticket in the last four hateful in theng country that had been hidden has kind of come out. The proud boys are now out and about and used to be hidden under the hoods of the kkk, so its just a very scary place to be in right now. Host thanks for calling in. Irene and utica, michigan, undecided. First of all, are you leaning either way . Fromr yes, so i guess this evening, i am undecided. I would like to say that it would be nice to see more of the debates handling policy discussions. T seems like media based on the conversation that took place before both candidates, as voters, we are educated enough where we can factcheck so there were a lot of things that were set on both here isat i would Say Something we can find to be false. Moree, i would like to see policies being discussed as to what they claim to do. Rather than just having these moderators pose questions that the currentt on media events within the United States. I would like to hear more of the facts and what the Current Issues are. People want to hear about policy. Host when you were listening to the debate tonight, did you form a question that you wanted to ask the candidate . Caller yes, so i particularly have a huge interest in Health Care Policy so for me, i will definitely want to know what is we arehat is the changes going to see going from each candidate in their term, if they are president , how have they laid out the plan, the strategy . What is Health Policy going to be . We know we have a huge issue with Surprise Medical Bills and that needs to be addressed and we need to hear what are the changes that are going to occur, specifically . Not just giving generalities. That would be an important factor for myself i would like to hear. Host what do you do in utica . Caller i am a patient advocate so i work with individuals to help them resolve medical debt. Host thank you for calling in. Leslie in franklin, pa, on our trump penceline. Trumppence line. Caller im feeling challenged over this coming election. Definitely disappointed in this debate. Not so much in the candidates themselves. But i was disappointed with the timing. I was watching. There were numerous times where Kamala Harris did get extended or additional times to speak. Think things should be even across the board and i felt like they could have had more debate amongst themselves. Questions were being driven against trump and more towards biden. Asking pence weather, you know, he was going to leave the white house if you lost the election, and if the same thing was not going toher, is biden accept the results . Host thats leslie and franklin, pa, and bernice is in north carolina. Bernice, how did your candidate, Kamala Harris, do tonight . Caller i think she did very good. I have listened to a lot of peoples responses and i think it was pretty obvious that pence avoided answering most of the questions and i think it is unfair to put someone on the spot and accuse them of not answering the question. He asked not the moderator whenever he was asked about abortion. Instead of answering the questions, he went off on tangents about other things. And did not answer the majority of the questions. He talked longer than he was supposed to and the moderator had to tell him. And people would actually watch the debate and actually, you know, listen to the questions and how often the moderator had to ask him to stop. He continued to keep talking. Host where did Kamala Harris do well . Caller i think she did well, you know, placing explaining what their plan is. I have been watching biden. I have been watching biden, trump, and harris for covid. I am very impressed with them actually giving a plan. Doingr trump all the time a lot of arguing, bullying, you know, dividing people. Harris that biden and are doing pretty well explaining what their plan is. And as for the protest, my thing about the protest is that they keep throwing law order out. I know a lot of people say this. The media is doing this. I watch the president. I watch biden. I watch harris. And i watch pence. I watch them and i see what they say, and people say that the media is spinning things. When you watch a person and you see what is coming out of their mouth, and then someone turns around, and they say thats not trumpthe protest encouraged the protest when we had the lockdown. They set plans for the covid and the guidelines and a day or so later, he incited people to go out and protest. As for the protest, people started protesting and he incited violence for that. I think it is unfair to speak law and order whenever host we are going to leave it there. What have you found . Reaction from lawmakers tonight. Senator lindsey graham, who is facing a tougher election battle, tweeting out, an outstanding job by mike pence, showing showcasing the differences between trumppence and bidenharris. Trumpun tonight for the pence ticket. Senator tim kaine saying he is so proud to have already cast his ballot for Kamala Harris and joe biden. On thelined the evidence table showing the Trump Administration has utterly failed the American People. Make your plan to vote for her and joe, he said. Representative rick crawford, a republican of arkansas, vp pence masterfully and methodically debunked the farleft policies of Kamala Harris, joe biden, and adre of socialists for all cadre ofeir socialists for all to see. Basically, tonight, we saw a remarkable contrast between Kamala Harris, intellect, competency, as compared to mike pences complicity in the trump covid cover it. The most incompetent and deadly failure by any administration in u. S. History. Host anita in saint augustine, florida, on our trumppence line. What did you think of tonights Vice President ial debate . Caller well, i enjoyed it. I stayed awake for most of it. I just wanted to say that President Trump is still the same president that we all got excited about and put in office. He hasach person done what he said he was going to do. A great president. You are down there in the swing state of florida, anita. Are you being inundated with ads on tv . Caller i have two mailboxes now. The phone is always ringing. Television. It was a nice break for a little while but it is back at it. Host ok, thanks for calling in. President ,port our whoever that might be. Host janet in forest lake, minnesota, on our bidenharris line, and there is Kamala Harris leaving Kingsbury Hall with the university of utah. That is lives. Janet, what did you think of tonights debate . It was veryought interesting and i felt that pence constantly interrupted, and also, the commentator, who was telling him, ok, we have to go. We have to go. He never listens to her. And the same thing happened when trump and biden worked together. Trump constantly interrupted biden. Actually, i thought harris did a wonderful job. I would not vote for trump or pence for nothing. I think he has been a liar from day one. I think Harrison Biden will make a wonderful president and Vice President. Suburb oforest lake a the twin cities . Caller it is a suburb of st. Paul, minneapolis. Host with all the attention minneapolis got since may, what is your view of that . Caller my view of that is it protesters i think should be protesters and not looters. When you are a protester, you should be with compassion for somebody who got killed instead of Living Stores and things. That shows nothing. It shows they have no compassion for their fellow man. It kind of ruins the whole thing. And i felt sorry about the whole situation. Columbia,el is in south carolina. Undecided. First of all, daniel, why are you undecided . Caller sorry, go ahead. Host daniel . Caller hello. I got you. First, i want to say yes, sir, because the shortest way to say it is i am not impressed by either offering. I want to say thank you and cspan for putting this on. I think yall do a fantastic job of being very unbiased, giving us information instead of a perspective. As far as the candidates tonight go, i think mike pence is still talking and Kamala Harris some of the things you have heard response wise i think have been pretty accurate. I dont think she was respectful. I think he went over his time a lot and that was disrespectful. Fromt to echo what irene michigan said earlier. A very popular sentiment i