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Kamala Harris Says Joe Biden Had A “Slow Start” But A “Strong Finish” In Debate, VP Tells Anderson Cooper Race Can’t Be Judged On “Style Points”


Harris defended Biden's record but sidestepped on whether she had concerns over his performance at the debate.

Cooper repeatedly pressed Harris on Democratic concerns over Biden’s performance, in which his raspy voice and halting delivery contrasted to the robust-if-factually dubious style of his rival, Donald Trump. “Yes, it was a slow start, but it was a strong finish,” Harris said, adding that “what became very clear through the course of the night is that Joe Biden is fighting on behalf of the American people on substance, on policy, on performance. But Cooper noted that it is Democrats who have called Biden’s performance “a disaster” and “a train wreck.”

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